We Bought the Cheapest Windows 10 Laptop from Walmart: HP Stream 11 Review

It's 12am and your laptop suddenly decides to die on you when you need it the most. Today we are going to make an "emergency" trip to Walmart to buy the cheapest Windows laptop they have in stock and test the crap out of it. We will put it through several benchmarks, including passmark, 3D mark, and unigine heaven, attempt to play Crysis on it, test usability with Windows 10, and even toss in a hint of Linux testing. Nothing was left out for this review. If you're looking for a comprehensive HP Stream 11 review, this is it.
Our test unit's specs: Intel Celeron N3060, 4GB DDR3L RAM, 32GB emmc storage, 1366x768 display, Intel HD 400 series graphics.
I forgot to mention this during the video, but the Walmart staff were actually very helpful. They asked us if I needed help earlier but I was filming at that time and was not ready to grab the laptop just yet. That staff member went off to do other things so I had to wait for him to come around again. It's really my fault that it took so long to get the laptop.
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[@NikiDaDude]

>32GB EMMC Oh god I hate those things, just let Windows 10 run on it for a few months and it will accumulate enough updates/cache files to paint itself into a corner, and then you can't even reset it because there isn't enough space. Try explaining that to someone who doesn't know how to use a computer.

[@retrogaminggenesis6102]

My beother has a 2014 HP Steam 11. I had to install Windows 10 over USB as it was filled, and no matter what I did it wouldn't reconize the Touchpad. Said screw it and talked him into Mint.

[@kennysboat4432]

my dad had a 64gb dell version of this. it sucked. after 6 months it was full. he removed all of his files and still windows would not reset/update after this. now he has the 500gb hdd. and even though its a hdd it still works just fine for him. he can do everything he wants. windows wont get screwed up. i think all laptops should be end user upgradeable. the ram should always be removable and upgradeable. the hdd/ssd should always be removable. maybe even the cpu/gpu?

[@005AGIMA]

My wife has a similar Lenovo which is actually fine for all the tasks she does on it EXCEPT that shitty 32GB EMMC. Since day one, even though I threw in a 64GB Micro SD and made that the default location for apps and OneDrive docs etc, it can not do a single windows 10 update. Even going via USB for the update file, on reboot, it can't SEE the USB until it boots into windows, so the update even fails that way. 32GB main storage is actually "not fit for purpose". Plane and simple, I'd argue no windows 10 device should ship with less than 128GB SSD for primary OS drive.

[@005AGIMA]

@samantha tang Yep I hear you. A mechanical HDD is slower though, and wont fit in this form factor, and is more prone to failure. As I said, make 128GB a minimum and charge slightly more, and everyone is a winner. I'm amazed at the lack of performance though. What kind of machine struggles to scroll a web browser these days? I have an old P4 desktop running windows XP that I play about with for fun, and even that doesn't have any issues with web browsing. My wife's Lenovo is actually fine too, and as I said, the spec is almost identical to this HP as I considered both. HP are known to load up their machines with bloatware so I wonder if that is part of the issue? Maybe a clean Windows 10 install without the HP monitoring crap installed would be better?

[@005AGIMA]

@samantha tang hmm we dont quite agree. SSD is much better than HDD which is why they are a must have item for an OS drive even on desktops. HDD is great for storage, but running an OS on SSD is the way to go. They do have issues but the pro's far outweigh the cons, and they are no longer expensive because they have become the norm.

[@MartinWimpress]

Love the emergency laptop scenario you created 😀 I'm the Ubuntu MATE project lead, thank you for the kind words. Delighted to hear Ubuntu MATE worked well on the HP Stream 👍 As for screen tearing; sorry that's on me. However, screen tearing is fixed in the upcoming Ubuntu MATE 19.10 release 👌

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

It was the best out of the three I tested. I did not expect everything to just work, excellent job on the development team's part. I have heard you on Jupiter Broadcasting (that's how I first heard of Mate) and I think you have commented on a few of our videos before, the community engagement is much appreciated!

[@krazykat64]

Ubuntu MATE runs like a top on my 6 year old Thinkpad X240 and as long as I’m able to keep replacing batteries I expect it to keep my machine relevant for some years to come. Thanks to you and your team for your excellent work!

[@Nanomusheens]

I'm running 19.04 and got screen tearing to go away or at least not as noticable. Changing the window compositor to whatever the 4th option was (compiz, I think)

[@skybear3530]

@@Nanomusheens Compiz is one of the solution for screen tearing issues.

[@Zestyclose-Big3127]

> I'm the Ubuntu MATE project lead, Just as I was thinking the name seemed familiar....

[@autismisnotmysuperpower]

These laptops should have an "In case of emergency use only" sticker on them.

[@lynnguca7675]

Bought one. Hated it! Don't buy one if you need reliability! I can't believe they still sell them! :(

[@Minsang1st]

@@lynnguca7675 lol cant believe you bought one

[@gabysg1505]

@@Minsang1st not everyone is a fan of learning laptop specs. Dont be rude.

[@mohammedb4ig]

@@gabysg1505 what’s he being rude about? people like you love bitching about anything -_-

[@spac18]

"Get in the car" sounds like the start of a robbery

[@Lovesthaduckie]

My T60 is faster than that trainwreck of a computer

[@SebisRandomTech]

Michael Remillard I can second that fact!

[@samjackson7701]

R61i owner checking in here, I have the Intel GPU model, and it still runs laps around the Stream

[@doogledoesstuff207]

T400, runs windows 7 great and smashes the stream.

[@cee128d]

Even with a Spinning Rust Hard Drive in the T60 running a fully bloated Windows 10.

[@raydeen2k]

T61 owner here - used daily with Ubuntu 18.04. $40 from Ebay and it is in PRISTINE shape. And not even Thor, Captain America, Ironman and The Hulk could lift it. Maybe Thanos, but only if he had the Infinity Gauntlet cranked up to 11.

[@mariselojeda0810]

"Why did we get a purple laptop?" *the laptop behind the slaughter*

[@thesmellofbacon7595]

I got a used laptop from a coworker, $150. I5-6200U, 8Gb ram. installed an SSD for like $30 and use it to play older games like fallout 3

[@greygoose3936]

I'd always recomend a $40 Thinkpad T400 from eBay.

[@richardlighthouse5328]

You have to wait like 30 to 90 days for it to arrive from ebay. But would definitely recommend that option.

[@randomdude3146]

@@richardlighthouse5328 Who are you buying from, I always get my packages in 3-5 business days.

[@richardlighthouse5328]

@@randomdude3146 China of course

[@chickenpasta7359]

@@richardlighthouse5328 dudes who say this probably bought something off eBay once and it took longer than 2 days

[@richardlighthouse5328]

@@chickenpasta7359 Do you know how much it takes to wait for packages to arrive from shenzen?

[@Siddeo]

I have HP Stream 11 inch which has Intel Atom x5-E8000 , 4GB Memory and 64 GB Storage. I removed Windows and installed Ubuntu. But the processor could not handle GNOME smoothly. So I installed Linux Mint and the laptop is working smoothly for simultaneously running multiple light to medium tasks. Cinnamon desktop is indeed much less resource demanding than GNOME. And since Cinnamon is based on GNOME and Linux Mint as a whole is based on Ubuntu I decided to run MATLAB and Simulink which was validated to run only on Ubuntu , Debian , Suse and Red Hat. But MATLAB's support page states that it may run on any other distribution having kernel above 2.6 and glibc above 2.12. MATLAB is working fine. I have never been so happy for buying a cheap electronic product before.

[@Roman-nu1om]

basically a DOA product due to the ridiculously small 32GB eMMC memory. Which is a real bummer since eMMC memory is cheap as hell but you can't swap it for something bigger

[@william086]

i work on laptop and pc. free tip on speeding things up. open start menu, move mouse cursor over any tile, right click on said tile select, 'more' or 'more options', left click on 'more options' then left click 'turn live tile off'.. do this with all tiles.. simple math 20 live tiles moving all at once were a huge resource hog.. also try turning off scheduled defragmentation.. let pc fully update before using, hope this helps. best regards, ck

[@chloedevereaux1801]

it's 4Gb of ram....... 32Gb of eMMC storage! so basically an sd card

[@GRBtutorials]

Yep, eMMC is just a glorified SD card. It’s slightly better than an SD card, but uses the same interface and is significantly worse than good normal flash.

[@YR7A]

damn, you could pop a SD card in and easily double the storage for like 50 bucks.

[@mmcblk05studio]

@@YR7A 50 bucks? o.o damn expensive

[@adammirza660]

@@YR7A not double the storege windows wont allow to integrate it with internal storege

[@customengravingsbyhuntersh657]

I have one of these, really only bought it for use in my arduino projects as a controller but for me it was in clearance for 99 dollars so I cant complain, it does what I need it too and KZbin and Netflix works fine right out of the box 🤷‍♂️ play a 1080p file on it and that also works great. My only complaint was the measly 32gb of storage but I battled that with a 200gb micro sd card that I got from.. you guessed it Walmart! When I need more demanding power I just use my trusty desktop.

[@southerncalifornia970]

So it's good if it is strictly for web browsing and nothing else?

[@yanfoo]

+1 for using Linux and showing that Windows is a poor choice on lower-end computers.

[@TR2000LT]

Because it's not winbloat 10

[@jaqian]

Even Linux would struggle on this piece of rubbish.

[@jothain]

Just buy used business class laptop for same price and use what ever you'd like to as your operating system.

[@Jorneytoloveme]

Exactly I buy my laptops from a nonprofit company who get donated laptops and computers from corporate companies.

[@Jorneytoloveme]

Exactly I buy my laptops from a nonprofit company who get donated laptops and computers from corporate companies.

[@godessofyouguess]

@@Jorneytoloveme what business sells them , plz

[@codykamminga9667]

I have never seen a 170 score on firestrike, that’s incredible

[@chloedevereaux1801]

it was 270..............

[@JonathanGonzalez-sn6yr]

Cound one thAtz 180

[@IMDYT420]

I thank that the ps1 is faster than that dang piece of plastic

[@askhowiknow5527]

Why does this have a kensington lock port! Who would steal this? You’d be lucky if someone didn’t leave you another one instead of taking the one you have!

[@lifeisalie5236]

Uhh, how about people who are taking it for parts (for whatever reason)

[@xaenon]

There are people who will steal literally anything if given the opportunity. Yeah, it might be a cheap piece of shit sub-$200 laptop, but if they even THINK they can make a few bucks selling it to some schnook, yeah, they'll wait until you look the other way and presto, it's gone. And yeah, if you owned it, you'd be mad it was taken.

[@9Tailsfan]

This comes standard on ALL laptops.

[@dmmikerpg]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@rookmaster7502]

Burglars often grab anything that even remotely looks like it could be worth something (both cheap and expensive laptops look fairly similar at first glance), then research the true value later.

[@AlexSeibz]

My T440p is glorioous. Agreed that Thinkpads are king in budget land.

[@9inchpp]

>Thinkpad are king in budget land Yeah prolly a used ones from government/company/school auction. Shit costs like 1500 bucks new. Even the X1 carbon is pushing towards 2 grand for upspec model

[@naotomori5974]

I love my T440p. It has an i7-4800MQ, 8GB RAM (I'm going to upgrade to 16GB), GT 730M, 14" 1080p IPS, 250GB SSD, backlit keyboard, fingerprint sensor, 3G modem. And I paid only 500€ for it

[@mmcblk05studio]

@@naotomori5974 I would never pay 500 euros for xx40 thinkpad. They have very bad trackpoint buttons, and touchpad is made for you to disable it in bios

[@naotomori5974]

@@mmcblk05studio That 500€ was over a year ago and it came with a brand new laptop bag. I actually like the touchpad, though I wish it had buttons. My previous laptop was a Latitude E6430 which had a way worse touchpad

[@mmcblk05studio]

@@naotomori5974 still, trackpoint > touchpad :P

[@AMD7027]

I had a similar situation with an older laptop that went from Windows 7 to 10. 10 was too much for it, so I rolled it back to 7, and then dropped Windows 8.1 on it. It ran much like the 7 version did and kept compatibility with my programs. With reseller 8 licenses available online, those that want to squeeze a bit more life out of a Windows 7 laptop may want to consider going to 8.1 as it will not reach the end of support until 2023.

[@Noisyboy-gc6uo]

I just subscribed to you're channel. I mostly can't find review were you actually go buy a laptop from Walmart. It was very informative and interesting to watch.

[@tommyjohnson2279]

Almost bought this as a whim as I didn’t have a computer.... well worth saving and getting exactly what you want.

[@Electronzap]

When I worked overnights a few years ago, and loved to do shopping on my days off, I learned to avoid Walmart until the morning crew come on duty at 7am. They instantly go from way understaffed, to massively overstaffed. Half the time I went at like 3am, I had to wait about 20 minutes for the lone cashier to do a return. Company executive don't get overnight at all. They simply cut back crew hours every night that is slow.

[@invisiblestacker]

Since many students use chromebooks, could you do a duplicate video buying a chromebook at 1am at walmart?

[@Siddeo]

One Laptop per Child Laptop costed about 150-200 dollars to manufacture many years ago. And the OS it came with was intended for Kids and had way less features than full desktop Operating Systems. Fast forward to today and one can get a real laptop like HP Stream for 200 dollars ! People should understand that not everyone lives in a developed country. In developing countries , especially under government subsidized programs every dollar of price increase affects the purchase decision. Many Older adults in developing countries may not be that much interested in buying a personal computer.But there are still millions and millions of young people around the world who cannot afford a personal computer because of the price. Computer is like what TV or Radio was decades ago. Even poor people in developing countries need one in their households nowadays.

[@PearComputingDevices]

I just upgraded my friend, he had a stream that I deployed Mint Linux for him because of speed and storage issues, it made it a usable if grudgingly usable laptop. His new one a 14-dk something AMD Athlon gold powered laptop just absolutely blows this old one away and the Athlon while being Zen based isn't exactly earth shattering performer, the (now) 8gb of ram and 128gb SSD is far more competent.

[@gracerichey9294]

this is the laptop i’ve been using for 5 years lmao

[@JemiLover3000]

Same, and I'm about to order the same one since I spilled soda on my last one's keyboard 😂 Hope it lasts me another 5 years

[@RiadRiad]

Bruh u broke? Jk , but its rly bad

[@JemiLover3000]

@@RiadRiad🤷🏾‍♀️ Worked well for me

[@RiadRiad]

@@JemiLover3000 bruh , u didnt play any games on it? Well u couldn't even if u tried, it would explode Lol

[@JemiLover3000]

@@RiadRiad I used it for school stuff, maybe use a gaming console or a laptop intended for games bruh

[@clayc9221]

ebay used business class laptops are lit. 🔥 Thinkpads x230s are same size and even better.

[@abandonedacc]

That laptop was actually the first computer I ever own. Gives back nostalgia (except for the time my older brother broke the mousepad and for a while, I didn't have a working mousepad so I had to use an actual mouse but it fixed somehow...)

[@Canthus13]

...why does it have a lock slot? Nobody is gonna steal it.

[@raceface_m2579]

Honestly, if you’re broke and a student and need something for light tasks for research papers, presentations, and accessing school info, I think this would somewhat do. Some classes have codes or programs that used to make you install, but otherwise everything is done through the net and cloud. What makes them slow is that they bog these computers down with so much bloatwares. Hmmm.. given that it’s an HP.... it might not last as long though. But proper care to anything is always a must. Couple of trusty brands are Toshiba and Lenovo; They are fantastic. Personally, I’d rather go for a chromebook these days. Have had a $200 11inch Toshiba chromebook for 3 years and it still runs as fast as when I bought it new. A used laptop will also do, but there are a lot of risks when purchasing a used laptop.

[@mmcblk05studio]

Nah, thinkpads are generally very sturdy, and parts are highly available for them

[@Lovesthaduckie]

I have my T60 with windows 10 LTSC with a 120gb ssd and some system tweaks it runs pretty good despite it being over 13 yrs old

[@zg3746]

I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 100s with 64gb emmc storage that I got for my college for less than 180€. Win 10 pro was painfully slow so I installed the LTSC version and it's the best choice so far. The OS is very fast and snappy. It's such a shame that this version is only ment to be used in enterprise systems

[@killertruth186]

Dell Latitude E6410 with 240GB PNY SSD. It has i7 620M CPU. It ran flawless (and yes it is a clean install with Windows 10 Pro).

[@JTBivens]

I recently remote accessed one of these. The moment I saw the disk space I knew what it was lol. Had to show the person that Windows was taking up almost all of the 32gb ssd. Also she had paid for a fake antivirus that I had to remove. A big key to freeing up space on these is to run disk cleanup and remove the old Windows update files.

[@indiawest2025]

nice what elss

[@toast7698]

I got one of these for school, and now the plastic is disintegrating like there is no tomorrow!

[@raven89k]

mine still looks like new

[@MrKillswitch88]

Core Duo and Core 2 Duo laptops are faster lol, the second hand market has almost always provided better deals when on a small or tiny budget.

[@jonspoonamore3721]

You got that right!!! I still have my 9 year-old HP G71 laptop. It's still a great laptop for general use with the following upgrades: SSD, 4GB RAM and Linux.

[@denshi-oji494]

The point was getting a cheap computer in the middle of the night however. I often search pawn shops older older business class machines. Often due to use, some of them are a bit beat on the outside, yet because of the build still very sound and usable. Most recently I picked up an old Dell, and an old HP laptop set, that had both been collecting lots of dust, each was marked at $125 each, one no longer had a power supply, and the other was locked with no password. Both had dead batteries. I was trying to decide the maximum these were worth to me, and the guy finally just said... how about I just let you have them both for $85 total. I had pointed out the obvious with both of them, which fully explained why they had not sold, but he came up with a price I could not refuse as I was researching the values on my phone... Both are older i5 computers. after a factory recovery on the one that the password was unknown on, all is great! On the other I did need to do a fresh install of Windows 7, and buy a used power supply, (actually bought 2 power supplies and a docking station for $35 used)... So two very decent, older power houses for $120 total, including accessories... a spare computer bought when not needed is much easier to get a great deal on, than a quick must get something purchase however. I really expected I was going to need new batteries and possibly 1 new hard drive, but all is in great shape internally! Really lucked out better than expected, but still would have been great with adding new batteries and hard drives!

[@killertruth186]

@@denshi-oji494 I had similar brands as you have (except they might be different models), and got them from Discount Electronics. And them both cost $35 (which they're over $50 after shipping and handling) (side note: they're random scrap laptops, but I had lucked out that them both run perfectly) and I had cleaned and repaste both laptops. The HP scrap laptop had one of the worst thermal application I had seen (but I did cleaned that up good and applied it properly). Which it had cost me more than I should've put into it. Oh well, they are fun to fix and repair.

[@PuerinTheHunter]

Nice review! @10:00 Wow, your bedroom wall looks like some of the bars I've been in. Thanks for mentioning Ubuntu Mate! It is good to know the alternatives.

[@BenShengOw]

watching this video brings back memories, as i went thru similar walk of shame, when i got my hot pink stream 11, when they ran out of blue.

[@austin.t5557]

For the newer Linux distros you need to head into your settings and go to mouse settings, and select simulate right click to get right click working. Most laptops that have Glass or Plastic surfaces have this issue, even Linux specifc laptops like the System 76 laptops.

[@jeffreyzhou1824]

I almost fell for a trap similar to this: A $230 hp 14 in laptop with pentium n4200 and non upgradable 2gb ram with 64gb emmc... luckily i escaped and got a $400 dell inspiron with i7 8565u 16gb dual channel upgrade ram and 256gb nvme

[@mustasheolll2020]

Zhou Jeffrey I’d recommend at least 200gb of storage, and 2gb of ram is nothing.

[@droningharry]

I hate Stream Laptops. We got one for our grandson and it just was junk. Got him a used gaming Dell and he was trilled. I also purchased a Lenovo from Best Buy for 259.00 and was told I couldn't upgrade the Ram or 128 Gig Solid State Drive. Never say never. Went back, Got a 512GB for 50.00 Solid State. And tripled the ram. It came with a 8th Gen I3 and this thing burns now. It's a great laptop and I've never seen a bad Lenovo keyboard. I'll be holding on to this for a while. Also runs 2K video. Liked what you're doing.

[@kbhasi]

7:00 That's a GNOME thing, not Ubuntu. It happens on my Inspiron 11-3158 and ThinkPad X250 too! GNOME expects users to tap with 2 fingers instead, as far as I can tell.

[@user-nd7rg5er5g]

This is 4 years late, but thanks for making this video! It's interesting to me that the cheaper laptops are also the most colorful, which is a shame because that shouldn't be exclusive to cheaper models. However, this laptop would still be good for school or basic work tasks, so it'd work for me.

[@veeatriceawesomepants17]

well I went to Walmart and bought the pink version of this laptop and I think It works amazing! I do have the larger screen version. it still runs perfectly and lets me do anything you can do on a normal computer! so I dont know what yall are trippin on...

[@aries80sbaby69]

Is it worth it? Because Im planning on buying it for my birthday and I saw it today and I like it, its a pretty big screen and I love big laptop screens. But does it like work fine and isnt slow? Just making sure before I buy it.

[@sandrojones8068]

@@aries80sbaby69 hope it worked out for ya.

[@Siddeo]

@@aries80sbaby69 I have the latest HP Stream and I run Linux Mint on it. KZbin 720p cannot be played properly, max only 480p. But surprisingly it can run Windows XP in Virtualbox. I can even play games like Age of the Empires with little bit of lag , but still playable.

[@mmcblk05studio]

@@aries80sbaby69 dude, just buy t420 thinkpad it would work better and be cheaper

[@JCole78]

If it's not in the middle of the night, and your budget is this low go to a pawn shop. I bought a laptop for each of my children at $150 each. They're not blazing fast, but they were each $500-$600 Windows 8.1 (upgraded to Win 10) laptops with 500GB HDDs, and 8GB of RAM. If you're not as budget strapped there's also really good deals on higher end laptops at pawn shops.

[@conservakid85]

The big issue with this laptop and those who say "It's a piece of crap" "Don't buy, etc" is that they had unrealistic expectations from the jump. If you are going to run Win 10 on it, it is not a good candidate to be a daily use laptop if you do anything more than just check email, light web browsing/youtube, social media. If you want to stay around the $200 price point but want a more functional/productive Win 10 experience you are better off buying an off lease used enterprise laptop from HP/Lenovo/etc. I purchased the Stream because I don't really care for tablets and touchscreen I prefer the feel of a laptop but wanted something smaller that was comparable in size to a larger tablet and had good battery life. I also don't need to run Win10 and prefer running Linux so for me the HP Stream is very good option.

[@RK-ci9nn]

I know the point to this video is to go buy the cheapest laptop for an emergency, but if I had an emergency and needed a laptop, I'd personally shell out the extra cash for a new Lenovo Ideapad S145. They have the i3 model at my local Walmart and I got to play around with it. It's your typical $300 laptop, but it seems to work great, and build quality is surprisingly good considering its price. The model I was looking at was an i3-8145u (2.1Ghz base and boosts to 3.9Ghz), tho a 768p TN panel, 8gbs of DDR4 RAM. that i3, albeit an i3, would be so much better than that Celeron. according to most benchmarks, it's a significant improvement going for that i3. Again, I know the point of this video is to buy the cheapest laptop for an emergency, but I'd personally fork up a little more cash for the Lenovo Ideapad s145 for the usability and so I can have a backup in the future in case something like that happens again. Very good point about the t420 btw. I have a MSI gaming laptop because I don't have internet at home (for those who can't fathom such a thing, I just happen to live on the wrong street, and AT&T monopolizes everything they can, including their own customers), but I wish I had saved the money and bought the t420 and just upgraded it with the i7, 16-32GBs RAM, a good SSD, and a 75-100hz IPS display. Would've saved me from the hellhole known as MSI.

[@nascarandjeff123]

Also, considering you're getting one year of office 365 with this, that's a good deal. One year is typically $100, so you're just paying $80 for the laptop.

[@stevesmith1383]

Is there any real reason to need a modern office was an older model? I just buy cheap does off eBay for office of yester year

[@SebisRandomTech]

I’ve always been curious about the HP Stream series. Obviously a piece of junk but with a lightweight Linux distro or even an older version of Windows it might make a decent media PC or something.

[@ramdomunboxingsebi4821]

Hey you

[@ramdomunboxingsebi4821]

You have "almost" the same name like me

[@alanmay7929]

Its not a piece for f junk the problem is the internals that doesnt suit the latest OS specifications well, windows 7 or older OS may work well, but anyway its a “cheap new laptop” what do you expect?!

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@alanmay7929 Geez, it's just a cheap laptop. You don't need to get so worked up over it.

[@Defender78]

i bought this on a whim, a couple of yrs ago, to be like bedroom computer, thinking it was going to replace my cell phone as a video viewer and spent about the same price for it. It had only 32 GM ram, so after Win10 has installed, there is NO room left, less than 10 GB which gets used up quickly. I sold it on ebay for $40, and now i use junkyard laptops since i now know how to get em running, im never buyin' new again!

[@JOHNMARTIN-zm6zz]

Ha, our internet is so bad my dad won't even be able to tell the the computer has performance issues. Planing on getting him this for Xmas.

[@MisterRorschach90]

For 180 bucks you can get a beast of an old laptop, max out the ram, and add a ssd. I bought an older dell laptop 3-4 years ago and upgraded the thing. After everything I paid 350 bucks and it’s still faster than every single sub 1000 dollar laptop on the market to this day. Well not graphics wise. But everything else. Graphics are comparable to a 750m. I’m still pretty proud of this decision. 4800mq is a beast of a cpu.

[@wulfbak]

Man, I remember when $1200 would get you only the cheapest budget laptop. I use a MacBook Pro today, but under 200 bucks for a laptop that runs full Windows 10 is pretty amazing. But yeah, there's more to a laptop than just price and specs. I bought my 10 year old a laptop like this, and it was just slow, cheap and didn't feel good to use. I then got her a several years old MacBook and she loves it. It doesn't feel old. It's snappy, feel solid and ergonomic to use. Again, there's more to a laptop than just specs.

[@christineayres5339]

Dude you aged so fast, i was just watching a video you did on Win10 from 5 years back and now your driving a car and your voice is all deep WTF is happening !!!! scary LOL meanwhile people say i still look and sound the same as when i was 15 but im 35 now lol crazy world this is

[@stevewaller6577]

Do Walmart stock 10 year old Thinkpads then?

[@sburton015]

At a price point though of $170, you might be better off buying the Dell Precision m6400 which the one I have has a 2.53 ghz Core 2 Quad Q9300 with 12 gb ram, 480 gb SSD and Windows 7. This actually would've been one of the most powerful laptops from 2008, but still holds up well today.

[@OxygenDiffusion]

I bought a Thinkpad T450s to my GF 80 usd. i5 5300u 8gb ram 1866mhz for some reason. full hd display ips 256gb ssd Refurbished buissnies laptop here in sweden. perfect condition and 1year warranty

[@gregbenwell6173]

I already see ONE MAJOR PERFORMANCE PROBLEM WITH THIS LAPTOP....and that is the words Microsoft Window 10 written on the side of the box!!! I still own and run Windows 7 on almost ALL my computers I use every day.....BUT recently I took one of my older Windows 7 machines and installed Ubuntu Studio on to it!! I can't tell you how impressed I am by the speed of using Ubuntu even on older hardware!!! I can only imagine how fast Ubuntu would be or any version of Linux on NEW hardware!!

[@ThriftyAV]

The Thinkpad T420 certainly has better specs, but it's bulkier and weighs almost twice as much. One of the selling points of the HP Stream is it's size and mass... If I was going to wipe the native OS from an off-the-shelf Walmart computer, and install Linux, I would probably go with a Chromebook. Did your Walmart have any of those that could be taken home for less than $189.74?

[@Siddeo]

I have HP Stream with Intel Atom x5-E8000 ,4GB RAM and 64 GB Storage. For lightweight tasks the Laptop is smooth. The most computationally intensive task I run on it is MATLAB and Simulink. Simulink is definitely significantly slower than my Mac which has i3 processor. But still the software is usable. Battery life is good. Build quality is good. Its small and can be held on palm too if there is no other option. Overall the laptop is not bad. It's a deal for the price. Just don't run intensive software , avoid Ubuntu if you want the longer battery life and do not install any pirated software because in Steve Jobs words "They muck up the system "

[@jackkraken3888]

If you hear a lot of tech complaints on the same model of a PC, don't always chalk it up to user error, there is usually a good reason behind it.

[@adubseven]

The Ron Swanson of Techtubers with that bottle of Lagavulin next to this sad laptop. Great review.

[@quirble]

I got a perfect condition T430 for under $60 on eBay that can absolutely destroy this HP with a few upgrades like an mSATA SSD or 16GB of ram.

[@agilariefsarmen6246]

Nice catch

[@abcdefg9613]

You don't need an ssd or 16 gb ram to obliterate it. The lowest cpu on the t430 is faster than that celeron.

[@purplecxcx5791]

did it have a good battery?

[@quirble]

@@purplecxcx5791 I bought a brand new 94wh battery for $40 on ebay for my other T430, and it works well.

[@purplecxcx5791]

@@quirble nice. I bought a t420 for $70 last week. I thought I overpaid but it was in perfect condition and the battery is still good.

[@phaenius]

Who's the blonde girl? She's pretty.

[@rancher12121]

cute girl on thumbnail, in the video for 5 seconds

[@killertruth186]

Possibly his sister.

[@phaenius]

@@killertruth186 Now that I look more carefully, you may be right. :)

[@rainbowcatplayz1458]

@@arisgachavids3025 I'll expose to and you'll will not get subs. You don't need to be rude about it. Calm down?

[@arisgachavids3025]

@@rainbowcatplayz1458 ok sorry imma remove it 😓

[@Nanomusheens]

I bought the 14" version. I immediately wiped it when I got home and put Ubuntu MATE on it. I just wanted a cheap burner for traveling and very light usage.

[@clickhereidareyou5950]

Install Linux on that thing I did it to an levovo IdeaPad (Ubuntu mate) it runs much better

[@ThePawanDhiman]

which model

[@dmmikerpg]

@@ThePawanDhiman I slapped Ubuntu on one of the IdeaPad A10s, gotta say not bad.

[@TheUltimateFreddy]

My sister had an earlier model of that exact 11” purple hp stream but the only difference was a heck of a lot slower processor (hers: celeron n3050 max freq @2.16 vs. his: celeron m3060 max freq. @2.48) and a measly 2gb ram instead of the 4gb. It’s a REALLY slow laptop but it works so I have nothing to complain about

[@AyaanKhan-yx9zj]

I had this but in blue, it was rubbish

[@LloydLynx]

Screen tearing is a normal part of the software compositor, if you want it gone just get mate-tweak and change it to the hardware compositor.

[@joeyscleaninglady2877]

Passive cooling for older games is better than an active cooling setup with an older laptop. See Simcity 4 the fan will be running like mad

[@KevinFields777]

Expect the screen to fail early. I've bought two for my kids, both had early failures.

[@ixionn563]

Must be cheap flex cables in the screen hinge. Seen this on cheap chromebooks.

[@RiadRiad]

Don't buy , when u don't know what u are buying.. in 2013 , my dad bought me some Samsung Laptop for 550€ (abt 580$) and its still like new, slow on newer games but its okay

[@noneofyourbuisness7]

Basically any mid ranged used laptop from a few years ago is a better option than this used at around the same price. Lol

[@jfisher2370]

Happily watching this on an old Thinkpad X61s upgraded w/4 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD, Linux Lite 4.4 OS, Middleton's BIOS, new CPU thermal paste (total cost

[@philipdavis3446]

Am I the only one with 30 backup ThinkPads?

[@carrbuilds2312]

you are not alone

[@philipdavis3446]

@@purplecxcx5791 mainly just for the tism and memes. I buy them from auctions in bulk lots, refurb and sell them

[@Joshlul]

no, personally i keep buying them to sell but then get attached and never sell them.

[@dragunovbushcraft152]

No. I have around 100 laptops. 40+ of which are ThinkPads.

[@purplecxcx5791]

@@dragunovbushcraft152 nice. have any for sale?

[@JeffDeWitt]

More memory would be a huge help, 4GB is pretty meger these days, but I don't recall you saying anything about it being upgradeable and neither does the HP website. You gave good advice, forget this and get a ThinkPad. I've been using them for years, great machines.

[@halfcreative]

I have an Hp stream 11 running Linux mint and that combo has been a total pleasure to work with for simple web browsing and document writing. For basic college uses it works insanely well

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

Yup, Linux is definitely the way to go for this machine!

[@davidbrown8303]

Celeron is the worst processor in the world. They could afford to put in better processor's in it and still make a profit.

[@meandmyEV]

The newer generations are slightly improved but there still isn't enough horsepower to run Windows. I have a Chromebook with a newer generation Celeron and it is not too bad.

[@DarkZerol]

Celeron used to be budget work/productivity processors however considering you can easily get lower-end Core 2 or i3 CPUs these day, it's kinda pointless to even consider any full-fledged PC running a Celeron. These processor makes more sense as media streaming machine like a set-top box but even then manufacturers can just use cheaper and more power efficient mobile SoC or APU.

[@InDreamsYourMine]

You mean second worst processor in the world, Intel Atom is the worst processor in the world.

[@jondewey6575]

I have a previous year version of this HP laptop. When Windows 10 began to refuse to update (and the warranty expired), I installed Xubuntu 18.04.3. The difference between Windows 10 and Xubuntu performance is like night and day. The external mouse comment is right on also. The trackpad is cheap, and it bounces the pointer around the screen when your hands touch the case typing.

[@isettech]

Try Cinnamon over Mate for the multiple desktops. Useful with only one screen on a laptop. Highly recommend Mint. I picked up a similar class machine from Bi-Mart and also replaced Windows for the same reason. Had to download a program to get WiFi working, so this is a common issue. I needed a glitch free machine to use with the DJ gigs. The laptop with a good DJ controller and the DJ program MIXXX works quite well on Mint. Only came with a 120G SSD, but that is fine for quickly loading the program and music library. Library expansion is done with a Costco 230 Gig thumb drive. Loads are a little slower of the songs, but not a problem. Looking to upgrade the SSD soon.

[@MrGaryg20047]

WOW I wished we had a Walmart in San Francisco that's open after 11 pm and I bought a HP laptop in 2016 from Target and its still working great with Windows 10.

[@atomicorang]

I celebrate my decade old T430s running pop! OS. Works for my situation and there is hardly nary a scratch on her. Ty for your video sir.

[@mmcblk05studio]

pop!_OS you forgot the underscore

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

The real surprise of the Stream 11 is that it's using a generations old Celeron instead of new one.

[@robinsonkyn]

And the moral of the story, you got it! Never go down a Stream without a case of beer, two hot girls in bikinis and most importantly, a ride waiting at the other end!

[@stuarth4296]

Thankr.I used to work on computers before I went to law school and my senses told me to get a quad core Acer Chromebook to run the Chrom OS and that it would be rough to run Win 10 with a set up like this despite how "cute" it is...and the benchmark is twice as good on the Chromebook.

[@GRBtutorials]

Even a Raspberry Pi 1 is faster than this thing! Now seriously, I’m pretty sure the RPi 4 is faster, maybe even the RPi 3.

[@denshi-oji494]

great scenario for needing to buy something in the middle of the night. I have needed to buy various computer items from Ethernet cables and USB Flash drives, to internal hard drives from Walmart after midnight many times over the years. Sadly Walmart is in the process of closing all the stores at night. In my area there is only one store that stays open in a 65 mile radius now. It is very busy now at night, as people drive from all directions to meet their might time shopping needs there now. It does not sound like it will remain a 24 hour store for long though, so we will no longer gave a night time shopping option for anything related to computers.

[@semco72057]

I would not buy one of those laptops and this year I purchased a new laptop, but it was an Acer Swift with a Ryzen cpu in it and that computer works fine and have the lighted keys on it. I purchased a used ThinkPad and put Arca (OS/2 upgrade) on it and this computer works better than the HP's sold at Wal-Mart. The last computer I got directly from HP is barely running now and I am about through buying their brand.

[@user-pf2hv8qw1s]

Ubuntu? How funny. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad P1 and the first thing I did was dump Windows and install Manjaro. Yes, I miss my old Apple, because it handled foreign languages almost seamlessly, but Linux is so simple, and I love the straightforward file hierarchy that I was never able to figure out on my Apple.

[@user-zo9dc1lu3q]

The laptop is purple ... Spyro the dragon is purple ... You need to try to play the Spyro Reignited Trilogy on that laptop.

[@tionaus]

Alessandro Cussino YOUR A GENIUS

[@Eeveewashere]

Not to disparage UBUNTU but why didn't you choose Raspbian instead? The Raspbian interface would have less of a learning curve and may seem easier to use for the typical Windows user. I would love to see a follow-up video with footage showing you using Rapsbian and maybe RetroArch. BTW, is your friend going to keep the HP Stream? Sorry for all the personal questions. I don't usually post comments.

[@insertnamehere5146]

All Laptops are dated within 5 years. No point spending a ton of money on a top of the range one when it will be a antique in 60 months

[@John-fg1xg]

insert name here that’s false buying a high end laptop specifically gaming laptops gives you longer longevity becuase it should be quite obvious that higher end laptops have more specs.I know this becuase I bought a gaming laptop 6years ago and can still play a decent amount of older and some newer titles and browsing the web works flawlessly.

[@ZaberfangX]

I think the new pine book much faster then this. I can understand if need something on a rush. If was me would add xfce manjaro.

[@uni-byte]

I got a Lenovo X131e with a 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and an i3 processor about a year ago for $75 that would eat this POC for breakfast. So, if my main machine (T480) dies I pull out my X131e and just keep going.

[@typhoontim125]

Good video but there's a BIG OMISSION!.The BIGGEST problem BY FAR with this laptop is the TINY 32GB Storage! Did you actually do all of the Windows 10 updates when you started using it? I doubt it because there isn't enough room for even the standard Windows 10 updates and Service Packs!

[@DJTydalOfficial]

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Walmart also sell used and refurbished business laptops?

[@bazzeil]

I gottas say, with chrome os on a similarly spec'd Acer Spin 360 I've picked up for $200.... My expectations for the low hardware were blown away. It's amazing how well the wacom panel works on this device; the type-c docking for charging and display is great, gaming is possible with android apps as well as linux and lighter windows titles (via crostini and steam's proton). The battery feels like it lasts forever (8-10 hours offline youtube/netflix video playback during these Cali-blackouts) I didnt expect it to run this well, and I'm now regretting only getting the 32GB integrated storage.

[@mjs28s]

I wonder what happens when windows wants to update? 32GB is often not enough for that to happen. By the time you download the update files, create the temp files, and then start to add the new files and changed files.....not enough space and update fails. Linux laptop it for sure!

[@Sonic6293]

These Gemini Lake laptops with 4GB or less of RAM and 64GB or less of eMMC(gross) make for decent Linux machines. I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 110S with 4GB RAM, 64GB of eMMC with a Celeron N4000, make for a great laptop to throw in my backpack and use at college.

[@oliverhoffmann8215]

The best part of this laptop is the color. Everything else is crap. Don't waste your money. Greetings from Germany.

[@ProphetChuck8471]

I got lucky and snagged a T440p (i5 4300, 4gb RAM, 500GB hdd) the other day, for around £109 / $134.64 on ebay. It also included a 1 year warranty. I have an 8GB ram stick on the way and built in an SSD I had flying around. I can't get enough of second hand Thinkpads, ever since I tasted T400 blood. I always try to convince my family members to get a second hand Thinkpad, but they all hate the design unfortunately.

[@ixionn563]

I've been looking for a used business laptop online, starting community college soon and I need something portable, I only have my desktop right now. I really like those compact model Dell Latitudes, the e6320 to be specific. Finding a working unit cheap is a bit of a challenge, only issue with Latitudes are the infamous Dell motherboard failures. I love the design of business laptops myself, but I'm a function over form kinda guy, so it makes sense. Most people are form over function.

[@skyediann3399]

Throwing in the T400 and E6400 into these charts was unfair, as these benchmark tests rely a lot on the device's graphics for their final result. The T400 and E6400 simply don't have the graphics horsepower, but if you're looking at a laptop like this, then you don't need graphics. The Core 2 Duo's in these laptops still vastly outperform modern Atom's and Celeron's, making them better daily drivers if all you want is basic usage, since they can be found a lot cheaper, and a high end Core 2 Duo will set you down about £15 for a T9100.

[@perfectionbox]

Thing runs at 1.6 _billion_ clock cycles a second yet struggles. Shows how badly software is written today.

[@junehanabi1756]

This, this so much

[@grepthis2000]

@@fwefhwe4232 Yes, but they never give her an orgasm. 30 seconds, huh? You must have been one of them.