HP Stream 14 is official, Windows competition for Chromebooks

As We guys already knew about the existence of the HP Stream, It is basically a Windows laptop that leaked a few days ago, So, we are gonna show you a bit of HP Stream appearance and some of its main specifications. For the data to be handled, it as a competitor to the latest "Chromebooks".

But, It's not that ceases, It is an affordable laptop with a size similar to what we can have in the Chrome OS notebook, but its price is not as low as we thought. Also it's still a very interesting product, as you guys know about the product price and much more below this post.

Windows Laptop for $300

In The United States HP Stream will sell for 300 Bucks, which is $ 100 more than we thought at the time, Interestingly at IFA 2014, The alternatives for the HP Stream's are, Google's computers as "netbooks" ASUS for $ 200 , so it seems that there is still interest in buying affordable Windows models.

Gonna introduce  the new HP model, This is a notebook with 14 inch - TN panel - with 1.366x768 pixels resolution and hardware signed by [AMD] , The quality of this product is, It has no fan. The low-power hardware promises 6.5 hours of battery with 32Whr battery.

It is one of the first laptops to use the chipsets Mullins (A4-Micro-6400T), which have a quad core processor or graphics Radeo R3. It is supplemented by 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory SSD format.

The storage system is similar to the Chromebooks, in fact, buyers will receive 100GB memory OneDrive, free for two years. Additionally there is a deal with Dropbox to add another 25GB for the first six months.

As for connectivity: It has got Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi n, USB 3.0 port, a pair of USB 2.0, HDMI, and microSD slot. The overall dimensions are 34.4 x 24 x 1.78 inches and weights around 1.75 kilograms.

As you can see in the pictures, the logo of Beats Audio is still present, so the collaboration with HP continues. On this stream a four speaker system is used. In terms of color, the images you see a silver model with purple accents, but we know that there are more tones official pictures:

The HP Stream 14 is going to be on sale on next September 24th, for $300, and Windows 8.1 operating system. Slightly higher than the $289 that HP itself calls in America for the Chromebook of identical size.

HP knew it long about Fraud Autonomy?

Autonomy is an acquisition of $ 11.2 billion that has turned into a fiasco for HP . The price was overrated, especially due to accounting errors, fraud even according to the manufacture.

HP has already been forced to record an impairment of the value of the company $ 8.8 billion. A painful operation for the shareholders of the company and its employees affected by a major restructuring. But HP Is management only victim ?

The direction of HP informed in an audit report 

According to a survey by the Financial Times, it was not totally ignoring practices Autonomy , including that of selling equipment loss. After the takeover, but long before the scandal broke and shareholders are cautioned, HP was given a report from auditors.

A report that informs the direction of the manufacturer of these anomalies in the accounts and business practices of its new subsidiary.A document is supplemented by exchanges of emails, including one dated October 2011 and whose CEO Meg Whitman was one of the recipients.

These elements tend to contradict the defense ensures HP not having learned of accounting manipulations before the case is revealed. Concerning practices Autonomy in the sale of equipment, documents consulted by the Financial Times indicates that HP knew about seven months before the completion of the acquisition in May 2012.

The manufacturer will not disclose at this point that much later, in November 2012. During the same month an investor has also filed a complaint against the company . The latter accused him of having knowledge of the problems of Autonomy accounting and concealing this information voluntarily.