The HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE is a ruggedised Chromebook that’s aimed primarily at schoolkids – the ��EE’ stands for ��Education Edition’ and it is nothing to do with the mobile community of the same name. While many schools may get batches among these at a time, the HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE will likely to be happening general sale from February this current year for anybody who would like to buy one. We spent some brief hands-on time with a few very early units at an HP, Bing and AMD click event ahead of the 2019 BETT (British Educational Training and Technology) show.

HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE price and release date

HP Chromebook 11A G6 EEs may be listed from £299. There’s presently no other prices information available.

Seeing that storage space choices are detailed as ��up to’ 32GB, the entry-level model will come with less than this – 16GB as well as 8GB. Considering that Chrome OS features structured access to your Google Drive (which gives you 15GB of cloud storage 100% free anyway), this might be less of an immediate problem.

HP says that the Chromebook 11A G6 EE is ��expected’ to take sale in the united kingdom additionally the larger EMEA area from February, but accessibility will probably differ across countries.

School of hard knocks: HP’s ruggedised 11A G6 EE may be the toughest Chromebook however.

HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE design and functions

Unlike most other Chromebooks that are produced from flexy and often flimsy-feeling plastic, the Chromebook 11A G6 EE happens to be toughened to higher withstand each and every day hits and bumps. HP says the Chromebook 11A G6 EE will survive falls on concrete floors from distances as high as 70 cm. The two models we saw came in a regulation grey and a grey with a bright orange trim. HP claims that loads of color alternatives should be available from launch, however these are the only two I got to see within pre-BETT press event.

HP states the Chromebook can be ��designed’ to pass through the MIL-STD-810 U.S. armed forces standard, that your loves associated with LG Gram and Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 have passed.

I didn’t placed this towards the test by slamming the models I saw off the tables within launch occasion, however they believed plenty sturdier than many other Chromebooks I’ve used and evaluated.

Ports of the HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE regarding right hand side: 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD card slot, USB-A, USB-C.

Because they’re education-centric laptops, they’re designed to endure typical class deterioration and also at a look, it feels like they’re difficult sufficient for that. The rubbery strip across the edges provides the Chromebook 11A G6 EE an extra way of measuring hold, and despite becoming ruggedised, the units weren’t super-heavy either – 1.28kg, which can be fairly typical of Chromebooks as a whole.

HP says you’ll get an impressive 10 hours of power from Chromebook 11A G6 EE’s battery pack, which, I’m inclined to think, considering prior knowledge – Google’s Chrome OS was made to run rapidly on light and undemanding processors, therefore permitting long-lasting battery overall performance, even with display brightness turned all the way up.

The Liquid Crystal Display touchscreen displays from the designs we saw both has resolutions of 1366×768. HP said that an HD option with IPS (in-plane switching) could be offered, that should allow for much better viewing angles, therefore more people can share similar screen. The sides associated with non-IPS shows we saw, I have to say, weren't fantastic, therefore ideally the higher quality display screen choices won’t be an excessive amount of more costly. No one during the occasion managed to confirm in the event that ��HD’ alternative regarded 1280×720 or appropriate, Full HD (1920×1080).

The HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE’s harbors regarding left-hand part: lock slot, USB-C, USB-A.

HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE specs

Complete specs have never however been released by HP, but right here’s just what’s been verified so far:

HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE very first impressions

My first impressions regarding the Chromebook 11A G6 EE are moms and dads will love this, because’s light, guarantees exemplary electric battery performance, and large toughness. The screen dimensions (and reasonably low quality on the cheaper models) isn’t great though, so while this could be well suited for younger students, any person using A-Levels will want anything larger plus effective.