I totally disagree with almost everything you said. Nothing at all wrong with google docs. Chrome o/s is nothing at all like android (not even sure how you can make that comparison).

I've written several essays using google docs. It hasn't got all the bells and whistles of MS office but it does the job (and it's free and x-platform).

To me the beauty of chrome OS is that it is just a browser. No background processes slowing things down, no need for AV software, auto updates (quickly), boots (quickly).

All down to opinion but for what I use mine for it does the job I expect it to do.

Love my CB. Typing on it now, tends to be my computer of choice for web browsing and taking to uni.

Google docs doesn't get the credit it deserves.

Cue normal argument - "this is not a fully functional laptop". :laughing:

Of course it's a fully functional laptop - unless it's got a physical fault.

Looks like expired-up to £149.99 now

Cracking deal - I have a Chromebook, it gets used all the time in my home irrespective of all other laptops, tablets.

Does anyone know if upwards of 32Gb MicroSD card will work?

Silver back again @ £99.99 also.

back to £99.99 for the turquoise one

139.99 now :-(

ordered friday, arrived saturday. great for £99, but makes my toshiba full hd chromebook a bargain at £179 off here last year. the 1080p is amazing.

Web based Skype only allows messaging. Skype belongs to ms, they've lost a little bit of ground to chrome os, can't see them opening Skype up to chromebooks.

I agree about Skype - hangouts is good alternative. I don't use Skype (other then the IM part of Office previously known as Lync) but I'm sure I read a long time ago that Skype for web worked on Chromebooks?

this or a 2955u chromebook?

Excellent device. got mine today. boots up in seconds.

Looks like the silver version has sold out - only turquoise available now.

What's the battery life actually like on these?

Skype is theoretically possible to run on it using arc or app run time etc etc etc look it up on web and you would find the answer.
You can actually dial out using hangout i think. correct me if i am wrong
storage can be sorted with free box storage and dropbox one drive and google drive etc etc and u can get 64 gb flash drive etc or portable hard drive etc. lot of ways to make it very useful with no hassle of maintenance etc

Not if the other side only has Skype, or if you want to dial out to a phone line.

I think Skype is possible if you install Linux, if you are so inclined. Minecraft is theoretically possible, but the Android version is not going to run, and the Java version is going to be too slow on this machine. That is what "not a full laptop" means.

But can you play minecraft and Skype on it?

have a toshiba chromebook with the 1080p screen. it is brilliant. Only use windows to play chess. The chromebook is fab.just bought one of these for my wife as her 10" windows tab is too fiddly.

No the cloud features and storage are free (there are limitations), although you would to be a serious power user or business to reach them.

So a cloud you have to pay for right? Sorry I'm about 20 years behind in IT and never got over Windows 95! So if my current laptop is nearly full 250gb I need to have it all on external drive or a cloud ( which I don't want to pay for )

They have a SD Card reader, a micro sim card slot is only present on the 3G model.

Do these have an SD slot?

Top drawer.

Ordered mine yesterday, and it's out for delivery today. Expected it on Monday or Tuesday next week...

Top price for a Chromebook. Hot :sunglasses:

Just in case it matters to anyone thinking of buying this, I believe that it's not possible to download from BBC iPlayer on a chromebook.

Condition:Manufacturer refurbished

I have emailed the company to find out

I suspect that is exactly what has happened.
Helps to explain why they might have hundreds of refurbished units.

I was just wondering if they are manufacturer refurbished.

What's video playback like on these.
Do all formats work?
How about Chromecast?

This particular model have an inherent fault with the keyboards where certain keys on the right hand side of the keyboard stop working after a couple of months of use, I purchased 120 of these for my company and virtually every one has had to go back to HP for repair

Ahhh, the old windows laptop booting up quickly, mine used to, then its starts downloading updates etc ! Stopped using windows a few months ago and haven't looked back.
Chromebook's are brilliant and great for my needs and most of the population.
These machines are now huge in America and have got Microsoft a little worried.

Nice one.

If you own a Android tablet and also a Windows Laptop would there be any reason to purchase this? I'm curious about these Chromebooks.

I've listed my Chromebook in the For Sale section.... http://www.hotukdeals.com/for-sale-trade/hp-chromebook-14-with-3g-excellent-condition-boxed-2407245

Have they invented a new colour? Turqousie?

Got an acer 13 inch refurb chromebook off ebayargos £129.99 just for internet superfast,like brand new as well.

is your laptop under £100 ? i doubt that very much

Thanks for that. Just returned a Dell (never again - hopeless company!) and got refunded £286 so bought three of these. One for me and two for my lads. Thanks OP. Have some heat.

good for you and what kind of laptop do u have? for most people windows and mac take good few seconds to a minute to start. anyway good for you :wink:

My laptop takes 7 seconds to boot up in the morning, chromebook is nothing special.

The argument for chromebooks has been made many times, I wouldn't touch one normally but at this price it could be a good option.
I think this is the price they should have been pitched at originally.
I'm voting hot.

Have commented before about this. I have a Macbook pro , Windows 10 and a Chromebook and guess which one i use the most---Chromebook. I do google sheets which are similar to Excell, I use Docs instead of office and download pdfs or convert my sheets or docs into pdf. Web browsing is fast. And I shut it down at night and can open it in the morning and within seconds I am onto internet to check things on internet before going to work. I take it with me to friends as easy to use cheap computer to work on. Great and most useful computer out of the three for most needs. Apart from if you need video editor or any other heavy wok which most of us don't need most of the time. :smiley:. Buy it if emails and web surfing and office/excell are the main things u need as has less hassle and is more easy to use. :smiley:

dumb question of the day: Can you install windows apps like Kodi on to this?

I have one of these already but am seriously tempted to buy another one to keep for when this one goes kaput. I LOVE this machine. Was heartbroken when it developed a keyboard fault and Argos said they were discontinued everywhere, but luckily HP fixed it for me. Really am tempted.

As I've only had mine since last summer, how long do Chromebooks usually last? Two, three years or something?

​No, Adobe still provide it it's just that Google integrate it

refurbished for a reason...

Fantastic deal - had my Acer C720p for two years now. Bought it for £175 refurb and have had no issues whatsoever with it; boots in seconds and does everything I could ever need it to! Ridiculously light, too - even took it travelling across Europe with me and it's still in one piece!

Does Flash player work on these?

Considering one for my daughter to use. She needs office type things occasionally but requires flash based websites for her homework.

Great laptop - bought the gf one a few years ago and it runs as perfect as the day it was bought. Have some heat because £99 is a steal.

Cheap because they are faulty little **** AVOID! Google/ hp chrome books they are faulty I'm on my 3rd one my first one wouldn't charge and kept turning itself on and off when I contacted them they agreed that they are dodgy , sent me out a new one which screen kept turning white either by itself or when adjusting for better view or just by putting it down coming back and it goes like that I then got sent out this 3rd one, I wish I read reviews before I brought it

My Dell XPS 13 I7 boots up to full Windows 10 in about 10 seconds. It did cost £1300 though...

208 sold.. Why have they had to refurb so many?!

Read my whole post...............

Thanks for that. Will take a look.

For less than £100? You should post that as a deal.

My I5 Intel NUC with an MSATA SSD with Windows 10 boots in less than 10 seconds.................

Did cost more than £100 though............

I do have a 240gb SSD and a 480gb SSD...........

Exactly! Ive just read your reply.... ive pretty much written the same thing!

I have one of these, loads up straighaway, battery life good, lightweight, what's not to like for £100

Love my HD Tosh Chromebook, it's good with a capital G. Had a play with this HP in John Lewis a while back, track pad is so smooth. Feels nice and for this price it's a seriously hot deal. I could never go back to standard definition though...

Those keys must have been really faulty! :wink:

When I bought mine - there was still the 100GB 2 year Google storage available.

Bought one for the wif, awesome. Fast boot up, 6seconds. Laptop's are dead.

No I'm asking you directly. I'll make it easy for you, what does fully functional actually mean if you yourself are describing this Chromebook as fully functional? If you are, how does everyone else actually know what you define fully functional as meaning and does fully functional as this defined meaning apply to all other laptops?

TL:DR

What do you mean by fully functional and how are you defining that?

The reason I'm taking you to task on this is post #1 where you stated

"Cue normal argument - "this is not a fully functional laptop". :laughing:

Of course it's a fully functional laptop - unless it's got a physical fault."

You mentioned fully functional I want to know what you mean by that.

No hard drive? Is that the norm now or is this basically a tablet ?

Can you reformat these and load a different OS on them?

These are Brilliant.
I love my Chromebook easy to use,quick to charge and boot up.
Many people seem to think they have to spend a fortune on a laptop that honestly they will not use to its full potential.

fantastic. thank you.

Am I defining the parameters? You seem to be taking exception to the fact that a Chromebook is described as a fully functioning laptop.

Out of the box Chromebooks do what they're intended to do - for those who want to tinker further, many ChromeOS devices can run a Linux through developer mode. Storage is limited, but I can't think of many things that you can't do with a Chromebook that you can on another laptop.

If somebody takes Neverware Cloudready and puts it on a laptop, would you then say that it is no longer a fully functioning laptop? Because in that case the laptop effectively becomes a Chromebook.

You're defining the parameters not me. I'm just wondering what you think fully functional actually means.

Heavy, poor resolution, insufficient RAM, mediocre CPU. For the price that may be ok, but there are certainly much better Chromebooks.

There are huge overlaps between ChromeOS and Android, mostly from a technical perspective but also from an end user perspective (in functionality terms). Both OS's are pretty much glorified web browsers until you install apps, and they don't support any legacy x86 software (i.e. traditional PC software). That's where my comparison comes in.

Android has a much, much, much bigger pool of apps, and also a much bigger userbase, which is why I would suggest that most people are better suited to an Android Tablet rather than Chrome OS.

I am happy to be convinced otherwise on the point of Chromebooks though - but otherwise my opinion still stands. At a more typical selling price of £200, most people would be better off with something like an Asus Transformer rather than a Chromebook.

This is still a bargain at £99 if you want a Chromebook though, as I said..

Google Docs (inc sheets etc too) may just be a personal thing, but I find it a poor user experience compared to even Open Office, regardless of whether you use it in browser or local "app" form.

I totally disagree with almost everything you said. Nothing at all wrong with google docs. Chrome o/s is nothing at all like android (not even sure how you can make that comparison).

I was all set to press the button on this one until I read the Amazon reviews saying the keys are prone to being faulty. The last time I ignored those type of reviews I got my fingers burned so I will be giving this one a miss.

Well, they are basically like an android tablet with a keyboard and reduced functionality....(yes I know its a different OS and H/W but i'm speaking from a functionality POV).

The only redeeming features of Chromebooks vs a "normal" laptop are the battery life and the price point, IF the primary reason to own a computer is for browsing the web. So, at £99...yes its a bargain and for some people its a good option. At £200+ they start to compete with "normal" laptops and as such, they become much less of a bargain. Google Docs is still very average and not something I would ever want to author a document in. It's still painful to use compared to a local copy of MS Office.

The vast majority of people however will be better off with a tablet, or a laptop. Given the choice I can't see why you'd pick up a Chomebook instead unless (as is the case here), they are vastly cheaper.

I made fun of it, yet still ordered the blue. £87.49. Quite happy with that. (used Nectar points)

You could always (particularly if you have an older laptop) consider if you are tech savvy enough a dual boot option with your laptop with chromium [here] It should sate your curiosity without having to buy another electrical item.

Long argument as always - I was responding in the terms of the original description.

But given the components are similar to most laptops (accepting Tegra vs x86 differences), it is difficult to describe a Chromebook as not fully functional in comparison to any other laptop. Would the same tag be applied to something like the HP Stream?

Does this have a sim card slot?

But is it touch screen?

Thanks for the reply.

I might be tempted to take a punt at this price. I've always held off because my perception was it was basically an android tablet with a keyboard.

Define fully functional. Do you mean fully functional as in the laptop just switches on and everything its supposed to do works or do you mean it's fully functional in a broader sense as it can do anything other laptops can do? You'll also possibly find fully functional to most people is seen in a broader sense and by which can almost not be applied to any laptop as the parameters are not defined accurately to encompass every conceivable parameter. In most cases 'fully functional' could be defined as a non sequitur.

As soon as you apply the meaning fully functional to any laptop, then people will apply situations whereby fully functional is not an accurate definition. I'd avoid using that term unless you want a long winded reply like I've just given :smiley:

Anyway back on topic, is this a deal? Definitely is, is it fully functional? That is dependent on your workload and the capability of the laptop to perform what is required of it.

Love my Chromebook so heat added

Define fully functional laptop. You'll find that harder than you think and that's in respect to just about any laptop.

This is an astounding deal. I've had one of these for 2 years and it's still as fast as the day I bought it, plus the battery lasts practically an entire working day.

edit: Actually just noticed this is the 2gb version. Mine's the 4gb one, but the point still stands - it's a good deal!

I love my chrome book. Does everything most people use a computer for. Surfing / Shopping and streaming. Great price to dip ones toe into the water.

I bought 14" version from them recently for £124.99 - it looked brand new - quick free delivery to Argos as well.

I stand corrected, my bad - poor choice of words.

Love my CB. Typing on it now, tends to be my computer of choice for web browsing and taking to uni.

Google docs doesn't get the credit it deserves.

Warranty 6 Months :neutral_face:

Cue normal argument - "this is not a fully functional laptop". :laughing:

Of course it's a fully functional laptop - unless it's got a physical fault.