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one of the questions we feel most often
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is what Chromebook should I get for
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filling the blank amount of money so
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whether its budget Chromebooks or
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high-end Chromebooks usually people come
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to us with a budget and say hey what's
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the best Chromebook I can get for that
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price so today at this point in the year
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in 2019 we want to answer that for you
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you're here you're looking for a
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Chromebook and you have a budget in mind
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let me give you a couple caveats as we
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enter into this because I don't want to
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waste a lot of your time I don't want to
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waste a lot of my time I want to tell
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you which Chromebook you should buy at
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the different price points so first off
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we're going to kind of break this up 0
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to $299 and then we're gonna go 300 to
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600 dollars then $600 and up and you can
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categorize those however you like some
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people think that $600 plus means it's a
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high-end Chromebook in my head that's
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still kind of mid-range but that's all
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subjective it doesn't matter we're gonna
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cut it up into three different price
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points and then talk about a few
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Chromebooks that are worth looking at
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for you because different Chromebooks
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have different things and different
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processors and different little bells
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and whistles we're going to make sure
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that you know about those but then in
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each category we're gonna say hey we
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think this is probably the best
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Chromebook right now that you can buy
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second thing you need to know is that
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we're not going to be talking MSRP here
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these Chromebooks in general I think
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almost all of them on the list have been
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on sale at least for a few weeks at a
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time if not months at a time so don't
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buy any of these Chromebooks honestly at
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MSRP wait for them to go on sale and as
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we talk through the prices we're gonna
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talk to the prices that we normally see
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these things on sale for so let's start
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at the bottom and so these zero to $299
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we'll call it affordable Chromebook
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category the first two I want to mention
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are from Lenovo so you have the C 330 in
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the S 330 they're both affordable and a
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lot of times you can find them under 200
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bucks the C 330 has a better feature set
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though it's got a touchscreen its IPS
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it's convertible it's only 11.6 inches
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but
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general it's been one of the go-to
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Chromebooks for us to give to people
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whenever they're looking for something
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that's cheaper for the kids to have
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around the house with that mediatek
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processor inside it actually handles
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Android apps pretty well and with the
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touch screen if the Android app isn't
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updated to use the keyboard and trackpad
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it gets along just fine you can flip it
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into tablet mode and go at it the S 330
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that's kind of it's like cousin is a
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14-inch version we've done a review of
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that and talked about how well it runs
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roblox and you can get the thing for
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like 160 bucks so you're looking for
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ultra cheap it does do that screen is
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terrible on it but it's got nice
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keyboard a nice trackpad and it does the
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basic Chromebook stuff pretty well the
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other two we've got in the kind of
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honorable mention category are the asus
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523 and asus 423 those two devices
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they're all plastic but they have a
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Pentium chip inside four gigs of ram 64
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gigs of internal storage you can get it
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with the full HD screen you can actually
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get the 523 which is the 15-inch version
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with a touchscreen and backlit keys and
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all that kind of stuff for less than 300
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bucks but it's an all plastic shell and
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it's it's kind of cheap plastic too so
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it's a little wobbly picks up scratches
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pretty easily and that leads me to what
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I would consider our winner in this
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category which is the Acer Chromebook 15
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same exact internal setup as that Asus I
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was just talking about Pentium chip four
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gigs of ram 64 gigs of internal storage
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but get this backlit keyboard great
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speakers IPS panel touchscreen and an
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all aluminum build I mean the spec sheet
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sounds like something that should cost a
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lot more and honestly when it first came
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out it kind of did but it's dropped in
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price pretty dramatically and it's just
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a great Chromebook in at under 300 bucks
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easily easily the best one you can buy
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in this category ok moving on to the
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kind of middle class here we've got the
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$300 to $599 Chromebooks and this is
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really kind of the meat of your
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Chromebook selection in general you
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don't have a ton of Chromebooks that go
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over that price bracket there's not a
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lot of people that want to pay that much
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more for a Chromebook than 600 bucks so
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you're going to see a lot of these
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Chromebooks that show up on our website
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on sale a lot so in general you could
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probably buy these Chromebooks at MSRP
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or on sale in this category and still
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end up in that
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300 a $600 range so let's talk through a
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few of them in general they share a lot
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common lots of aluminum builds here some
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of them have pens and some don't
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nice screen resolution so there's
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nothing under a 1080p at least here all
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IPS panels things that look really nice
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and put together well and are fast and
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have plenty of RAM and plenty of storage
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so it's not necessarily that any of
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these Chromebooks are head and shoulders
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above another as far as the spec sheet
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goes it's just there are some that put
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the entire package together a little bit
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better than the next one so let's talk
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first about the Samsung Chromebook plus
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v2 I really like this Chromebook it's a
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little smaller than the others in this
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category but again mostly aluminum
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plastic bottom but you get a pin you get
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a really nice screen plenty bright and
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around 300 nits and it's just a little
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above a 1080p panel with a great
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keyboard and a great trackpad and just a
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nice form factor if you like flipping
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things in the tablet mode from HP you
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have the X 360 and the Chromebook x2 so
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the x2 is a detachable one has a similar
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screen like the pixel book has a pen
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that comes with it and the keyboard
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comes all in the same package usually
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less than 500 bucks it's it got an m3
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processor in it four gigs of ram so it
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gets along pretty well
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and then the X 360 is one of my favorite
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Chromebooks in this category for sure
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plenty of power with the i3 4 gigs of
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ram 1080p screen and you're gonna hear
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that kind of same thing with the Dell
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Lenovo similar processors 4 or 8 gigs of
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ram good amounts of storage nice 1080p
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screens aluminum builds I mean there's
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good stuff to be had here so if you're
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just kind of going hey this is the money
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I have and I'm ready to buy one now
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maybe you go to Best Buy and just see
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which one's on sale and choose it
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because honestly there's not that much
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that differentiates all of these
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Chromebooks figure out like if you need
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a pen or something like that but the
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winner here the one I feel like does
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stand just a little bit above all the
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rest in this category is the Asus
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Chromebook flipsie 434 and it is just an
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amazing looking Chromebook it's if you
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haven't seen the review of it very tiny
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bezels around the screen again a 1080p
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screen IPS panel similar to some of
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these other ones all aluminum build a
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great keyboard
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backlit just a very unique looking
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Chromebook it's almost like a 14-inch
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Chromebook crammed into a 13-inch
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chassis it looks great it's got the a
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couple different variations on it I
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think the top-end variation right now
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with 8 gigs of ram 64 gigs of storage
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and the core m3 processor is nicely in
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this price bracket as well and when we
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reviewed it and even put it up against
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other Chromebooks it just was the
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Chromebook to go to if you're looking at
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spending five to six hundred dollars so
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for sure in this category that Asus
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Chromebook C 434 is the one you want to
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go with so finally we come to the $600
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and up Chromebook segment and while
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there aren't a lot of people that go
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with purchased Chromebooks for much more
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than six hundred bucks
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these devices are out there they aren't
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nearly as many a number as the other
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divisions here but in general if you
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want just the most premium Chromebook
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experience you're gonna have to shell
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out a little bit more than 600 bucks and
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so there are a few we need to talk about
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first step I would put the Lenovo c6 30
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the yoga Chromebook the 4k model in this
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category and it generally is 700 bucks
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plus it kind of fluctuates all over the
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place but all aluminum backlit keys 4k
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screen and it's the only Chromebook
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that's out there with a 4k screen but
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that 4k screen comes at a cost it hurts
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performance a little bit and it really
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hurts battery life it was the reason it
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wasn't like my go-to Chromebook cuz I
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like the keyboard the trackpad and the
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screen looks great and when it's the
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only device you've got it's nice to have
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that big screen to work from but man it
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really knocks the battery life down to
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like 4 to 6 hours and for me using a
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Chromebook that's just not a thing I
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want to do anymore but maybe you're not
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out and about that often and battery
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life isn't that big of a deal it's a
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great Chromebook so is the Acer
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Chromebook spin 13 though it's been out
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for a little longer than some of these
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other Chromebooks it brings a lot to the
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table all aluminum backlit keyboard
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glass trackpad a stowable a larger
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stowable stylus a great screen 3 by 2
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ratio so similar to the pixel book and
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pixel slate it's got an odd resolution
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that I never can remember but it's still
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nice and high-res 300 nits a brightness
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that we've mesh
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it just checks all the boxes honestly
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and it's a great Chromebook it's just
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always been kind of expensive so in like
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the eight to nine hundred dollar range
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but it dips down from time to time and
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when it does and if it does it's a very
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compelling Chromebook to and then that
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brings us to the two Chromebooks made by
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Google which have always been expensive
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and people get upset about them being
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expensive but they are built better than
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just about anything you can get your
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hands on so first we'll say pixels slate
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because you know what I'm going to put
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at the top of this let's be honest but
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the pixel slate has really grown on me
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over the last couple months as I kind of
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have forced myself to use it from time
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to time just to see how software is
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coming around and really Google has
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worked out so many of the kinks and I
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said this when I reviewed it I've said
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this in articles I knew eventually they
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were gonna work these kinks out and it
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was gonna change the way at least that I
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viewed this device and so when I paired
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it now up with the bridge G type
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keyboard it actually feels very good in
10:13
laptop form the Bluetooth isn't wonky
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like it was before and I don't really
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have any issue working from it whether
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it's in my lap or on a desk or whatever
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and then when I want to pop it off and
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use it like a tablet I get to take
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advantage of those awesome speakers and
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every time I open it I get to log in
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with my fingerprint and honestly those
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two things differentiate it from any
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other Chromebook and make the experience
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pretty excellent and just holding it in
10:36
general because it's so well built and
10:38
balanced and rounded it just makes for a
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really excellent experience and finally
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we come to the Chromebook in the number
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one spot unsurprisingly in the $600 plus
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category and that is the pixel book and
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in general regardless of whether you
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want to say I'm a pixel book fanboy or
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anything like that when I get done
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reviewing any other Chromebook or
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neither other device that I'm enjoying
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or using for any period of time I always
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come back to my pixel book and there are
11:05
reasons for that it's not just because
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it's the thing I use or one of the
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Chromebooks I own it just has some
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things about it that no other Chromebook
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does the typing experience
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second-to-none the trackpad glass
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trackpad is great but the build quality
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of the thing is just thin it's light it
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looks almost futuristic still even
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though it's 2 years old almost the
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screen is great it's nice and bright
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full of colors and
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you wish that the bezels were a little
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bit smaller but honestly those are small
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complaints that fade away when you're
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actually using the device and so in
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general when it comes down to actually
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getting some stuff done and feeling like
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I got the most bang for my buck and the
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device is doing what I need it to do
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most the pixel book delivers more than
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any other device that I've ever used
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all right so quick recap before we wrap
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up if you're looking to spend less than
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300 bucks Acer Chromebook 15 if you're
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looking to spend anywhere between 300
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and $5.99 Asus Chromebook flip C 434 and
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at the top end of the spectrum $600 plus
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pixel book is where it's at but guys
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