HP 2020 Chromebook x360 Laptop Computer 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8130U up to 3.4GHz (Beat i5-7200U) 8GB DDR4 RAM 64GB eMMC 14" FHD 2-in-1 Touchscreen 802.11ac WiFi Bluetooth 4.2 Type-C Chrome OS

My wife purchased this a few weeks ago and loves it! She is able to do anything she needs to online and only has minor issues with using the touchscreen in the web browser so far. A restart has fixed the issue. turns into a tablet very nicely and it feels very well-built. Looks very good too!

Its hard to find as good as value as the HP X360 with 8GB Ram. This Chromebook got an "Honorable Mention" on a recent Chrome Unboxed 2019 review on YouTube. At just over $400 its tough to beat. The Asus C434 Flip is arguably a better Chromebook but costs $100 more for the same specs. The X360 is really great value.Either of these two Chromebooks will meet most peoples needs with a solid aluminium build quality, convertible into a tablet. This X360 Chromebook runs the Android Play Store apps well which is what I got it for to be able to run Skype, which it does flawlessly.The Chromebook does support the new Google Assistant, not that I use it much. I'll talk to a dedicated device, not so much to my laptop/tablet. I'm using Amazon Echo throughout the home so I suppose that's why I don't use the Google Assistant very much.So glad HP went with a USB-C charging cable. HP sensibly put regular USB ports on the device as well. As with most laptops now, no HDMI port, so to connect to an external device you'll need a dongle. The charging cable is a standard laptop brick, shame they didn't go with a travel charger.The lettering on the keys is fairly light with low contrast which at certain angles can make it difficult to see which key is which. The back-lighting works well.

this chromebook replaced my 6 year old one with flying colors. the transition was seamless and added great features. the touchscreen works great. yes it's metallic and has a lit keyboard. the top of the outside is white and the bottom is silver in and out. it would be hard to find a better one at this price at this time. that's why it would be a logical choice.

I work at a public middle school, I am also a Linux enthusiast. After playing around with the Chromebooks the school district bought for the students to use during class, I became really interested in this platform. When I read that the Chrome OS now supports not only Android apps, but Linux apps I decided that I was going to buy a Chromebook.Overall, this Chromebook works well and I am very pleased. Granted, I did use some Amazon points and a gift card I had received for Christmas so the out of pocket price was significantly lower than the $500+ HP was selling the machine for. In other words, I may not have been so happy had I paid list price.The Good:1. The machine looks cool and feels very sturdy.2. The 64 gigs of hard drive space (not counting the 20 or so gigs taken up by the OS) are aqueduct - most mobile apps are fairly small. Some Linux apps can be a bit large, but provided one does not go wild installing apps the provided hard drive space should suffice.3. On a related note, Google does give you 100 gigs of storage free for one year. Additionally, I was able to mount my NAS in less time than it took me to write this sentence. So, at least at home, I have more space than I will need to store files.4. The Chrome OS found my networked HP printer and setting the printer up on the Chromebook was very easy.5. I don't use Gmail, but Chrome allowed me to "install" a web app to my email provider's web interface which works pretty well. Personally, I would rather use a stand alone email app. Using flatpak I was able to set up Evolution. Unfortunately, I was not able to get Evolution to save my password - retyping the password each and every time I wanted to check mail may be a good security measure, but it gets on my nerves at home so I attempted to install Thunderbird. I received an error that I need a newer version of flatpak to run Thunderbird. The command line option to update flatpak returns the notice that no update is available. I settled on Claws mail which works well. I should make clear that these limitations have nothing to do with this particular machine, but seem to represent the state of the OS and Linux integration at the moment.The Not So Good:1. While back-lit, the silver color of the letters on the keyboard make viewing the letters extremely difficult. This would not be a problem were the keyboard to mirror most other laptop keyboards I have used. Something is different and I can't quite put my finger on the problem. What I do notice is that on my desktop PC and my Linux laptop I can type without looking at the keyboard. I consistently hit the wrong keys on the Chromebook.2. The screen has a lot of glare.3. The speakers work fairly well when the Chromebook is in the position of a traditional laptop. When you fold the screen over to make a tent for viewing a video, the speaker sound becomes muffled due to the speakers being blocked by the screen. Ear buds solve the problem.Still, overall, the Chromebook works very well and feels solid. The more I use Google's OS the more convinced I am that this is the future for non-gamers.

I can watch something on You Tube at the same time on my phone.. my phone speakers are better! :(Just tried to watch the Irishman on Netflix.. FORGET it.. at Full volume.. I can't hear what they are saying(I am NOT hard of hearing) LOLI went to return it tonight.. and I waited to long. I will have to buy additional speakers. what a shameThe keyboard is not like a laptop.. I'm still adjusting.When you think you are hitting shift for a capital.. it goes into Search mode...

I was hesitant to try out a Chromebook, but I have to say I have fallen in love with it! It's fast, sleek, and does everything I need it to. Very user friendly!

Looks sleek. Works well. Kids love it.

Woke up this morning and my laptop was in a puddle of some liquid coming from within. GARBAGE>