Chromebook, ChromeOS and Google Chrome browser news
Unless you want a widescreen display, stylus support or a fingerprint reader, the $629 Acer Chromebook Spin 713 has to be on your radar. Here’s my review of what I think could be the Chromebook of the year for 2020.
Work on the first Intel Tiger Lake Chromebooks continues and early benchmarks indicate large performance gains with the 11th-gen CPUs. Plus we’ll see Thunderbolt and USB 4.0 support.
Ah, the lowly Chromebox. It gets no respect! Maybe with the HP Chromebox G3 it will thanks to 10th-gen Intel chips and support for dual 4K displays starting at $254.
After weeks of waiting, an Acer Chromebook Spin 713 review unit has arrived. My first impressions? This is a solid update over my daily driver, the Spin 13, and is super impressive for the price.
Following up on last year’s Latitude Chromebooks for work, the new Dell Latitude 7410 Enterprise Chromebook is available with LTE, fast NVMe storage and up to 21 hours of battery life. Might this, along with Windows 10 in a VM sway some business customers to Chromebook?
Did you miss the 20% off sale on the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook with 4K AMOLED display last month? Looks like you get a second chance: This 10th-gen Core i5 convertible Chromebook is on sale for $799 again.
Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook was the first Project Athena device running Chrome OS, coming with a gorgeous 4K OLED display. At $999 it’s still a tough sell due to battery life but this $200 discount might help to overlook that.
Announced in May, the HP Pro C640 Chromebook Enterprise is available for customization and orders. This Project Athena Chromebook starts around $555 but you can spend well over $1,100 if you want a Core i7 and 16 GB of RAM.
Was the $999 price tag too off-putting to pull the trigger on the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook with 4K display? Perhaps a $100 sale will tempt you: Best Buy is selling this powerful 2-in-1 for $899.
I’ve been including refurbished and renewed devices in my Chromebook searches lately. Today I found the 4K Lenovo Chromebook Yoga C630 with 8 GB of RAM for $520, or around $230 off from the cost of a new one.
Asus doesn’t want the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook to have all the fun today: The company made its $999 Asus Chromebook Flip C436 available directly, although the $799 model is likely enough Chromebook for most people.
