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HP Stream 14-ax010nr Review

Michael C. Smith by Michael C. Smith
May 10, 2022
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The HP Stream 14-ax040nr is a compact budget laptop that is designed to compete with inexpensive Chromebooks. It’s a full Windows 10 PC for folks who can’t bring themselves to use a browser-based laptop since chromebooks only use Google’s Chrome OS which can be quite limiting. With a basic Intel Celeron processor and lots of extras from Microsoft, like 1TB of OneDrive storage and free Office 365 Personal for one year, there’s definitely much to like about the HP Stream 14.

Even when compared with other budget Windows laptops we’ve reviewed previously, the Stream 14 is compelling with its versatility, affordability and lots of extras. It gets competition from its smaller sibling the HP Stream 11-y010nr, but the larger display is quite something, and it polishes the Stream 11’s quirks.

Design

The HP Stream 14 -ax040nr has a slim and light design, measuring about 0.77 by 13.27 by 8.9 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.17 pounds, so its extremely easy to carry around. In fact, it fits into the most little of spaces including on an airline tray table or even in your laps at the local McDonalds as you edit a TPS report or term paper.

Our review unit came in a bright blue; which HP call Aqua Blue, with a dark-blue to light-cyn gradient on the keyboard deck. If you don’t like blue, the system is also available in Violet Purple. It’s gorgeous-looking, and the plastic looks high quality than some entry-level laptops and chromebooks we’ve seen.

The white chiclet-style keyboard has good travel, has a nice contrast to the chassis hue, is full size and is comfortable to type on, and the one-piece touchpad is responsive. Here you don’t get a backlit keyboard, but that’s among the few tradeoffs to make in order to keep it affordable.

HP Stream 14-ax010nr lid

Display

The HP Stream 14 -ax040nr has a 14-inch display with a 1,366-by-768-resolution, which does a nice job showing cear visuals and text. In fact, its text and other end-user graphic element are rendered better that you’d experience in most 11-inch laptops with he same resolution including the HP Stream 11-y010nr and the Dell Inspiron i3179-0000GRY. The 14-inch screen on the Lenovo Ideapad 510s is full HD (1,920-by-1,080 resolution) but that system is part of the high-end ultraportables.

Narrow viewing angles are perhaps the only minor flaw you’ll find in the Stream 14’s screen. While looking at the screen while seated too far to the sides, the images appeared washed out dark, but it isn’t a deal-breaker. In-Plane Switching (IPS) screens like the one on the ASUS Transformer Book T100HA-C4-PK have better viewing angles and display smoother text, but the Stream 14’s LCD is certainly fine for a budget laptop. The sound output is loud enough to fill a small room, although they are a little tinny.Storage and Ports

In addition to the microSD card slot, the system’s HDMI port, headset jack, one USB 2.0 port, two USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports are all on the sides of the system. The three-cell, 41-watt battery is non-removable.Wireless connectivity is standard 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 combo.

HP Stream 14-ax010nrPerformance

The HP Stream 14 -ax040nr uses a 1.6GHz Intel Celeron N3060 processor with integrated Intel HD graphics and 4GB memory. That doesn’t sound too impressive, but remember that it’s a dual-core processor and the system’s SSD does help speed things along. During testing, I was able to reboot quickly and launching most programs was only a matter of seconds.

Its performance is far much better than budget laptops that use traditional spinning hard drives including the Dell Inspiron 15 (Non-Touch). Essentially, the Stream 13 is best at day-to-day tasks, but can handle the occasional photo or video edit, as long as you have some time to finish each task.

This is a basic laptop and gaming or 3D scores are not worth talking about, since the last time I checked most budget laptops only returned single-digit frame rates; but, they suffice for playing browser games like Angry Birds.

Storage comes in way of 32GB on an on-board eMMC solid-state drive (SSD) and 4GB of system memory. After the initial setup, you’ll have around 17GB on the drive free. Still, the 32GB doubles the 16GB we’ve previously seen on most Chromebooks. If you need to supplement the 32GB storage, you can do locally using either a USB drive or via the system’s microSD slot. As mentioned earlier, HP includes a one-year subscription to 1TB of online cloud storage on Microsoft OneDrive and use of Office 365 Personal with the system.

After the first year, you’ll have to subscribe on a yearly or monthly basis. Still, for that first year, you’ll have fully functional copies of Access, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. The license also includes one install of Office on your phone and on one tablet as well.

Battery Life

Battery life is where the HP Stream 14 -ax040nr shines. It lasted 9 hours 17 minutes on our battery rundown test. That’s hours better than the Acer C720P-2600 (7:20), Dell Inspiron 15 Non-Touch (3531) (6:19), the HP Pavilion 10z (6:38), the Lenovo G40 (5:56), and the Toshiba CB35-A3120 Chromebook (7:04). The only system that beat it in this price category is the HP Stream 11 (9:23), and that’s by only by a scant 6 minutes.

The Bottom Line

The HP Stream 14 -ax040nr is a Windows 10 laptop that affirms Microsoft’s resolve to compete with Chromebooks in the budget laptop category. It’s a smart move that unties the conventional wisdom that you have to pay a premium for an ultraportable laptop, and it undercuts most of our recent Chromebook review units. The speedy eMMC SSD makes it faster than most budget Windows PCs, and if you have constant Internet access you won’t have to worry about running out of room on the 32GB SSD.

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The Review

HP Stream 14-ax010nr

3.8 Score

The HP Stream 14-ax010nr is a very inexpensive full Windows 10 ultraportable laptop that impressively balances design and performance and lots of extras including: long battery life, speedy performance on basic tasks and resembles much pricier systems.

PROS

  • Inexpensive
  • Very good battery life
  • Good selection of ports

CONS

  • Narrow viewing angles

Review Breakdown

  • EDITORS RATING

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Average Score

3.8
  • EDITORS RATING
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CONS

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