HP Announces Specs for Chromebox Mini PC
HP’s been talking about its plans to release a Chromebox for a while now, and the miniature computer was included in the company’s Computex assault today. The company briefly mentioned the device during our Computex pre-briefing last week, and it looks like the HP Chromebox is finally being released.
The PC was pegged for a June launch at the end of May and will pack either an Intel Celeron 2955U or Haswell i7-4600 CPU. There’s also up to 8 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, a 3-in-1 SD card reader, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless N, Bluetooth 4.0, 4 x USB 3.0, HDMI out, DisplayPort out, audio out, and a security lock slot.
No word on specific release date or pricing, but we’ll try and find that out for you at the show. For now, we know that it will start at $200.
More from HP at Computex 2014
- HP Announces SlateBook 14, a Tegra-based Android Laptop
- HP Redesigns Chromebook 11 to Look Like Chromebook 14
- HP Announces Two New x360 Hybrid Notebooks
- HP Refreshes Pavilion and Envy Notebooks at Computex
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Damn! HP is on a roll!
Why do people need a quad core for browsing the web and checking e-mail?
Some people just want it to say they have it.....
I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.
that was funny
Specs are a bit... deceiving. The i7-4600u is basically a dual core with 4 threads. It's not a full blown i7 point for point.
Still might pick up one to play around with. Be awesome if I could load up Windows Ubuntu and get Steam In-House streaming going with this.
I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.
An entry-level i7, look at the specs. They just hit the warehouses at Synnex. Ingram and Tech Data don't have theirs unloaded yet. Already have a few orders to fulfill for some clients so it's play time.
I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.
An entry-level i7, look at the specs. They just hit the warehouses at Synnex. Ingram and Tech Data don't have theirs unloaded yet. Already have a few orders to fulfill for some clients so it's play time.
Your lack of a definite article confused me. Sorry. I read that as you saying that the i7 proecessors were "entry-level" as in bottom of the market specs for a $300.00 laptop, not an the i7 entry-level, which would be the lowest grade of the i7 processor line.