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I get the question quite often. It comes in multiple forms; some inquisitive, some derogatory, some genuine, some not. “Why do you use a Chromebook?” It’s a fair question, I suppose, and one that has a variety of answers that reflect the multi-faceted experience of using any given operating system. Many times, the choice of […]
I spent a good bit of my weekend revisiting the options available to me for streaming games online. After seeing some news about NVidia’s GForce Now possibly being available soon for only $5 a month, it got me wondering again about the viability of other streaming services that look to leverage cloud-based Windows machines and […]
An interesting video and article published by Dieter Bohn over at The Verge a couple days ago came with a pretty bombastic title, and I love it. The video header simply states: ‘Microsoft accidentally made a great Chromebook.’ Great title, right? The accompanying article is equally well-headlined: ‘Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is the world’s most […]
If you’ve been around here for a little while, you likely remember my decision to buy a phone other than the Pixel 4 XL and then my subsequent return to Google’s latest flagship smartphone. There were multiple reasons for my decision to avoid it in the first place and then for the eventual purchase, but […]
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There’s a reason I titled my last article about the Pixel 4 ‘Why I haven’t bought the Pixel 4 yet.’ I know myself. I know how I am with tech, and I know how quickly my mind can be persuaded and changed. Knowing these things, I knew better than to be 100% definitive in my […]
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As I type this opening sentence on the surprisingly-great Pixelbook Go, I’m subtly reminded of what makes a great piece of hardware. The sweet spot sits somewhere between a finely crafted physical thing that is pleasing to look at, hold or touch and the way that thing goes about getting you to the digital, software-driven […]
YouTube Music as a service actually launched all the way back in November of 2015. Sure, it wasn’t exactly the same thing it is today, but the bones of the music streaming service from Google have technically been around for nearly 4 years. Four years. Somehow in that vast amount of time, Google has still […]
For me, Chromebooks tend to have life cycles. Not specifically just how long a Chromebook will actually wake up and run on a day to day basis, but a life cycle of relevance to users in general. Let’s call it a relativity lifecycle. For instance, the relativity lifecycle of the Pixelbook is a long one. […]
There are a handful of things we’re asked about on a regular basis. What is the best Chromebook for my budget? What accessories should I get for my Chromebook? What’s the best Chromebook I can get for my child? All of these are great questions, and there are quite a few more where that came […]
![Using Chromebooks: A Mac User’s Perspective [VIDEO]](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/chromeOS-thoughts_mac_user.jpg)
We recently put out a video introducing Joe and Gabriel to the channel and in that video, you might have noticed that Joe said he uses the Pixel Slate as his daily Chromebook and the MacBook Pro to edit videos. So as a traditional Mac user, Joe wanted to take a couple minutes and share […]
I’ll admit, that title is a little misleading. You see, for those of you reading this right now, you likely come by the site with a decent bit of regularity. Others are here all the time and some of you are here for the first time. For any of the not-new folks, the name Gabriel […]
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We’ve had the original 2013 Chromebook Pixel around the office for a little while and every time I see it sitting up on the shelf, I’m hit with a fresh dose of nostalgia and appreciation for the OS I use on a daily basis. I’ve picked it up and worked on it here and there […]
