HP Stream 11 as a client for Streaming

[simmem]

I have been looking at the announcements for this ultra budget chromebook competitor and I cant help but think it may be the perfect steam streaming client!

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?eSpotName=Stream11&storeId=10151&langId=-1&catalogId=10051

http://www.engadget.com/products/hp/stream/11/specs/

Intel Celeron N2840 with HD graphics, Fanless design (good for HTPC), HDMI port, 32GB SSD, and windows out of the box so no need to load linux on a chrombook/box. The only concern would be lack of ethernet, but that could be overcome with a high end wireless adapter ( i use the Asus USB-N53 with great success) or an ethernet to USB adapter.

What do you think?

[Gordon Freeman]

Tested it out and it is no good for streaming, the wireless card that is built in to the stream is not good, it was too slow to do a decent job of streaming games to it. It works but the picture quality is poor. I tried it wired through a ethernet to usb adapter and it worked fine with that configuration. Quite dissapointed with the performance of hp stream 11. It is no way a chromebook killer. Even surfing with a few tabs open is a horrible experience

[voltron00x]

I had a very different experience. With the Stream set to Performance Mode and the Battery vs Performance slider all the way to Performance (both accessed via Intel Graphics controller) I was able to Stream games without any issue. I played Wolfenstein: New World Order with a quite good frame rate. I think this is a fine Steam Streaming system, though an even lighter and cheaper option is the Asus X205TA. I got mine for $140 new. Staples has it tomorrow for $99!