SlateBook 14
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Type Midsize
Bundled OS Other
System RAM 2 GB
Maximum battery life Up to9 hour
Pointing device Trackpad
From $799.99
There's mounting evidence that HP, once the leading PC maker, does not know what it's doing.
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There's mounting evidence that HP, once the leading PC maker, does not know what it's doing. After announcing plans to cutup to 5 percent of its work force, the company is basically throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. Recent experiments include a luxury smartwatch, Chromebooks, a $199 Window notebookand now, a laptop running Android. Here's the sales pitch, and bear with me if this doesn't make sense: The SlateBook 14, according to HP, is for students and teens who already use Android on their mobile devices. In other words, they already own a Galaxy S5 or what have you, and they should have an Android laptop to match. The idea is that they might choose this over a Chromebook because it has more apps, and because it's more familiar. Ditto for Windows laptops -- except, you know, Windows actually has lots of apps too. Setting aside HP's flawed logic (they never said Windows users should stick to Windows Phone): Why would you pay $430 for a laptop running an OS that was primarily meant to be used with the fingers?
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