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around here we talk about new stuff a
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lot we talk about new Chromebooks and
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new features and new software and new
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enhancements but today I'd like to talk
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about something old something that a lot
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of people aren't talking about anymore
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and how this particular thing highlights
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one of the best parts of Chrome OS and
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forward slash Nord VPN so that old thing
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we're talking about that highlights
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Chrome OS and its awesomeness is the
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original Chromebook pixel and almost
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have to like think to say that properly
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because I've been saying pixel book and
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pixel slate for a little while now and
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it's it's worth remembering this device
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and it's worth looking at this device
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again even six years after it originally
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came out because hey it's just a really
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cool piece of hardware I mean we got to
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talk about just how awesome even all
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these years later how good of a piece of
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hardware this is it still just feels
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incredible the lid lifts with one finger
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no problem the screen is as good as the
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pixel book and the in the pixel slate
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and the keyboard feels great and it just
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does all these cool things that the
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light bar and great speakers it's it's a
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great piece of hardware and that's a
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conversation for another day
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but what this really highlights when I
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open this device up and I sign in and I
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start using it as a Chromebook it
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highlights the fact that Chrome OS is
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unique as an operating system and it
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doesn't age the way that other ones do
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I'd like you to show me a six-year-old
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macbook - our six-year-old Windows
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Device that still operates as good or
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better than it did back when you bought
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it you have a hard time finding one like
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that but the pixel book does this thing
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gets around just as fast as anything
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else I think it benchmarks somewhere in
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the 1819 thousand on octane still so it
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gets along just fine with a processor
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that's third gen core ive versus the
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eighth and seventh gen that's in the
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stuff that we have right now and so
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you're talking processor stuff that's
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that's years old still getting along is
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the battery life any good know those old
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processors were terrible battery life
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but again I'm not here to sell you on
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using this device or going and buying
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one of these even though you can get one
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for just a few hundred bucks now on eBay
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they're cool to have around because it
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good Chrome OS is even on old hardware
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and that is such a departure from what
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we're used to we're used to seeing
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devices get old and get slow and get
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discarded and Chrome OS makes a
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different story and it says you know
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what even on these devices that are
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multiple years old they're actually
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going to get faster over time and that's
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a really really cool thing and it's a
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really really cool thing for you to
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think about whenever you're going to buy
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a device that might be five or six
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hundred dollars new thinking well I
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could get this that or the other from a
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Windows device or a Mac OS device yeah
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you can but is it going to be better
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than it was the day you bought it and I
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would say no for most other devices but
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with a Chromebook you invest four or
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five hundred dollars in something like
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the dell inspiron or the the Lenovo yoga
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Chromebook and in a few years from now
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as long as you've taken care of that
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thing and not beat it up it's actually
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going to be faster than it is right now
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when you bought it and that's just not
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normal for technology it's not the
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status quo and it's something that this
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device highlights better than anything
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else I've seen because we don't have a
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ton of old Chromebooks laying around but
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this thing just came into our possession
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it's around the office and it just kind
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of chills by the window as a subtle
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reminder that Chrome OS is unique Chrome
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OS is special in this way that it gets
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better over time and so we just wanted
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to show as I was talking some some of
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the highlights of this thing actually
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moving through normal tasks that you
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would think well it's a six-year-old
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device that's going to stutter through
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all kinds of stuff and instead it gets
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along really really well and moves
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really really fast and is still to this
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day a joy to use hopefully that helps
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paint a picture if you're even thinking
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about buying a Chromebook any Chromebook
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at this point in time that Chromebooks
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last the hardware yeah I can it can wear
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out over time but Chrome OS as an
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operating system is just getting better
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and it just makes your device faster
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over time and that's a really really
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cool thing to think about as you go to
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purchase a new piece of hardware but
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