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Part of the overall charm that exists when buying or considering a Chromebook for your next computer lies in the ability to get a working laptop that does what you need at a price that comes in far below what you were expecting. Even the "high-end" Chromebooks on the market are far below what you'd pay for top-tier Windows laptops when we compare apples to apples. When you can get something as nice as the ASUS Flip C434 most days for a little over $500, you know you are dealing with a tech category that values low prices.
In our Best Chromebooks of 2019, the device we are talking about today took home the #1 prize in the $300 & under category because of the many upsides this Chromebook comes with at a relatively low price point. When spending less than $300, our expectations are quite low for any laptop, so seeing the Lenovo deliver on so many of the core competencies we all value in day-to-day laptop use is encouraging and its the reason this Chromebook shines despite a handful of not-so-great parts.
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one of the most appealing parts about a
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Chromebook is the possibility of getting
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a decent piece of hardware for a small
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price and if you do it as well as this
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device the Lenovo Chromebook C 340 it's
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the follow up to a very popular
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Chromebook from last year to C 330 and
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it improves in almost every single way
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what makes this device great is a
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combination of all its parts for a low
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price so let's talk through each of
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those pieces as we normally do for any
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other review and we'll start with the
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overall build quality and one of the
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things that lenovo did that improved
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upon last year's model was add an
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aluminum lid on the top and add some
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color choices so you can see the one we
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have here is the kind of like rose gold
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pinkish version there's also a nice
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silver version if you're not kind of
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into this colorway but in general they
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added an aluminum lid which gives the
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whole thing a lot more stable feel and
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they didn't really change too much else
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and other than some things we're going
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to talk about with the screen and some
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of the bezel stuff I don't have any real
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issue with the way that this thing is
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put together it feels nice and firm it's
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not overly thick or chunky but it feels
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like it kind of take a beating and I
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just kind of like the way it looks on a
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table and it feels good in the hand and
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it feels sturdy and substantial without
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feeling super cheap and for a device in
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this kind of price bracket I think that
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hits all the points you're looking for
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the concession we normally expect to see
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in Chromebooks in a sub $300 price
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bracket is a crummy screen in general
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and we've reviewed plenty of them look
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back through our videos you'll see tons
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of Chromebooks where I say hey
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everything's good about this device at
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this price you're just gonna have to
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live with a bad screen but that's not
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the case with the C 340 though this
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device just like its predecessor has an
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IPS panel it's not the brightest thing
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in the world about 180 nits or so so
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don't expect crazy brightness but good
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colors and great viewing angles it's a
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glass panel so when you flip it into
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tablet mode it doesn't feel weird
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plastic or
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and in general again for a device in
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this kind of price bracket it just
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delivers there wasn't any part of me
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that thought oh god I hate looking at
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this screen I don't want to use this
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Chromebook because I can't stand the
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screen in general it just kind of
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delivers the one issue I have with the
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display isn't the display panel itself
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like I said it's colorful and it's got
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good viewing angles and stuff like that
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even the resolution on it at 11.6 inches
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it's 16 by 9 1366 by 768 you know some
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of the most pixel dense display you ever
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gonna see but it looks pretty decent
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but the bezels around it are a little
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bit ridiculous I mean they're huge and I
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get that they probably needed to add
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space in order to make room for a proper
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sized keyboard but the bezel across the
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bottom of this thing is just massive and
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I think you used to have lenovo on there
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and the older version of it and maybe
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that kind of made my eye not see it as
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much but it's just black across the
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bottom there and it's really high up off
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the keyboard deck so it kind of looks a
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little bit awkward but again it doesn't
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take away from the usability of this
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display it just looks a little dated and
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a little bit funny moving on down the
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keyboard and trackpad are both pretty
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decent they're not the best trackpad and
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keyboard you're gonna see but they're
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also not the worst the keyboard is a
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little bit mushy and the click mechanism
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could be better
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I did miss keystrokes from time to time
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and I use this device as my daily device
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for a solid week but I wouldn't say it's
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a reason not to go by this Chromebook
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there are keyboards that are far worse
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than this one but there are a ton of
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them there's a lot better and lenovo
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make some pretty decent keyboards for
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Chromebooks so I kind of expected a
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little bit better here but just don't
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expect this to be a brilliant typing
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experience the trackpad on the other
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hand is surprisingly solid and again
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it's not Gorilla Glass and it's not the
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most exceptional trackpad I've ever used
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but generally when we talk about cheaper
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Chromebooks they have track pads that
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get kind of messy and pick up oils and
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are hard to navigate on and they flop
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around a little bit or they're too firm
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to press had none of those issues
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whatsoever with this trackpad it's
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easily the most enjoyable plastic non
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glass trackpad I've used in a Chromebook
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around the sides of the device you get a
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pretty generous port selection with the
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USB type a on both sides and a USB
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type-c on both sides all those ports do
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exactly what you'd expect the C will
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charge on either side do audio output
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video output all that kind of stuff data
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transfer you also get a headphone
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microphone
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Jack and a microSD card slot so as far
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as connectivity is concerned this
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thing's not lacking in the least the
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other openings on this Chromebook leave
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a lot to be desired though and I'm
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talking about the speakers here usually
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I don't expect too much from speakers I
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really don't like laptop speakers in
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general are pretty bad these might be
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the worst speakers I've ever heard on a
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laptop not just a Chromebook on any
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laptop they are not only tinny sounding
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they're insanely quiet we put them up I
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was trying to figure out how bad they
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were I put him up against the pixel book
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go which maybe is completely unfair
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since those are probably the best
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speakers I've ever heard and it wasn't
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even close which then caused us to go I
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wonder what it sounds like on a phone so
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I got my pixel 4 XL out and turned it up
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and the phone blew it away like cuz my
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initial comment was it sounds like phone
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speakers and no it doesn't even sound
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like phone speakers I don't know what to
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compare it to just don't plan on
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listening to like any audio whatsoever
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on this thing carry some headphones
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these these are bad finally on the
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inside we need to talk about internals
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and this is where things kind of taken
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upswing again in general for Chromebooks
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not just for this Chromebook but the
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latest generation of affordable intel
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chips so the seller on and four thousand
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we called it gemini lake for quite some
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time the chips that are in these
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Chromebooks get the job done in general
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and I've used it for almost an entire
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week as my only device I didn't crack
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open any other Chromebook I did the all
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the stuff that I normally would do
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hooking up an external display running
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virtual desktops all that kind of stuff
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and while there was a animation stutter
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here and there in general this thing
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absolutely delivered I didn't really run
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into any big problems and then run into
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any shutdowns or freeze ups or anything
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like that and the chipset just does its
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job and I've seen other people complain
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that possibly the media tech that they
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used in the last version of this is a
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better processor I would have to argue
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completely different at least for using
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it with Chrome OS and the general things
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you're gonna do with a Chromebook the
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performance of this thing was way better
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than I would have expected paired up
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with that decent performing chip is four
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gigs of ram and 64 gigs of internal
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storage and it's nice to see in a sub
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$300 Chromebook that lenovo decided to
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put 64 gigs of internal storage instead
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of the 32 that a lot of people for their
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entry models put in their Chromebooks
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battery life has also
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been stellar I've had no issue getting
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through a full workday with this thing
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again the low pixel count on there and
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that Gemini Lake processor kind of pair
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up for easily some of the best battery
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life I've seen on a Chromebook as a
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matter of fact right now is just
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checking the battery's almost full like
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96% but it's saying that I could get
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about 13 hours at this point I wouldn't
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count on that once you start using it
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that numbers gonna go down but don't be
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surprised if you get easily 10 hours out
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of this device one final note with this
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thing I actually found myself playing
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stadia on this device more than just
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about any other device and it's for a
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combination of things one it's small and
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so it could almost be a secondary device
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in your bag but when you launch stadia
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stadia it doesn't care what kind of
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device you're running it doesn't care
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what the processor is I didn't care
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about any of those things as long as it
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can stream the media then it can play
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stadia and since it's a 720p display
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it's also gonna stream stadia 720p which
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requires almost no bandwidth whatsoever
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but it looks still nice and sharp on
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here because the display is kind of
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smaller so what I found was pairing up a
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mouse and playing destiny - or playing
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Ghost Recon breakpoint was actually
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really great on this device and it made
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me want to get this thing out to play
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stadia on it more than just about any
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other device I've got
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[Applause]
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so we come to the end of it and as
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always the question becomes is this
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thing worth buying if you're looking for
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a sub $300 Chromebook that can do a lot
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for you yeah absolutely
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as a matter of fact we made our best of
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2019 Chromebooks list and this in the
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300 and under category was our winner
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and for clear reasons for this kind of
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money you just don't expect to have a
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screen that's this decent or performance
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that's this decent or matter-of-fact
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build quality and trackpad that are this
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decent if really the only concession
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you're gonna have to deal with is chunky
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bezels and bad speakers seems like a
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pretty easy decision to make now if
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you're in the market for something
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that's high-end and you want high
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quality and you want better speakers and
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you want a better screen and all that
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kind of stuff no this isn't the
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Chromebook for you but if you're looking
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at something under $300 you're looking
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for a good deal and you're looking for
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the best bang for your buck this one is
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so easy to recommend so if that's you go
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out and snag one there'll be a link in
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the description down below but guys
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