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HP Chromebook Plus 15a-nb0009TU review

HP Chromebook Plus 15a-nb0009TU

CHOICE Expert Rating

66%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Has a microSD card slot
  • Can upgrade or replace some components (battery, Wi-Fi)
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Lacks HDMI
  • Poor Wi-Fi speed
  • Poor storage read and write speeds
  • Keyboard is not backlit

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Chrome OS

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
66%
Performance score
50%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
77%
Battery life score
67%
Display score
73%
Audio score
65%
Wi-Fi score
27%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
273
Storage read-speed (MBps)
326
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
17
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
6:27
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:16
Expert tester comments
HP's large Chromebook 15 has a good screen, decent processing power, and a battery that averaged 6 hours and 27 minutes in our rundown test. Being a Chromebook, it will only appeal to those of you who already make heavy use of Google's ecosystem, and it's suitable mainly for web-based applications for productivity and entertainment tasks u002du002d mainly Google Docs, Sheets, Netflix, and anything else you can stream.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Replace/upgrade RAM
Slots for additional RAM
Replace/upgrade storage
Slot for additional storage
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Country of origin
China

Related products

Availability
Tested model

Cost

Price
$749.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
15.6
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i3-N305
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.8
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Intel UHD graphics
Storage capacity (GB)
128
Available user space (GB)
96
Storage type
UFS (Universal Flash Storage)
Wi-Fi version
6
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.7
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
Size (mm, H x D x W)
23 x 242 x 362

Features

Screen finish
Matte
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
1
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
2
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
0
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
0

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