A:AnswerGood question. This computer is plastic. It does not have a metal casing. For more detailed specs, please visit the following link:
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA6-1019ENUC&doctype=data%20sheet&doclang=EN_US&searchquery=&cc=us&lc=en
I hope this helps.
A:AnswerI would probably invest in a regular laptop. I bought this for my mother and i thought for a 86 year old it would be sufficient. For her it was. However for college I think personally you would need more then a chromebook.
Hope that gives you clarity.
A:AnswerIt can take an SD card. Pick your size.
On my unit, I have a 16G SSD. 5G are taken up with the O/S. You really don't want to store misc. stuff on your SSD; better to keep them on a flash drive or an SD card.
A:AnswerNot good for gaming if you play Roblox. That particular game does not work with the computers operating system and an error pops when you try to open Roblox.