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Refurbished Hp Stream,Intel® Celeron,2GB Ram,32GB Ssd,11.6inch – purple HP’s Stream is a compact laptop that runs the full Windows 10 OS to give you more than just the cloud. Equipped with an Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, the Stream is great for surfing the Web and taking notes in class. While the 11.6-inch screen could be brighter and the battery life is shorter than average, the Stream colorful design, capable specs and an excellent keyboard/touchpad combo make for a great low-cost laptop or student notebook. DesignWith a vibrant blue (or magenta) matte, plastic shell, the Stream has a bold look that separates this laptop from the pack. A brushed-plastic keyboard deck and white contrasting chiclet layout help tie the entire look together. Measuring 13.12 x 9 x 0.77 inches and weighing 3.42 pounds, HP’s laptop is lightweight enough to comfortably fit in almost any backpack or laptop bag, with plenty of room to spare. DisplayThe Stream offers a fairly colorful and crisp image for the price, but it’s on the dim side. When I watched the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, the red glow of Kylo Ren’s lightsaber and the green landscapes looked clear and vibrant. However, it was tough to make out details in darker and shadowy scenes, such as the one with Rey rappelling through the remains of an Imperial ship. This effect only worsened when I viewed the screen from wider angles.The Stream registered a display brightness of 182 nits, trailing the Lenovo Ideapad 100S and the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 14 (both 244 nits). I noticed myself trying to increase the screen’s brightness even though it was already set to max. In an acceptable showing for a laptop this inexpensive, the Stream reproduced 59.8 percent of the sRGB color gamut, higher than the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook (53.4 percent) but lower than the Ideapad 100S (62 percent). Keyboard and TouchpadThe Stream white, chiclet keys are easy to read, and a blue, metal inner casing provides a solid platform behind the keys, which minimizes flex. The keys’ short travel of 1.25mm is quite shallow, which means touch typists will risk “bottoming out,” or pushing down too hard against the base. Typical laptops have 1.5mm to 2mm of travel, which is much more comfortable. On the 10FastFingers typing test, I scored about 90 words per minute, which is less than my average of 110 wpm on larger keyboards. PerformanceFeaturing Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB of RAM and only 32GB of flash storage, the Streambook provides everything you need for basic computing tasks. The laptop allowed me to run basic Windows Store games like Candy Crush, stream a 1080p video on YouTube and navigate among six browser tabs without much lag.