Hoping to see the Atlas Chromebook appear at Google I/O 2019 as a Pixelbook refresh? That’s not likely going to happen this week: Look for Atlas in October.
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If you won’t miss a backlit keyboard, you can grab the Best Buy edition of Lenovo’s Yoga Chromebook C630 for $549 this week. Or if you need to see your keys in the dark and don’t mind a Core i3 and 64 GB of storage, you can have one for $470.
Chrome OS 74 has launched on the Stable Channel with a list of 8 key changes. As is often the case, there’s more in here than the “official” list, such as Crostini backup and restore for Linux containers on Chromebooks.
The Chromium team has continued work on the virtual desktop spaces feature for Chromebooks and has a new video demonstration to show. This is coming along nicely, but how smooth will the animations be?
If you missed last week’s $399 sale on the HP Chromebook X2 or simply didn’t think it would meet your needs based on the hardware configuration, the HP Chromebook X360 is well worth the look at this price with a better CPU and double the memory and storage in the X2.
Can’t wait to have native VPN support for Linux apps in Project Crostini? You don’t need to: The Chrome OS 75 Dev Channel now extends Android VPN security to Linux on a Chromebook.
As the first detachable Chromebook, I thought the HP Chromebook X2 was a great device at its $599 debut price. Today at $399, it’s a stellar choice for most people at this cost.
Chrome OS 74 arrives for enterprises, bringing several new features such as native PDF annotation, external camera support and top-level files & folders to Chromebooks.
At long last, a distraction-free “reader mode” for web pages is coming to Chrome OS. If you can’t wait until version 75 to get it, here’s a great alternative you can use now on a Chromebook.
You can save $100 all week on the capable Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14 2-in-1 with stylus at Best Buy. This laptop has an overall buyer rating of 4.6 out of 5 at Best Buy, with 73% of buyers giving it a 5 out of 5.
Earlier this month, Acer debuted the first Chromebook with a dedicated numeric keypad and now HP has followed up with its own version for a lower price. The HP Chromebook 15 starts at $449.