The easiest way to make something sound boring is to call it ‘educational’. Take Acer’s Chromebook Tab 10: it may be the world’s first Chrome powered tablet, but it’s being billed as a tool for studios teens to write their essays on. Snooze!

Fortunately, Google’s operating system is spreading its wings and detaching it self from the keyboard for a second time in a shell, for the new HP Chromebook x2 is a more high end offering, with a 12.3in 2400x1600 screen, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, an intel Core m3 VPU, 32GB of on board storage and a reported 10.5 hours of battery life.