![]() ![]() ![]() Even at 75% brightness, this display is vibrant and nice to look at. I have a bay window with plenty of sunlight, for example. Even at a maximum of 250 nits brightness, the display is fine in my home office.As noted, the setup process is simple and fast, which I appreciate.The look and feel reminds me of Apple’s design language, if you like that sort of thing. I wouldn’t mind seeing that right up front, but that’s just me. The overall design is well executed, save for the headphone jack on the very back of the base.However, I do have some first impressions worth sharing. I’ll use the device full-time for around a week or so before doing that. Obviously, since I just received the HP Chromebase, I can’t offer a full review right now. Without the update, I estimate you can go from unboxing to work in around three minutes. Due to a Chrome OS update that I downloaded and installed, I was up and running quickly. Then the rest of the traditional Chrome OS setup process followed.įrankly, this couldn’t be easier to set up. Upon booting up, I was greeted with the below setup screen to pair the accessories, which took all of 30 seconds. I connected the power cord to the HP Chromebase and put batteries into the mouse and keyboard. The 90W proprietary charger connects underneath the base and you can route the cord out of a nicely designed channel. There’s also a microphone/headphone combo port. You’re getting a pair of USB Type-A ports and the same number of USB Type-C jacks. Or you can slide the switch further to disable both.īuilt into the attractive stand are the power and volume buttons as well as the external ports. You can slide over the shutter to disable the camera but keep the microphone active, which is handy. Batteries are included for both.Ītop the touch screen is a 5-megapixel webcam and a physical switch to disable the camera and the microphone. You’ll need that Bluetooth if you want to use the included wireless keyboard and mouse. Intel’s radio chip supports WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5. It seems a little strange to use a relatively low-powered, 15W CPU – this chipset was used in many Chromebooks – since the HP Chromebase is always connected to an outlet.Īlso inside is 16 GB of memory and 256 GB of NVMe storage. Powering that computer is the dual-core Intel Core i3-10110U processor and Intel’s integrated UHD graphics. That includes the 21.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 IPS touch panel with 250 nits of brightness, along with a full Chrome OS computer inside. This HP Chromebase is mostly all high-end This review model is currently priced at $739.99 on HP’s site and has the maximum possible current configuration. I just received the highest-end configuration, so here’s my HP Chromebase AIO 21.5 unboxing and first impressions. However, this is the most recent Chromebase, so there isn’t much competition yet. ![]() With its 10th-generation Intel processors, it now has to compete with current 11th-gen and coming soon 12th gen CPUs in Chrome OS devices. The HP Chromebase AIO 21.5 was announced in August of 2021, which is kind of bad timing. ![]()
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