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Chromebooks are the heart of the Chrome OS experience. At their core, Chromebooks are the purest expression of Google's operating system. Here, you'll find only articles and stories about Chromebooks, their features, and what makes them great.
Chrome OS offers many unique features that set it apart from most other operating systems. One of the most important of which is security and the fact that the OS itself can be completely restored to its original factory settings in just a few minutes. If your Chromebook isn’t acting quite right, a simple powerwash […]
Last week, Best Buy dropped the price of the Pentium-powered Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5i down to $299, and at that price, it’s probably the most affordable “flagship” level Chromebook on the market. The lesser sibling of the Core i3 convertible, the Best Buy version of the Flex nixes the backlit keyboard and offers up a […]
The Chrome OS tablet space is finally starting to expand and we will soon see more and more high-end, premium devices in this growing niche. Now that OEMs are finally starting to produce Snapdragon-powered devices and MediaTek is gearing up to launch newer, more powerful SoCs for Chromebook tablets, this once dying segment has been […]
It’s hard to believe but it has been more than three months since we unboxed the world’s first-ever 17.3″ Chromebook. Personally, I just can’t convince myself to even consider a device of this size but clearly, there’s a market for these oversized Chromebooks and I totally understand that many want just this kind of laptop. […]
Hard to believe that it has been more than two years since we uncovered the first signs of the Universal Stylus Initiative in the Chromium repositories. Since that time, Google has gone all-in on USI pen technology and presented Chrome OS as a massive springboard for the universal protocol that allows Chromebook owners to use […]
It won’t be long before the holiday shopping season is upon us but Chromebook deals know no season and this week is a good time to pick up a new device and save some serious cash. Whether you’re looking for the best of the best or just a budget-friendly device to kick around the house, […]
Looking for a new Chromebook that looks and feels like a flagship but doesn’t cost premium money? Today is your lucky day. Best Buy carries a low-end model of the popular Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook that features enough bells and whistles to consider itself somewhere between the “Plus” and “Premium” tiers. It doesn’t have the […]
For many years, we tracked the development of the early stages of Qualcomm bringing their silicon to Chrome OS. It was a very, very long road that started all the way back in December of 2017 and finally came to fruition in October of 2020 when we first got our hands on the Acer Spin […]
One of the categories of Chromebooks we’ve been keeping a keen eye on is the handful of devices that will come equipped with MediaTek’s new Kompanio 820 SoC. Previously known as the MT8192, these devices should – in theory – give us a solid bump in peformance over the existing Snapdragon 7c Chromebooks we currently […]
Robby’s still working up his full review of HP’s highly-anticipated x2 detachable Chromebook. I’ll do my best to omit any spoilers but I will say that this 2-in-1 Chromebook is a hard sell for me at its $599 MSRP. It’s not that there isn’t a lot to love, it’s just a lot of money for […]
Last week, we had the pleasure of attending a virtual press event hosted by Lenovo. While we weren’t expecting much in the way of Chromebooks, I was relatively confident that our hosts would at least mention the new Jasper Lake model that I discovered a few days prior. There was actually no mention of the […]
As time goes by, Chromebook hardware continues getting better. Comparing current hardware perks to Chromebooks from years ago, it’s clear to see that Google fully intends on pushing Chromebooks into new territories from a hardware feature perspective. The HP Chromebook X2 11 I’m typing this on has a screen ratio that would have been incredibly […]
