Deals on a pair of Chromebooks all this week from HP and Lenovo at Best Buy
Yesterday, I got an email tip from reader George, telling me about a great deal on the HP Chromebook X360. Unfortunately, when the tip came in, I was in class nearly all day, thanks to finals week. Coming home for dinner and reading the note, I figured if this was a one day deal, it wasn’t worth writing up at that point.
Good news though: All this week, the HP Chromebook X360 is $200 off at Best Buy, based on the retailer’s weekly ad that I checked this morning. This week’s sale also includes the Lenovo Yoga C630 Chromebook at $100 off and if you purchase either of these Chromebooks you get a free Google Home Mini included in the deal.
The HP Chromebook X360 is similar to the company’s X2 although it’s not a detachable screen Chromebook, it’s larger a 2-in-1 one device with a 14-inch 1080p touchscreen.
It also has a newer Intel processor: For the $449.99 sale price, you’re getting an eighth-generation Core i3 U-Series chip. Since the U-Series chips have a higher heat threshold under load, the X360 does have a cooling fan. And while the Core i3 clearly isn’t the most powerful processor, it should be helped by the 8 GB of memory in the X360, which also has 64 GB of storage; double the memory and storage as the X2. At this price point, I think the X360 is a good value. Note that you can purchase this Chromebook directly from HP, but the current price is $599.
If $599 fits in your budget, that will get you the Lenovo Yoga C630 Chromebook this week, down from its $699 price at Best Buy.
You get the same 8 GB of RAM as the less expensive HP Chromebook X360, but you gain more in the processor, local storage capacity and screen size. The C630 has a 15.6-inch 1080p touchscreen, 128 GB of storage and a step up to the Intel Core i5 U-Series processor. Yes, there’s a fan in this device too.
Save for the fan and the screen size and resolution, you’re essentially getting a Chromebook that has the same, but newer, internals as the base Google Pixelbook which is priced at $999 when not on sale.
Both are a bit large for my tastes, but if a big-screened Chromebook with the latest Intel chips is what you’re looking for, this week might be the time to pull the trigger.
Is the white backing now standard on the HP Chromebooks? Is it like “This device is a Chromebook and not a Windows device” because it isn’t grey? Just curious
Does anyone know if the performance of the Lenovo C630 is better than the Slate and Pixelbook?