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HP Chromebook X2 i5 $899 (RRP $1,399) + Delivery @ Umart

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HP Chromebook X2 i5 $899 (RRP $1,399) + Delivery @ Umart
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TheNewDeal on 17/05/2020 - 19:55 umart.com.au (907 clicks)
Last edited 18/05/2020 - 17:40 by 2 other users

For those who need more power than your usual Pentium powered Chromebook: comes with a low voltage i5 processor, 8gb of RAM and 64gb storage.

Description from website:
"HP 12.3in 2K IPS Touch i5 7Y54 64GB eMMC Premium 2 in 1 Chromebook (5PX98PA)
Powerful, adaptable, and full of personality—the Chromebook as we know it will never be the same. The first Chrome Detachable PC comes with high-performance specs, to transform productivity and entertainment. With access to a wide variety of apps to explore, our most powerful Chromebook yet is ready to do it all.

Intel® Core™ i5-7Y54 Processor (1.2 GHz base frequency, up to 3.2 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)

Chrome OS™

12.3" diagonal 2K IPS WLED-backlit touch screen (2400 x 1600)

8 GB LPDDR3-1866 SDRAM (onboard)

64 GB eMMC"

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  • xyron on 17/05/2020 - 20:02
    +5

    I wish they'd do a similarly priced variant of this that runs Windows..

  • mostlygordon on 17/05/2020 - 20:07

    Picked one up for $830 at Amazon last week (price has since increased). Great machine, runs Android and Linux apps well. Just wish it had a backlit keyboard, or I could at least buy one. The Poms get one with their SKUs…

  • Stefce on 17/05/2020 - 20:23

    Could you flash this to run windows?

    • miarn on 18/05/2020 - 09:35

      I don't know, but even if you could, I'd imagine Windows with 64GB of eMMC would be a painful experience.

  • happychappy1 on 17/05/2020 - 20:30
    +2

    eMMC = bad news

    • shaybisc on 17/05/2020 - 20:36
      +2

      In a $1399 rrp laptop - incredible. The rest of the laptops are up to NVME.

      • davesgnl05 on 17/05/2020 - 21:00

        Sorry for the ignorant question, but what's the difference between the two?

        • jace88 on 17/05/2020 - 21:11

          NVMe is a much faster protocol for drives but is a bit of a moot point in a Chromebook. Good deal for the X2 with the i5 but I personally don’t know if I see the value in an i5 in a Chromebook.

        • vee124 on 17/05/2020 - 21:14

          eMMC very slow. Programs and accessing files will take longer.

          eMMC is around 400MB/s, probably slightly slower than an SSD but much slower than NVMe which some can do 5000MB/s.

    • mostlygordon on 17/05/2020 - 21:09

      It's pretty fast, 8 second boot and instant launch of Android apps. The Linux subsystem takes a few seconds to fire up, but bearable. Must see if I can find an Android benchmark app for it…

      • mostlygordon on 17/05/2020 - 21:17

        Curiosity got the better of me. PassMark shows 2553 MBytes / Sec read, 1894 MBytes / Sec write. This must be an SSD. They probably use eMMC in the low end model.

        • norkle on 17/05/2020 - 21:31
          +1

          HP seems to be pretty sure its eMMC:
          https://support.hp.com/lv-en/document/c06190343

        • mostlygordon on 18/05/2020 - 00:15

          Please disregard this benchmark. I run it a few times and got variable results and crashes. Reads were consistently fast when it runs. Sometimes writes were quite slow. It's an Android app and probably doesn't like ChromeBooks.

  • boxall on 18/05/2020 - 07:05

    Wow. $400 more than what I paid for the M3/8GB/64GB variant back in January.

    Never been looking for more speed. Everything is very very snappy.

    So this thing would fly!

    • BlinkyBill on 18/05/2020 - 10:00

      8GB or 4GB?

      • boxall on 18/05/2020 - 10:36

        As above. 8GB.

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