HP's gorgeous Chromebook 13 is thinner, lighter than MacBook Pro
 

HP's gorgeous Chromebook 13 is thinner, lighter than MacBook Pro
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The sad truth is most Chromebooks are cheap and underpowered — $200 to $300 laptops that are just barely good e**ugh to browse the web, stream video and edit a couple of Google documents.*

But Chromebooks are growing up. Designed closely with Google, HP's new Chromebook 13 is a premium Chromebook that offers a lot, both in terms of design and performance.

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Starting at $499, the Chromebook 13 is more than the typical Chromebook, but **t nearly as hard on the wallet as Google's Pixel 2, which starts at $999.99.

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And whereas most Chromebooks are usually thick 1-inch clunkers, the Chromebook 13 is **t. At 0.5 inch, its brushed aluminum body is thinner than a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (0.71 inch) and only a hair thicker than the HP's ultra-thin Spectre 13.3 (0.4 inch). The Chromebook 13's thinness also translates to lightness — it's only 2.86 pounds. Read more...


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