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In what is now becoming a semi-annual event around here, the time has come once again to name our favorite Chromebooks of 2020 so far. We like doing this twice a year for some pretty obvious reasons and dead-center in the calendar usually lands us in a place where the first wave of Chrome OS devices has landed and we’re in a holding pattern for new devices until the fall. That’s not been exactly the case here in 2020 due to the pandemic, but we’re still at a great point in the year to talk about the best Chromebooks on offer right now before any further new, notable releases happen.
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it's crazy but just like that we are
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halfway through 2020 and here at the
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midpoint of the year we want to take a
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moment and kind of reflect back on all
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the Chromebooks that have been released
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and have shown up and help you all make
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a purchasing decision at this point in
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2020 and let you know which are the best
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Chromebooks for you to buy right now
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started today you came here for
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Chromebooks and you came here to
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probably figure out which one in your
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price range is the best one for you to
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buy so we're not gonna spend a whole lot
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of time setting all this up and we're
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going to get right to those devices but
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I wanted to let you know how we'll go
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about doing this so we have three price
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brackets we're gonna break everything up
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you can call those whatever you decide
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to call them whether for us it's kind of
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low in mid-range and high range but
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we're going 0 to $299 first and then
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we'll move on to three hundred to six
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hundred and forty nine dollars second
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kind of that mid-range section and then
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we'll talk up a range so anything that's
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650 plus once we kind of lay out these
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Chromebooks we'll pick a winner in each
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category that we think is the best
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version of a Chromebook you can get in
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that sector but we want to throw out a
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few other ideas for you because not
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every Chromebooks perfect for everyone
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so we're going to give you a couple
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honorable mentions and then tell you hey
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we think this is the best Chromebook in
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this price range so let's get started so
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first up in the 0 to $2.99 category is
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the Lenovo Chromebook 3 and as you'll
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hear throughout this section all of
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these devices are actually Lenovo
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because they're killing it in the
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low-end Chromebook space and this one is
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as affordable as they come it starts at
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$169 brand-new it's all plastic but it's
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got a good keyboard and trackpad and you
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know not so great screen it's powered by
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a gym and I like processor and you're
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getting kind of the minimal internals
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here at 4 gigs of ram and 32 gigs of
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storage but it's a decent device and at
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a price like that you don't really
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expect to get very much and it's a great
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Chromebook for that price point the next
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one we're going to talk about is the
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Lenovo
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3:40 so this is the follow-up to the s
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330 that was out last year and same kind
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of idea here it's a 14-inch device it
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comes in a standard HD and a full HD
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version Full HD screens a little nicer
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but same idea here all plastic build
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decent keyboard decent trackpad just a
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little more space to work on and a
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little bit better build quality here
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from Lenovo following that is the Lenovo
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C 340 and by all means this is probably
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like the favorite affordable Chromebook
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out there right now the benefits of this
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one is you get a aluminum lid on this
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you have an IPS touchscreen on it again
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decent keyboard decent trackpad and
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those same kind of Gemini like internals
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so there's nothing different there about
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it you're just getting a little bit
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better build quality it's a 360 degree
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hinge as well so there's some extra
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benefits to getting the EC 340 but the
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definite winner in this category is the
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highly anticipated much-sought-after
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Lenovo Chromebook duet and it would take
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us a while to list all the things that
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this Chromebook does that are unique but
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it's detachable it is a tablet and it
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feels great as a tablet it's nice and
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light it has the keyboard in the Box
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it's usi stylus compatible it's got a
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gorgeous screen and sure the internals
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are a little bit slow but it runs
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Android apps really well and you get 128
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gigs of storage for $2.99 and even the
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base level model comes with 64 gigs of
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internal storage so lenovo has crushed
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it honestly in this whole segment but
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really with the duet they've done
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something that's quite unique in
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building a tablet a Chrome OS tablet
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that universally people seem to really
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like and it's finally becoming available
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and you don't have to wait for sale
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prices it's $2.99 out the door with 128
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gigs of storage it is easily the winner
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in this category if you're looking for a
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cheaper device a cheaper Chromebook and
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don't mind a little bit smaller of a
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screen it's definitely our favorite sub
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$300 Chromebook next up is what we feel
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like it's kind of a sweet spot of
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Chromebook still and we did a video like
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this a year ago and I said that I still
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feel that that is the case so anywhere
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between three hundred and six hundred
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and forty-nine dollars I think you can
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find pretty much any Chromebook you want
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if you're willing to spend a little bit
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more money because when we're going to
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talk about those upper level ones here
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in a little bit because a lot of people
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that don't want to spend that much money
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on a Chromebook but this is kind of that
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sweet spot where people really like to
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find great
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features great bill quality and really
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good bang for your buck so the first one
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in this category is a device that wasn't
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MSR peed into this category originally
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but it's been marked down it's not
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really on sale anymore it is just marked
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down permanently into this price range
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and that is the pixel slate and they'll
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have been a little bit hard on the slate
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over the course of the time it's been
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available it's still a well-built
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premium piece of hardware it's got fast
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processors it's got a gorgeous screen
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it's got awesome speakers and you know a
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lot of times now you can find deals
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where the keyboard is included in that
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bundle and so for you know five to six
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hundred bucks you can get a really nice
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Chromebook built by Google that does a
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lot of great things and it's still
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relatively affordable the next one is
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the pixel book go and I will say that
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this and the next two that we're going
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to talk about are just kind of
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neck-and-neck
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and so you could easily almost put this
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one on top it's at the top level of the
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price range here so the entry-level
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model of the pixel book go with the core
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m3 eight gigs of ram 64 gigs of storage
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is 649 so it's barely in this category
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but it does still feel like a mid-range
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type Chromebook with all kinds of
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high-end stuff great speakers fantastic
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backlit keyboard quiet it's just one of
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the best you'll type on a glass trackpad
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beautiful screen firm build quality and
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just a very unique aesthetic and overall
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just a fantastic overall Chromebook
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experience from Google and it's just
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easy to put on these lists I'm glad it's
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at least down enough to get into this
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mid-range list because it's one I think
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most people will love next on the list
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is the recently released lenovo
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chromebook flex 5 and this thing is just
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a marvel of all kinds of features for a
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very low price 409 dollars right now is
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which you can go buy this Chromebook for
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and it's not on sale or anything that's
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like it's normal price and we're talking
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core i3 4 gigs of ram 128 gigs of
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internal storage 1080p display that's
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nice and bright and colorful a great
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keyboard it's backlit it's got Wi-Fi 6
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and bluetooth 5 and great i/o and
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aluminum build quality and it's
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convertible and us high stylus can
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paddle mean the list goes on and on of
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the features that this thing brings to
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the table and for that price I mean it's
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ridiculous it sits toe-to-toe with the
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pixel bogo that we just
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and it's almost you know 240 dollars
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cheaper it's crazy what Lenovo is done
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at this price point and so it has to go
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on the list and if we weren't for the
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other Chromebook that we're gonna
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mention here it would easily be the
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winner in this category finally the
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winner in the mid-range 300 to $650
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category is the Acer Chromebook spin 713
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and there's a reason for that I mean
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this one is again it's in the upper part
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of that that category because it's 629
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for this model that we have right here
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but listen to the specs Core i5 eight
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gigs of ram 128 gig nvme SSD a quad HD 3
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by 2 super bright and colorful IPS
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touchscreen backlit keys gorilla glass
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trackpad convertible form-factor usi
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stylus and put Wi-Fi six Bluetooth five
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all of it I mean this thing absolutely
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knocks it out of the park for $629 this
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is an easy recommend in this price
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category right now it is by far my
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favorite Chromebook experience you can
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get finally we move on to the $650 plus
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category and honestly these devices are
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becoming a bit scarce because great
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devices like the Flex 5 and the spin 7
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13 exist and they exist in that four to
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$650 price category and that makes it
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difficult to make and sell devices that
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are $1000 but they do exist and they do
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have some perks so let's go through them
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so first up in this category I want to
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mention the upper configurations of the
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device that won the category before and
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the reason I put it at the bottom of
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this is not because they're not going to
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be good they're gonna be great but I
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only think that you need to pay upper
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dollars for more specs if you absolutely
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need it for something specific so if
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you're doing Android development or are
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you doing a bunch of linux stuff on
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these things and sure maybe you need 16
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gigs of ram or 256 gigs of nvme storage
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most people though and I'm talking like
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98 99 % of people that are looking at
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this device should go with the $629
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config it is more Chromebook than most
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people are going to need but do know
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that there are higher configurations
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that are going to be available that are
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already available of this device they're
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expensive but they're there if you need
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them the same holds true for the upper
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models of the pix
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but go and I say that because there are
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core i5 versions and core i7 versions
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that go anywhere from 800 to $1,400 for
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the pixel book go and while some people
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might need all of those extra specs most
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people don't and most people are going
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to do well with just the entry-level
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model just like they would with the spin
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model that falls into the mid-range
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category just know that these are
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available if you need those in that
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particular model next up in this
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honorable mention category is the Asus
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Chromebook flip C 436 and while I didn't
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fallen over that Chromebook when we
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reviewed it it is pretty powerful and it
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brings a lot of cool stuff to the table
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backlit keyboard glass trackpad Wi-Fi 6
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Bluetooth 5 USI stylus support 14 inch
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form factor super thin bezels a decently
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bright screen convertible form factor
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super thin it's just a ton of stuff it
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has and for some people the aesthetic of
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it the look of it and maybe you like
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Asus as a brand that's something you
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might want to go for and the core i3
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version comes in around 800 bucks and
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the core i5 version that I think is
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still yet to come out will eventually be
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available for around $1000 with enhanced
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storage and higher RAM and while it's
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not the device that we would recommend
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you go get in this price bracket there
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are a lot of people that do like it and
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do like the look of it so it's there if
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you need it finally the winner in this
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category easily goes to the samsung
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galaxy Chromebook and if we put the
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battery life thing aside Samsung is
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saying they're working and trying to
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figure out a fix to extend that battery
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life it only gets like 4 to 5 hours you
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put that aside
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it literally is superlative in every
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other facet whether you talk about
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screen are you talking about trackpad or
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keyboard or performance anything it's
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probably the best or near the top of the
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best at all of those things and it's
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super thin it's super light and
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ultimately just exudes a level of
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quality and build and fit and finish
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that we just don't see on many
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Chromebooks and so if you're just after
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that thing that just looks amazing
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especially the red one and what that
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just high-end build quality and that 4k
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AMOLED gorgeous display and you just her
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after the best of the best in the
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Chromebook world it's pretty easy to see
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right now
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Samsung holds that title so there you
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have it our favorite Chromebooks right
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now is at this point in 2020
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we say so far in 2020 because by the end
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of this year we're gonna see quite a few
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more Chromebooks come out we know of
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some of them some of them have been
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announced already and just aren't
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available yet and we know and we're
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tracking some devices that we expect to
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just kind of show up eventually so by
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the time you know the holidays roll
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around at the end of the year there's
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going to be a whole different list of
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these and we'll do another one of these
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at that point but for right now if
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you're shopping for a Chromebook and
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you're trying to decide which one is the
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best for you break it down into the
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price category and then go with the
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picks that we gave you and hopefully
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this helps you make a purchasing
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