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HP announces 14-inch Pavilion 14 Chromebook, largest Chromebook yet

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Previous reports about HP coming up with its own Chromebook have proven correct now that the company has finally revealed the Pavilion 14 Chromebook. HP is the latest in a series of companies, including Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo, that are manufacturing hardware that supports Google’s Chrome OS. 

The Pavilion 14 comes with typical Chromebook specs. It runs on a 1.1GHz Intel Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 16GB solid-state drive. Unlike the other Chromebooks, though, it has a 14-inch 1,366 x 768 pixel screen instead of the usual 11- or 12-inch display, so it also weighs considerably more at 4 pounds. It also has a relatively generous number of ports comprised of three USB 2.0, an Ethernet port, and an SD card slot. HP touts it as a device that “gives you fast and easy access to the things you love and depend on, from a world of Google apps and services to your photos and social networks.” 

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The downside is its price. At $330, the Pavilion 14 costs a lot more than other Chromebooks on the market – much more than the Samsung Series 3 priced at $250, or the Intel-version of Acer’s C7 that costs only $199. Also, it has a rated battery life of 4 hours and 15 minutes, which can’t compare to the more than 7 hours we squeezed out of the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook when we tested it for review

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