HP 14A-NM0006NAX MTK 540 4GB 64GB CHR MediaTek Kompanio Kompanio 540 Chromebook 35.6 cm (14") HD LPDDR5-SDRAM eMMC Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) ChromeOS Silver

Homework, streaming and a dozen open tabs are all in a day's work for this HP Chromebook. The MediaTek Kompanio processor has 8 cores, so you can keep a video call running on one side of the screen while you type up notes on the other. Smooth visuals come from the ARM Mali-G57 MC2 graphics card, so box sets and photo galleries look the part on the 14-inch screen.

There's 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage on board, and with no moving parts inside, it copes better with the odd knock than a spinning hard drive would. The battery is good for up to 17 hours between charges, depending on how hard you're pushing it, which means an afternoon at a friend's kitchen table won't have you hunting for a plug socket.