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Google today announced that HP is the latest PC manufacturer to offer a Chromebook.
The HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook is available today(Opens in a new window) for $329.99 in the U.S. via HPDirect.com and will be sold at other retailers soon.
The device features a 14-inch screen with 1,366-by-768 display. It runs a dual-core Intel Celeron processor and includes 4.25 hours of battery life. There’s built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Ethernet, and Bluetooth 3.0 compatibility.
One side of the Pavilion 14 features dual USB ports, Ethernet, a 2-in-1 memory card slot, HDMI, and the power button. The other side includes another USB port, as well as audio input/output.
The PC also includes an HD camera, and a 16GB Solid State drive, along with 100GB of Google Drive cloud storage, valid for two years.
“With popular products like Gmail, Google+ Hangouts, YouTube and Maps built in, the best of Google is always at your fingertips,” Google said in a blog post(Opens in a new window).
Google has announced a number of enhancements to its Chromebook lineup of late, from the $199 Acer C7 Chromebook unveiled in November to the $249, ARM-based Samsung Chromebook it announced in October.
Over the holidays, Google offered a $99 Chromebook for schools and last month, Lenovo announced a new ThinkPad Chromebook for K-12 students.
For more, check out PCMag’s review of the Acer C7 Chromebook and the Samsung Chromebook Series 3.
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