Microsoft has made efforts to market low-cost laptop, and yesterday, HP introduced the first fruits of this initiative: two available series notebook Stream with screens 11.6 "and 13.3", as well as two series of tablet Stream with screens 7 "and 8". Key features of the device will not only affordable prices (from $ 199 for laptops and $ 99 for tablets), but also deals Microsoft, attached to the package. Year free subscription to terabyte cloud storage and OneDrive year free subscription to Office 365 Personal . Voucher for $ 25 to purchase applications in the company store Microsoft prepared for buyers of laptops and tablet owners will get 60 minutes of calls on Skype every month. In addition, customers in the United States version of the laptop HP Stream 13.3 "will receive 200 MB of traffic in 4G networks when working with the operator T-Mobile. Incidentally, the larger version of the notebook can be equipped with not only the 4G-modem, but also a touch screen.
There is CPU Celeron (almost certainly family Bay Trail) and 32GB solid state memory type eMMC. Display resolution in both cases the same - 1280 x 720 dpi, differs only by the size of the diagonal (13.3 "or 11.6"). The laptop supports wireless Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11n, as well as the sound of DTS Studio. Cooling system dispenses with the fan, so there is no noise from the notebook.
You can choose from two colors: light blueberry and lilac. Prices are expected to be attractive: $ 199 for the version with display 11.6 ", and one with a 13.3-inch display is estimated at $ 229. These computers are equipped with the operating system Windows 8.1 with the browser Bing.
Tablets Series Stream received an identical operating system Windows 8.1 with the browser Bing, as well as some processors Intel. On the characteristics of these devices HP and Microsoft did not report. Version with a 7-inch display is estimated at $ 99, one with an 8-inch display has been around $ 149. That tablet Stream 8 will be offered in a version with 4G-modem and data plan T-Mobile with 200 MB of free traffic per month.