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about 10 months ago this device the
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Samsung Chromebook plus v2 showed up and
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it kind of came up out of nowhere and in
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the middle of a lot of other devices
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being released at the same time and when
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I first reviewed it and first took some
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time to actually use it as my daily
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driver I wasn't that impressed
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especially having come from the original
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Chromebook plus and the Chromebook pro
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that are its predecessors but my mind
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has changed a little bit this video is
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can get started today so the Samsung
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Chromebook plus v2 s had kind of an odd
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lifecycle honestly when it first
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launched and I reviewed that initial
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device with the Celeron processor there
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were just some things that they took
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steps back on from the original
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Chromebook Plus namely the screen so you
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went from a three by two 2400 by 1600
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400 nits panel down to this 16 by 10
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slightly better than Full HD 300 nits
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panel so that felt like a step backwards
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they did upgrade the processor the old
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one had that rock chip $33.99 in it and
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this one kind of upgraded to a Celeron
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processor but it wasn't a huge upgrade
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it stuck with four gigs of ram and 32
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gigs of internal storage and it just
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didn't feel like they did enough new
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things with it not too long after that
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point they introduced a Cori m3 model
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and my interest was kind of picked again
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for this particular device because all
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of a sudden now even though it's the
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Chromebook plus and I was expecting well
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hopefully a Chromebook pro will follow
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it soon the core m3 is the same khorium
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3 that's in like the HP x2 and
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it actually performs pretty well so pair
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that with the same four gigs of RAM and
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they started adding some different
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variations on the storage man it became
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a little bit more interesting because
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the screen is still really good on this
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device and it still has a built-in pin
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and stills mostly aluminum build so
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there's a lot of good stuff going on
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here and now performance wasn't an issue
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at all and really the only concern I had
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at that point was still the price point
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in general you couldn't get the thing
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for less than 600 bucks and when you
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start talking about the dell inspiron x'
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and the lenovo yoga is in the HP x 360
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and then you know in that time frame the
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asus c4 there before the flip dropped
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into there and $600 became the price
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point where all the Chromebooks were
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under and this one was barely under any
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of those in price point and so it became
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really difficult to think hey I'm gonna
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buy this instead of some of those other
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Chromebooks
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so fast forward to just about a month
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ago as of the filming of this video and
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all of a sudden we started seeing some
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pretty steep price drops on the plus v2
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and that's the point where I started to
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become insanely interested in this
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device again because honestly at 600
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bucks it just wasn't good enough or
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better than any of these other devices
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and it felt again like too much of a
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step backwards at that price point but
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all of a sudden we start seeing this
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thing show up all over the place at
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around $400 and that changes things
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pretty dramatically and it changed my
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outlook on this device and allowed me to
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kind of give it a real second look and
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actually sit down and start using it
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again and kind of think about it in a
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different way so what are you getting
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for that roughly $400 price point well
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it turns out a lot honestly when we
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stopped thinking about you know 6 and
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$700 Chromebooks and we get into this
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price range here this is bringing a lot
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to the table so we're talking up 3/4
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aluminum bills so the lid the keyboard
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deck the screen surround all that
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stuff's all aluminum it does have a
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plastic bottom on it an excellent
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keyboard an excellent trackpad pen
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support a 1920 by 1200 so it's a 16 by
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10 so full HD plus screen with 300
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minutes of brightness great colors great
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viewing angles and just decently slim
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bezels that make the whole thing look
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modern and great on a table so I mean
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you've got aesthetics looking good you
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core m3 on the inside with four gigs of
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RAM and again this model we have that we
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got a hold of as 128 gigs of internal
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storage you don't see that on a ton of
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Chromebooks especially not in this price
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bracket so altogether this thing really
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checks a ton of boxes no it doesn't have
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backlit keys and if that's a
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deal-breaker for you I'm sure this isn't
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the Chromebook for you but other than
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that I can't really find any ways to
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fault this device I do wish it was still
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3 by 2 I love that aspect ratio and I
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think it gives you more screen real
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estate for a smaller diagonal measure
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for instance the pixel book or the pixel
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slate feel bigger than the 12.3 inches
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that they are but this is a 12 point 2
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inch 16 by 10 monitor so in general it
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feels bigger than it technically is so
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it feels more like working on like a 13
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inch laptop but the form factor overall
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feels much smaller because the screen
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technically isn't that big so you get
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portability here as well great battery
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life so again it does a lot of stuff
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right and once we bring the price
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bracket down into this $400 range all of
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a sudden it doesn't feel like you've
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made some trade-offs from the original
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Plus which I don't think ever dipped
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down in its prime but beneath 500 bucks
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and all of a sudden you have a great
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device at a great price that once you
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buy it you feel like hey I've made a
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good purchase here and as I've looked at
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it in that light as I've looked at it
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from that angle using this device has
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just kind of become a joy I really like
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it I like the way it feels I like the
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way the typing experience works I like
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looking at the screen I like how light
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it is in my bag I like the battery life
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I like having pen support and it being
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stowable and there for me whenever I
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need it
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there's just so much to like about the
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Samsung Chromebook + b2 that it really
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makes me excited to think of what
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Samsung has got in store for us with the
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Chromebook pro that we think is coming
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out hopefully this fall
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so in the end what I want to say is ten
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months later I feel like I can finally
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recommend this device to people that are
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looking at and thinking about buying it
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versus ten months ago and I was like I
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don't know if you're really all about
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Samsung or you really need a pen maybe
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this is a good device at this price it's
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hard to find anything quite like the
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samsung chromebook plus v2 that performs
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as well as it does and just feels great
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to use and is enjoyable to use on a day
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to day basis what I would tell you is a
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don't pay MSRP so if it's six hundred
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bucks don't do not buy that it will go
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on sale again you're just gonna have to
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look around so we're not going to post
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definitive links in here we'll post a
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handful where they're on sale right now
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but I I don't want to tell you hey go
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down to the description and click that
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link and that's gonna be the cheapest
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price because it's fluctuating all over
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the place right now and we'll continue
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to do so I wouldn't pay more than 400
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bucks for this thing you can find it
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either used or brand new in a lot of
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places for 399 as we're filming this
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right now you can buy the 64 gig version
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of this core m3 powered device for 399
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at Best Buy and they usually run some
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student deals so if you have a student
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in the house or you are a student
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yourself or you're studying something
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they're not real hard to to please as
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far as getting that student discount you
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can probably knock another 50 bucks off
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of it too so don't pay $600 for it don't
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pay 500 don't even pay for 15 so 399 and
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down and I think you're gonna be very
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pleased with your purchase if you decide
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to pick one of these Chromebooks up
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about ten months into the game but guys
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