While HP boasts that its Stream devices are "fanless," I would much rather deal with some noise or a couple of air vents in exchange for a better-ventilated system. Both the Samsung Chromebook 3 (9:44) and the Dell Inspi(9:01) lasted longer. When the Stream 11 ran our battery test (continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi ), the laptop lasted 8 hours and 23 minutes, which is respectable but shorter than the runtimes of its competitors. That's significantly higher than the score from the Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14 (13,568). We put the Stream 11 through its paces on the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited benchmark, where it scored 16,230. The HP Stream 11 has an integrated Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU, which means it's more geared toward Candy Crush Soda Saga than a heavy-duty game such as Overwatch. The Dell Inspicrawled to the finish line in 22 minutes and 2 seconds. That is slightly faster than the Ideapad 100S-14, which took 14 minutes and 33 seconds. In our OpenOffice spreadsheet test, where each system had to match 20,000 names with addresses, the Stream 11 took 13 minutes and 42 seconds to complete the task. Powered by a 1.6-GHz Intel Celeron N3060 processor, Intel Graphics 400, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of eMMc flash storage, the Stream 11 is snappy when handling basic computing tasks. The HP Stream 11 offers solid performance for the price. My wrists were particularly happy that I didn't have to push down too hard on the buttonless surface to highlight text or to move files as I did on the Inspiron 14 3000's stiff touchpad. The HP Stream 11's 3.6 x 2.1-inch touchpad was responsive and pleasant to use. However, if you want a better keyboard in this price range, consider the Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14, which has 1.9 mm of travel and requires 79 grams of force. (We prefer at least 60 grams.) Thanks to this solid feedback, I didn't find myself bottoming out while typing. Though the Stream 11's keyboard has a shallow 1.2 millimeters of key travel (1.5 to 2 mm is typical), it requires a solid 69 grams of force to register a key press. When I handed the Stream to a colleague, his error rate quadrupled from 2 to 8 percent, and his speed dropped from 100 wpm to 92 wpm. That is definitely a step down from my usual speed of 80 words per minute with a 7 percent error rate. On the typing test, I scored 73 words per minute with a whopping 20 percent error rate. The Dell Inspiron 14 3000's speakers are a distant fourth. The speakers on the Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14 are quiet but decent, but not quite as good as the ones on those two machines. These speakers definitely sound more intense than the ones on the Samsung Chromebook 3. For one thing, its dual speakers actually sound dynamic and full, even though they're located at the bottom front of the device. I wasn't expecting very high audio quality from this little $200 laptop, but the HP Stream 11 blew me away. Unfortunately, the laptop's hinges will let you tilt back the screen only about 25 degrees to adjust the angle. Otherwise, you'll encounter dark spots that make it tough to see what's happening on-screen. For the best viewing experience, you need to be directly in front of its display to find that elusive sweet spot. Vertical viewing angles are also not the Stream 11's strong suit, though side-to-side angles are better. Both 14-inch laptops' color ranges were much higher than those on these smaller screens, with the Lenovo reproducing 83.5 percent of the gamut and the Dell displaying 81.4 percent. The Stream's screen can reproduce 77.5 percent of the sRGB gamut, as opposed to the measly 63.1 percent that the Samsung Chromebook 3 managed. When I watched the same scene on the Samsung Chromebook 3, its 259-nit screen showed far more details of the villain's gold armor than the Stream 11's display did. I also had trouble seeing all the details in Vulture's armor in the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer. While the screens on both the Stream 11 and the Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14 have the same total brightness average (188 nits), I preferred the Ideapad's display because black text actually looked black on the panel, unlike on the Stream 11, where the grayish-looking text forced me to squint while reading. The Samsung Chromebook 3, however, is near perfect, with a Delta-E of 0.21. It earned a Delta-E rating of 3.69 (lower is better), which is in the same ballpark as the scores from its 14-inch rivals (3.46 for the Dell Inspiand 3.85 for the Lenovo Ideapad 100S-14). The colors produced by the Stream 11's display aren't particularly accurate, but they are on a par with those of other laptops in its price range.
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