I'm gonna be doing my first review on the product, the HP Stream with an Intel Celeron @1.60GHz. I got it September of last year, and spending a year with the product, I though I would give my thoughts on it.
A picture of the HP Stream Product
The build I got has 32GB of space, which, if I'm gonna be honest, is really bad for the price, and not a lot of space is left over if you have the Office preinstalled bundle that comes with it, and it also comes preinstalled with the OS Windows 10 Home. That sounds okay, I mean, later down the line Win10 had features I found useful for using applications such as PinBox for my 3DS, but the antivirus that comes out-of-the-box, and Windows Defender, is only okay. I recommend Malwarebytes for those who aren't too tech-savy or are just looking for a better option.
So, my review so far has been... Eh, it's so-so. 32GB of space for your files is pretty bad for today's standards, and Office was unneeded imo. But my main problem is that the system overheats like hell. The CPU's performance is always constantly affected BADLY because there isn't a fan built in to the system, and there's little space for any hot air to come out of the machine. I don't know if it's just because I use my machine for other purposes than it was probably meant for, because it is a lower-end personal computer, but I think that is a big issue with the machine that could be fixed easily with a fan built in.
Overall, although I find the product to look great visually and it's storage capacity is pretty mediocre, it is great to use if yourey going to mainly browse the web. Windows does a good job at loading all the peogrproi want though, and compatibility with older programs is pretty damn good.
I waluld give this 3 out of 5 stars and recommend it to those who, again, aren't that tech-savy and just want to use the machine for web purposes and running old games and crap like that. Hopefully you enjoyed this review. Give me your thoughts below!
A picture of the HP Stream Product
The build I got has 32GB of space, which, if I'm gonna be honest, is really bad for the price, and not a lot of space is left over if you have the Office preinstalled bundle that comes with it, and it also comes preinstalled with the OS Windows 10 Home. That sounds okay, I mean, later down the line Win10 had features I found useful for using applications such as PinBox for my 3DS, but the antivirus that comes out-of-the-box, and Windows Defender, is only okay. I recommend Malwarebytes for those who aren't too tech-savy or are just looking for a better option.
So, my review so far has been... Eh, it's so-so. 32GB of space for your files is pretty bad for today's standards, and Office was unneeded imo. But my main problem is that the system overheats like hell. The CPU's performance is always constantly affected BADLY because there isn't a fan built in to the system, and there's little space for any hot air to come out of the machine. I don't know if it's just because I use my machine for other purposes than it was probably meant for, because it is a lower-end personal computer, but I think that is a big issue with the machine that could be fixed easily with a fan built in.
Overall, although I find the product to look great visually and it's storage capacity is pretty mediocre, it is great to use if yourey going to mainly browse the web. Windows does a good job at loading all the peogrproi want though, and compatibility with older programs is pretty damn good.
I waluld give this 3 out of 5 stars and recommend it to those who, again, aren't that tech-savy and just want to use the machine for web purposes and running old games and crap like that. Hopefully you enjoyed this review. Give me your thoughts below!
