If this actually had a dedicated button for Tim Hortons that was functional, I’d pay way more than what you are asking… unless of course the Timmies is refurbished too.
@ELUNO I bought myself a Chromebook for $175 a few months ago and I love it. Fast AF, and the best feature to me is the ability to download and use apps from the Android Play store. I would’ve jumped on this HP but all that damn blue pushed me away.
@ELUNO@Junior305 I agree, I love my Chromebooks. My Chromebook has been my primary device for over a year now, it does everything I need. I purchased a Stream about two years ago, hated it from the get-go.
@ELUNO A Chromebook is much faster. I still have a f****ing Windows 10 PC around, one year old but went through many resets and fresh installs. Of course, the updates are the best part with the restarts that give you time to meditate and you got an excuse for not working if your boss comes around. A Chromebook won’t give you time to meditate during restarts, resets, "refreshs’, system restores, BSODs, driver fails, freezes etc. Those damn Chromebooks just work. Never buy a Chromebook if you hate to work.
@ELUNO I don’t know… 32 GB of total storage on a Windows 10 system sounds pretty damn useless to me! It actually makes a Chromebook look useful in comparison.
Assuming this is the Intel N3060, PassMark Benchmark is around 995ish. Running Win10 on 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC, it has it’s uses… but those are pretty much limited to web browsing, email and maybe one of the open source office programs like LibreOffice.
It does appear to have an HDMI port, so maybe as a streaming player as well?
Reviews on Amz are meh, 3.4 stars. I suppose the long battery life maybe helps offset some of the limitations.
Passmark is the first thing I checked. If this had a backlit keyboard and a 1920x1080 touchscreen I’d pick one up for a family member to replace a Surface RT even though it’s likely not a whole lot faster, but the screen is larger and it’ll receive updates with certainty. As is, googling for the P/N reached HP.com/ca/… and clicking on the specs = zilch/empty, clicking on the datasheets/documents = Sorry, there are no documents available for this product. And the ratings are 1.0 with only two submitted reviews; a person should go elsewhere to find out just how netbook-ish this is. I already get the feeling it’s on-par with the HP Stream 8 tablet a friend gave me a while back - only with 3GB more RAM to offset your pain for a little while longer.
@ruouttaurmind I have an older 11" Stream I got a couple years ago from, er, that other deal-a-day site the meh guy used to own before Amazon assimilated it. I got it for a very specific purpose: playing the newest DOOM. That didn’t work out so i settled for the other reason I got it. I install video systems that need me to got to the Web interface, and my 17" I5 laptop just wasn’t up to that arduous a task. The Stream was perfect for that, and bonus, it weighs about tenth of what the 17" does, so I can add lots of heavy tools and extra cables I don’t need to the laptop bag.
Seriously, though, it’s basically perfect for browser based stuff and anything that does not require HDD space. A Windows based Chromebook, of you will. The one I got was a Win 8 box but I made it my first experiment with Windows 10 because my desktop and real laptop were still running 7 and 8. Downside is that since then, I haven’t been able to do any of the other major updates due to the tiny eMMC, even after stripping out everything i dont use and putting my user files on a 128gb SD card.
Aside from that, I’ve been pretty happy with it because it does exactly what I got it for. And it does, indeed, stream Hulu/Netflix/Amazon just fine when i want to hook it to the hotel TV. It’s been three years. I’m thinking it might be time to update my field machine.
@ruouttaurmind oh, and when i got the older Stream, i had the choice of blue and pink. I went for the blue. It’s not terrible though I would not mind something a little more royal or navy. You know, more manly.
@ruouttaurmind I have one these. It’s alright for the price. The 32GB hard drive is more limiting than you’d think, which is my main gripe. I have a 128 GB SD card that solves some problems, but not all.
I managed to eventually put my Dropbox files on the SD card, but that took a lot of googling and I received zero help from Dropbox when I asked for their support in figuring it out.
The main issue I have is that I’m at the point where I don’t have enough hard drive space to update Windows, even using an external USB drive. There’s just nothing more I can delete. That’s kind of a deal breaker honestly.
@Fen_Star@heartny I own it in purple, it’s actually a good laptop, but I bought mine during a Walmart store reset. They randomly marked it down to $49 so I snatched it up.
@aristan@Fen_Star@heartny WalMart has a refurbished one in purple right now without the Canadian upgrade for 139. There might be a discount for picking it up at the store
We have an 11 inch Stream for 2 or 3 years now. Spacebar is kind of finicky but other than that, it’s a full fledged Windows laptop for a Chromebook price. I’d buy another if I had use for it.
Intel Celeron N3060, 1.6GHz, dual-core Processor
4 GB DDR3L SDRAM Memory. Processor technology : Intel Turbo Boost Technology
More productive. Windows 10 is the best for bringing ideas forward and getting things done.
32 GB eMMC, no optical Drive. Front-facing VGA webcam with integrated digital microphone
14.0-Inch diagonal HD sva bright view wled-backlit (1366x768)
Intel Celeron N3060 @ 1.60GHz + Compare Average CPU Mark
Description: Intel HD Graphics 400
Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 2.5 GHz
No of Cores: 2
Typical TDP: 6 W
Other names: Intel® Celeron® CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016
CPUmark/$Price: NA Overall Rank: 1972
Last Price Change: NA
995
Single Thread Rating: 541
Samples: 224*
*Margin for error: Low
@eeterrific There is not enough free space for major windows upgrades like creators. You can install it from scratch though if you put a thumb drive in to give it more space temporarily. It’s fiddly and not straight forward to do though. Definitely not for someone without decent computer skills.
@sporkinum I’ve got one of those 32GB eMMC Asus that I got on Black Friday three years ago for $99. I did get it to upgrade to Creators after ripping everything out and downloading the media creation tool. It was painful. Moved everything other than the OS to an SD card, and configured to store as much there as possible. Use it for web browsing, email, and light document processing when I travel. Its slow, but it works. But I don’t and won’t encourage anyone to buy anything smaller than 64GB if they’re gonna do Windows. Linux would be OK, but then you’re probably gonna have to mess with the bios. Like you say, folks better have decent computer skills if they’re gonna buy this.
@mehcuda67@phendrick What I can’t understand is why the Canadian keyboard has three backslash keys? With one of them where you’d expect a Ctrl key.
I can understand that it works in two different modes, so certain symbols change positions when you’re in French mode. But that doesn’t explain the third backslash.
Have been watching this over on morningsave ($158) for a while as I need something that will run windows but is super portable. Does what I need it to, but still not totally convinced. (Is $146 plus shipping on Newegg, also refurb)
Got an 11 incher two years ago for $99. Kinda pokey, so I put Mandriva Linux on it and it is really much faster. Did the same with an underpowered Acer.
@grobbins
Not likely. This is built to be thin and light. The bottom panel is probably one piece, meaning at least 6-8 screws for the panel, then 4-8 for the drive. External drive should be far simpler.
@hchavers Agree with the others - I run W10 on many (like 8-10) computers with ‘only’ 4G RAM. Primarily Office 365 and web browsing, but my primary use device is a Surface Pro 4 with the M processor and 4G RAM - I regularly do video editing with Sony Vegas on it. All have SSDs, of course. Would I prefer 8G or more? Sure, but don’t count out W10 with 4G so long as everything else is in order.
Review says this “Update:This laptop won’t be able to upgrade to the newest windows anymore, due to space constrains.”
Lots of complaints about all the bloatware on there.
@Kidsandliz I had a 32GB Intel PC stick for about a minute and had the same issue. Win10 was unable to install updates, even after I killed everything installed which wasn’t absolutely necessary. I returned the thing for a refund, but was bummed ‘cause I was really looking forward to browsing and email on my TV.
Our laptop crashed and I bought one of these… It was horrible!!! It was slow even with our high speed internet, it was a reminder of dial up days. And if you wanted it to do more than one thing at a time, you better have a lot of time and patience because it doesn’t multi-task well at all. Needless to say it went back. I have had a lot of HP’s in the past but the Stream is not even on the spectrum of useful.
@ruouttaurmind It really depends these days with all the secureboot and windows 10 stuff. Sometimes it can be a real pita to get the computer to let you use a different OS. Not that you can’t but that it takes hours.
@njd Eh, not too bad on the time. Typing on a Acer C710 converted to Ubuntu. After updates stopped, I went permanent with a bios replacement. So even with replacing the bios, the research --> configuration was 6 hours.
I’m thinking what makes this keyboard “Canadian” are the French names for some of the keys, such as “eschapp” and “verr.maj.”, because apparently some people in Canada can’t speak American. Losers!
@djslack What, no “eh” key?
Honestly, though… why can’t you just reformat the HD, and reinstall Windows 10? Also, is it possible to replace the HD with an SSD? Or is that putting a jet engine on a model T?
@chienfou@Kidsandliz
I read that as reformat and reinstall to remove the hp-included bloatware. Or potentially build an image with future win 10 updates included and install them fresh to circumvent the lack of space issue.
But yes, it’s a win 10 unit already and I just left that unclear. (I was also confused because it was unrelated, I just wanted to see what symbols were on a Canadian keyboard)
Yay, my first meh. This will make a great present for my nine year old daughter, who doesn’t need to learn about “big hard drives” until she is off to college at Duke (love the colour). W00t!
One Important Question, that I’m not seeing in the description. does it Bluetooth?
I’m in the market for a windows laptop at the moment, as my current one is an old ASUS netbook I bought from WOOT back in 2012. Slow AF. always has been.
The ONLY thing I use even use it for anymore is a piece of Ford Diagnostic Software that requires windows.(there is an Android version, but it’s a “Lite” version, doesn’t do everything the full windows version does) and it connects to the car via a Bluetooth adapter…
So how is it you are okay with yourselves for selling something with a Canadian keyboard but won’t ship to Canada? Not that I actually care, just find it ironic or interesting or just plain odd.
/giphy John Candy Canadian Bacon
@rtjhnstn i know, but “No, because Meh does not ship to Canada” wasn’t an option which makes it even more ironic that they’d sell a product in the States you likely won’t use optimally unless you move there, which would cut into their customer base.
@Lurker I don’t know… The Celeron is pretty bad, but I’d think that the 32 GB of total storage combined with a Windows 10 install that probably takes up 25 GB after you update it makes it truly useless.
I own a chromebook in the same blue color. I like it. It’s easy to find among the clutter on the couch. I accidentally left it at a meeting once. When I retrieved from our lost and found it the next day, I got Really, Jeff? We thought that pretty laptop must belong to a girl. Bingo. Instant sexual-harrasment lawsuit!
@sesqwill actually, “refurb” (off-lease) business grade Dell laptops can be pretty bullet proof and good buys when you buy them from a reputable vendor.
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The sales map makes me think this is not a great tech deal. There are sales in technology centers, but tech centers are also population centers. While Oregon is not a technology hub, it does have tech-savvy centers, and the lack of sales in that state is why I chose to pass on this deal.
Please sell some Toshiba Chromebooks again! They’re my favorite laptops and mine just died. I’ve had a lot of laptops and none (that I can afford) are as fast for as long as those refurbished Toshibas for as long. They never, ever slowed down, just fell apart due to my carelessness.
Alternatively, any suggestions for cheap but decent laptops are welcome. I avoid HP because I’ve never had a good experience with one. I’m writing this on a borrowed, newish HP that is far more expensive than the one Meh is selling today and it’s so awful. So seriously, what do people buy (that isn’t HP)?
I have one of these with the amd chips from two years ago. Doesn’t connect to wifi frequently without a reboot and a driver reinstall. Can’t update Windows without significant effort because of space with no apps installed. Slow as hell for anything with java script (hello any shopping page…). My wife hates it and I’m replacing it with a 7 year old ThinkPad T430s that blows it out od the water for the same price. Thanks ebay!
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x HP Stream 14-AX010CA Laptop PC
1x AC Adapter
Price Comparison
$214.99 (new) at Amazon
Warranty
90 day Image Microsystems
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Lappy lap
“Watered” down computer - streams live I guess
If this actually had a dedicated button for Tim Hortons that was functional, I’d pay way more than what you are asking… unless of course the Timmies is refurbished too.
@lichme
Third-party software, like Text-Expander, should give you that capability.
@DVDBZN I was referring to a button I could press to have a large double double suddenly appear.
@lichme
“Text-Expander can do that, too.”
So is this a “Chromebook” but without actually being completely useless?
@ELUNO nah. It’s a Windows PC. Maybe a “netbook” but not a Chromebook.
@ELUNO I bought myself a Chromebook for $175 a few months ago and I love it. Fast AF, and the best feature to me is the ability to download and use apps from the Android Play store. I would’ve jumped on this HP but all that damn blue pushed me away.
@ELUNO @Junior305 I agree, I love my Chromebooks. My Chromebook has been my primary device for over a year now, it does everything I need. I purchased a Stream about two years ago, hated it from the get-go.
@ELUNO I loooooove my Toshiba Chromebook I got from meh. I hunted and hunted for an additionalnew-old one on eBay.
@ELUNO Actually, this is the slower version of a Chromebook that will run MS software as long as you pay the subscription.
@ELUNO A Chromebook is much faster. I still have a f****ing Windows 10 PC around, one year old but went through many resets and fresh installs. Of course, the updates are the best part with the restarts that give you time to meditate and you got an excuse for not working if your boss comes around. A Chromebook won’t give you time to meditate during restarts, resets, "refreshs’, system restores, BSODs, driver fails, freezes etc. Those damn Chromebooks just work. Never buy a Chromebook if you hate to work.
@ELUNO I don’t know… 32 GB of total storage on a Windows 10 system sounds pretty damn useless to me! It actually makes a Chromebook look useful in comparison.
Assuming this is the Intel N3060, PassMark Benchmark is around 995ish. Running Win10 on 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC, it has it’s uses… but those are pretty much limited to web browsing, email and maybe one of the open source office programs like LibreOffice.
It does appear to have an HDMI port, so maybe as a streaming player as well?
Reviews on Amz are meh, 3.4 stars. I suppose the long battery life maybe helps offset some of the limitations.
@ruouttaurmind The Stream can stream ??
@Hanky Go figure. Of course at this price, you could buy five Amz Firesticks with Alexa Voice Remote.
Mabye gut it and convert to Ubuntu?
Passmark is the first thing I checked. If this had a backlit keyboard and a 1920x1080 touchscreen I’d pick one up for a family member to replace a Surface RT even though it’s likely not a whole lot faster, but the screen is larger and it’ll receive updates with certainty. As is, googling for the P/N reached HP.com/ca/… and clicking on the specs = zilch/empty, clicking on the datasheets/documents = Sorry, there are no documents available for this product. And the ratings are 1.0 with only two submitted reviews; a person should go elsewhere to find out just how netbook-ish this is. I already get the feeling it’s on-par with the HP Stream 8 tablet a friend gave me a while back - only with 3GB more RAM to offset your pain for a little while longer.
@ruouttaurmind I have an older 11" Stream I got a couple years ago from, er, that other deal-a-day site the meh guy used to own before Amazon assimilated it. I got it for a very specific purpose: playing the newest DOOM. That didn’t work out so i settled for the other reason I got it. I install video systems that need me to got to the Web interface, and my 17" I5 laptop just wasn’t up to that arduous a task. The Stream was perfect for that, and bonus, it weighs about tenth of what the 17" does, so I can add lots of heavy tools and extra cables I don’t need to the laptop bag.
Seriously, though, it’s basically perfect for browser based stuff and anything that does not require HDD space. A Windows based Chromebook, of you will. The one I got was a Win 8 box but I made it my first experiment with Windows 10 because my desktop and real laptop were still running 7 and 8. Downside is that since then, I haven’t been able to do any of the other major updates due to the tiny eMMC, even after stripping out everything i dont use and putting my user files on a 128gb SD card.
Aside from that, I’ve been pretty happy with it because it does exactly what I got it for. And it does, indeed, stream Hulu/Netflix/Amazon just fine when i want to hook it to the hotel TV. It’s been three years. I’m thinking it might be time to update my field machine.
@ruouttaurmind oh, and when i got the older Stream, i had the choice of blue and pink. I went for the blue. It’s not terrible though I would not mind something a little more royal or navy. You know, more manly.
@ruouttaurmind I have one these. It’s alright for the price. The 32GB hard drive is more limiting than you’d think, which is my main gripe. I have a 128 GB SD card that solves some problems, but not all.
I managed to eventually put my Dropbox files on the SD card, but that took a lot of googling and I received zero help from Dropbox when I asked for their support in figuring it out.
The main issue I have is that I’m at the point where I don’t have enough hard drive space to update Windows, even using an external USB drive. There’s just nothing more I can delete. That’s kind of a deal breaker honestly.
768?
It’s very blue. Too bad it’s not purple.
@heartny You took off your rose-colored glasses?
@heartny
/image purple sharpie
@ruouttaurmind Thanks for the reminder
@heartny It comes in purple, but meh is only offering the blue.
@Fen_Star @heartny I own it in purple, it’s actually a good laptop, but I bought mine during a Walmart store reset. They randomly marked it down to $49 so I snatched it up.
@aristan @Fen_Star @heartny WalMart has a refurbished one in purple right now without the Canadian upgrade for 139. There might be a discount for picking it up at the store
I love purple.
We have an 11 inch Stream for 2 or 3 years now. Spacebar is kind of finicky but other than that, it’s a full fledged Windows laptop for a Chromebook price. I’d buy another if I had use for it.
@richrauch @jrwofuga sorry haven’t tried Netflix but ours is fine for YouTube.
Horrible. It’s like those terrible Chromebooks you kept trying to sell, only more expensive and Windows.
@Dizavid Read a little around this page, and you’ll find more than few of us who like our Chromebooks…
That said, I don’t need another- yet.
@Dizavid Yeah, the price is bad here. We have a pink one that’ll we got, full US keyboard and everything, for the same price new a while back.
Btw, it’s slow.
/giphy slow af
This is a typical sale price, not a meh-gotta-move-it price.
@stinks has there been a…
… since the first 18 months of Meh?
Intel Celeron N3060, 1.6GHz, dual-core Processor
4 GB DDR3L SDRAM Memory. Processor technology : Intel Turbo Boost Technology
More productive. Windows 10 is the best for bringing ideas forward and getting things done.
32 GB eMMC, no optical Drive. Front-facing VGA webcam with integrated digital microphone
14.0-Inch diagonal HD sva bright view wled-backlit (1366x768)
Intel Celeron N3060 @ 1.60GHz + Compare Average CPU Mark
Description: Intel HD Graphics 400
Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 2.5 GHz
No of Cores: 2
Typical TDP: 6 W
Other names: Intel® Celeron® CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016
CPUmark/$Price: NA Overall Rank: 1972
Last Price Change: NA
995
Single Thread Rating: 541
Samples: 224*
*Margin for error: Low
The 32 GB hard drive…eventually windows update will eat that up; and if you have to do the creators upgrade, it could take a while.
And since its Canadian, I’ll give it a rating of “eh”.
@eeterrific eMMC, not hard drive. Sort of like a slow SSD. No spinning disks at least.
@eeterrific There is not enough free space for major windows upgrades like creators. You can install it from scratch though if you put a thumb drive in to give it more space temporarily. It’s fiddly and not straight forward to do though. Definitely not for someone without decent computer skills.
@PhotoJim Yep. My mistake. Got a habit of referring to all storage as “hard drive”.
@sporkinum I’ve got one of those 32GB eMMC Asus that I got on Black Friday three years ago for $99. I did get it to upgrade to Creators after ripping everything out and downloading the media creation tool. It was painful. Moved everything other than the OS to an SD card, and configured to store as much there as possible. Use it for web browsing, email, and light document processing when I travel. Its slow, but it works. But I don’t and won’t encourage anyone to buy anything smaller than 64GB if they’re gonna do Windows. Linux would be OK, but then you’re probably gonna have to mess with the bios. Like you say, folks better have decent computer skills if they’re gonna buy this.
Pass. Not blue light special. Getting blues.
“Canadian keyboard”? Meh, eh?
@phendrick I think it’s the special “eh” key.
@mehcuda67 @phendrick What I can’t understand is why the Canadian keyboard has three backslash keys? With one of them where you’d expect a Ctrl key.
I can understand that it works in two different modes, so certain symbols change positions when you’re in French mode. But that doesn’t explain the third backslash.
Would anyone know if this would be good enough to do your bible study PowerPoint on and to connect to a projector?
@sudynim
Should be just fine for that. Also, I remember reading about some sort of projector mode that prevents notifications, and such.
@sudynim Might have to pray a lot.
Have been watching this over on morningsave ($158) for a while as I need something that will run windows but is super portable. Does what I need it to, but still not totally convinced. (Is $146 plus shipping on Newegg, also refurb)
Got an 11 incher two years ago for $99. Kinda pokey, so I put Mandriva Linux on it and it is really much faster. Did the same with an underpowered Acer.
@radi0j0hn TWSS
Could I throw in a bigger hard drive without too much hassle?
@grobbins Nope, sorry. The drive is soldered as is the RAM.
@grobbins
Not likely. This is built to be thin and light. The bottom panel is probably one piece, meaning at least 6-8 screws for the panel, then 4-8 for the drive. External drive should be far simpler.
@grobbins Probably not. I think that 32GB is soldered on the mobo.
@grobbins You would have to throw in a SD card.
@2many2no @grobbins Or a small (micro) thumb drive. SD card slots don’t always allow the drive to be fully encased.(they stick out)
This is loaded with Windows 10? Even MAC OS needs more than 4GB RAM. Too bad Android will not run on Intel processors.
@hchavers
Windows 10 is surprisingly RAM friendly, just don’t use Chrome, or any games.
@DVDBZN Windows 10 is RAM friendly, but a computer is supposed to run more programs than just the operation system.
@hchavers I don’t know if they are still going concerns, but check out RemixOS or Android-x86
@hchavers Agree with the others - I run W10 on many (like 8-10) computers with ‘only’ 4G RAM. Primarily Office 365 and web browsing, but my primary use device is a Surface Pro 4 with the M processor and 4G RAM - I regularly do video editing with Sony Vegas on it. All have SSDs, of course. Would I prefer 8G or more? Sure, but don’t count out W10 with 4G so long as everything else is in order.
I’ve been looking for a Windows thing to play a mountain of old Steam games that I haven’t had access to for years, but 32 GB is very… eh
@dcm714 this is a web machine. Even 2010 Steam games mighgbhave difficulty.
Review says this “Update:This laptop won’t be able to upgrade to the newest windows anymore, due to space constrains.”
Lots of complaints about all the bloatware on there.
@Kidsandliz I had a 32GB Intel PC stick for about a minute and had the same issue. Win10 was unable to install updates, even after I killed everything installed which wasn’t absolutely necessary. I returned the thing for a refund, but was bummed ‘cause I was really looking forward to browsing and email on my TV.
Our laptop crashed and I bought one of these… It was horrible!!! It was slow even with our high speed internet, it was a reminder of dial up days. And if you wanted it to do more than one thing at a time, you better have a lot of time and patience because it doesn’t multi-task well at all. Needless to say it went back. I have had a lot of HP’s in the past but the Stream is not even on the spectrum of useful.
@mommacomet “Needless to say it went back.” That’s where a lot of refurbs come from.
This would be tempting if I felt like going through another Linux installation. I don’t have that kind of time anymore though.
@njd Ubuntu is pretty quick and painless to install.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ruouttaurmind install yes. Get all the drivers working correctly… varies. Maybe it’s gotten better, my last rodeo doing that was almost a decade ago.
@njd I’ve had excellent luck with an old Dell and Toshiba laptops. This was about 2 yrs ago.
@ruouttaurmind It really depends these days with all the secureboot and windows 10 stuff. Sometimes it can be a real pita to get the computer to let you use a different OS. Not that you can’t but that it takes hours.
@njd Turn it into what it was designed to be, a chromebook
https://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-install-chrome-os-on-your-windows-laptop-1777553751
@njd Eh, not too bad on the time. Typing on a Acer C710 converted to Ubuntu. After updates stopped, I went permanent with a bios replacement. So even with replacing the bios, the research --> configuration was 6 hours.
@CANNONFODDER @njd Related question, is a Windows 10 license transferable, according to the EULA?
@rtjhnstn
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-releases-straight-forward-license-terms-windows-10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/
Take off, you hoser!
I’m thinking what makes this keyboard “Canadian” are the French names for some of the keys, such as “eschapp” and “verr.maj.”, because apparently some people in Canada can’t speak American. Losers!
@alacrity
/giphy that escalated quickly
/image Canadian keyboard
@djslack What, no “eh” key?
Honestly, though… why can’t you just reformat the HD, and reinstall Windows 10? Also, is it possible to replace the HD with an SSD? Or is that putting a jet engine on a model T?
@djslack others say you can’t put windows 10 on it due to no space even after removing all the bloatware.
@comics360 I don’t see why you can’t reformat it and reinstall Windows 10. But the HD is an SSD already.
@djslack @Kidsandliz corrrect me if I’m reading this wrong but I think this IS a Win10 unit…
@chienfou @Kidsandliz
I read that as reformat and reinstall to remove the hp-included bloatware. Or potentially build an image with future win 10 updates included and install them fresh to circumvent the lack of space issue.
But yes, it’s a win 10 unit already and I just left that unclear. (I was also confused because it was unrelated, I just wanted to see what symbols were on a Canadian keyboard)
Had you offered this in the violent violet featured on Amazon, I would gave snapped it right up.
I HATE Windows 10. HATE it!!!
Yay, my first meh. This will make a great present for my nine year old daughter, who doesn’t need to learn about “big hard drives” until she is off to college at Duke (love the colour). W00t!
@drollins I love the appropriate Canadian spelling!
One Important Question, that I’m not seeing in the description. does it Bluetooth?
I’m in the market for a windows laptop at the moment, as my current one is an old ASUS netbook I bought from WOOT back in 2012. Slow AF. always has been.
The ONLY thing I use even use it for anymore is a piece of Ford Diagnostic Software that requires windows.(there is an Android version, but it’s a “Lite” version, doesn’t do everything the full windows version does) and it connects to the car via a Bluetooth adapter…
so, in another year and a half microsoft will stop supporting it…meh
The BIG issue is the 32 GB eMMC. WIth Win10, aand 1 or 2 apps, you can not even run a windows update. and the eMMC is non-upgradeable.
So how is it you are okay with yourselves for selling something with a Canadian keyboard but won’t ship to Canada? Not that I actually care, just find it ironic or interesting or just plain odd.
/giphy John Candy Canadian Bacon
@mollama https://meh.com/forum/topics/would-you-move-to-canada#5a9bee3cee2b4009e45bef37
@rtjhnstn i know, but “No, because Meh does not ship to Canada” wasn’t an option which makes it even more ironic that they’d sell a product in the States you likely won’t use optimally unless you move there, which would cut into their customer base.
@rtjhnstn oops, now i see your joke (thought you were just pointing to the poll in general), very cute!
Register that domain.
@mollama Live near the border? Get a post office box. I live in Saskatchewan and I use meh all the time. I just go once in awhile to pick up my stuff.
@PhotoJim i’m State-side, was just being silly about the product/poll. But your idea is BRILLIANT.
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Canadian Keyboards have extra symbols and such to account for typing in French.
@arfdawg bien sûr, monsieur! L’hibou, c’est mon oiseau préféré.
@arfdawg @PhotoJim “owl” bet that took a while on a US keyboard…
Celeron processor makes it utterly fucking useless. No thanks.
@Lurker I don’t know… The Celeron is pretty bad, but I’d think that the 32 GB of total storage combined with a Windows 10 install that probably takes up 25 GB after you update it makes it truly useless.
I own a chromebook in the same blue color. I like it. It’s easy to find among the clutter on the couch. I accidentally left it at a meeting once. When I retrieved from our lost and found it the next day, I got Really, Jeff? We thought that pretty laptop must belong to a girl. Bingo. Instant sexual-harrasment lawsuit!
@jnorden My kids leave theirs on the floor no matter how many times I tell them not to. I wish they were this color- almost step-proof.
@jnorden @sammydog01 Put it somewhere creative every time they leave it on the floor. They’ll learn.
@jnorden @PhotoJim @sammydog01 …like in their room… they’ll NEVER find it then…
My last experience with an HP laptop had the laptop repeatedly break. Meh.
@sesqwill Refurb’ed Dell and HP are useless. They will break within 3 - 6 months.
@sesqwill actually, “refurb” (off-lease) business grade Dell laptops can be pretty bullet proof and good buys when you buy them from a reputable vendor.
Meh would have an easier time selling old flip phones than this garbage. HP = Huge Poop!
32gb? Seriously how old is this thing? I have 4x that in my 3 year old phone.
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The sales map makes me think this is not a great tech deal. There are sales in technology centers, but tech centers are also population centers. While Oregon is not a technology hub, it does have tech-savvy centers, and the lack of sales in that state is why I chose to pass on this deal.
@eonfifty They just sold one in Oregon, so hurry up and click that buy button.
@sammydog01 Aww. I just missed it. And the Oregonians are now jumping on this food boiler thing.
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Please sell some Toshiba Chromebooks again! They’re my favorite laptops and mine just died. I’ve had a lot of laptops and none (that I can afford) are as fast for as long as those refurbished Toshibas for as long. They never, ever slowed down, just fell apart due to my carelessness.
Alternatively, any suggestions for cheap but decent laptops are welcome. I avoid HP because I’ve never had a good experience with one. I’m writing this on a borrowed, newish HP that is far more expensive than the one Meh is selling today and it’s so awful. So seriously, what do people buy (that isn’t HP)?
I have one of these with the amd chips from two years ago. Doesn’t connect to wifi frequently without a reboot and a driver reinstall. Can’t update Windows without significant effort because of space with no apps installed. Slow as hell for anything with java script (hello any shopping page…). My wife hates it and I’m replacing it with a 7 year old ThinkPad T430s that blows it out od the water for the same price. Thanks ebay!
Mine came!
It has a power cord that won’t plug into the laptop.
Just me?