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Which will you choose?
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hey folks Robbie Payne with Chrome Unbox
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coming at you today with a sideby-side
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look at the Asus Chromebook Flip C302
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and the Samsung Chromebook Pro i'll be
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honest this is one of the most difficult
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comparison videos I've ever had to make
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because both of these devices are great
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and spoiler alert whichever one you
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choose you're probably going to be happy
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with so what we want to do today is as
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we set them side by side give you an
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idea of which one excels at different
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parts of being a good Chromebook so you
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can make a better purchasing decision
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for yourself what becomes abundantly
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clear when you look at both of these
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devices is the fact that Chromebooks are
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not relegated to bargain bin devices any
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longer aluminum and glass dominate both
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devices yielding thin light and sturdy
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bodies aesthetically they do veer to
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different sides asus employing a very
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squared and boxy look its lines looking
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classic and elegant and the aluminum has
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a matte finish that exudes quality with
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no creeks or wobbliness everything feels
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in place and substantial it's the
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closest thing to a MacBook Pro I've used
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that isn't well a MacBook Pro samsung on
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the other hand goes more the route of a
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tablet or mobile phone aesthetic
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everything's very rounded and it gives
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the Samsung the perception of being
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thinner than the Asus it's actually a
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fraction of an inch thicker but it
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doesn't feel like it and what it feels
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like in your hand what it feels like on
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the table that's important because
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perception is actually what dictates
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what we like again everything here is
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firm thin and clad in aluminum the
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finish on the Samsung is better at
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repelling fingerprints for what it's
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worth both devices have a 360° hinge and
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both operate very well i give the
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Samsung a bit of a win here though as
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its 3x2 aspect ratio just feels more
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natural in tablet mode if you don't use
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that mode too often this is likely a
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moot point i'm a fan of the taller
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display and have been since the Pixel
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but that isn't a universal win some
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people prefer 16 by9 screens and the
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Asus falls more comfortably into that
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slot overall the Asus feels more like a
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laptop and the Samsung feels more like a
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hybrid tablet mobile device again it's
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all in what you're looking for both are
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built very well and you can feel good
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about taking either down to your local
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coffee shop and feeling like your
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purchase was for something of quality
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moving on to port selection this is an
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area where these two devices are still
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quite similar both have two USBC ports
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micro SD card slots headphone microphone
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jacks and speaker ports both have decent
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sounding speakers as well with Samsung's
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being bottom firing and ASUS's being
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sidefiring i'd give Asus a slight edge
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here as sidefiring speakers are less
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prone to be blocked when sitting in your
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lap and give you a wider stereo
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separation when you're watching a movie
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or a video samsung speakers oddly enough
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perform well even when the ports are a
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bit covered up i'm inclined to think
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that sound is routed up through the
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keyboard somehow as well either way the
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speakers on the ASUS have a bit better
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sound all around and so I'd have to give
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the win to ASUS here when we move to the
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screen we get into some pretty
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substantial differences in a nutshell
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the ASUS has a 12.5 in IPS 16x920x
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1080 resolution 300nit screen that was a
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lot of stats but let's move on to the
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Samsung it comes in with a 12.3 in IPS
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3x2 2400 by600 resolution 400nit screen
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so if we're looking at stat sheets alone
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those are two very different screens and
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this is the first place where there's a
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clear winner and that winner is Samsung
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first off though the diagonal measure of
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the ASUS is larger at 12.5 in the actual
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square inch area of the screen the space
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you have to work with is actually larger
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on the Samsung next the 3x2 ratio is a
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big win especially with a device that
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will be used a lot as a tablet with web
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content and documents as well the taller
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screen just feels more spacious and
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better suited to web related tasks
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another win for Samsung is in the
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resolution department clearly there are
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way more pixels on Samsung's display and
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it shows it's not to say that ASUS is a
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slouch here with the new scaling for
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1080p screens things do look pretty good
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and crisp and the right size on the
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ASUS's 1080p screen but things look
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superb on the Samsung like as good as
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I've ever seen good i'm sure there's
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some contrast ratio RGB or other display
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specs that this display isn't the best
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at i'm not saying it's the best display
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ever created but in the Chromebook world
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it really only has one rival and that
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would be the Pixel and that is stellar
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company to entertain i can't overstate
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how great and how important this display
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is everything is crisp and pops and is
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simply gorgeous between it and the ASUS
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there's really no comparison whatsoever
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brightness is again a win for Samsung at
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400 nits there is no environment where
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this thing has any issue asus's display
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comes in at 300 nits and that's really
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good but when up against an absolutely
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stellar incredibly bright display it
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quite literally pales in comparison when
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we start talking about input devices
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like keyboard and trackpad this is
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another place where these two devices
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are quite different and ASUS takes the
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edge here in this category with the Asus
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we get a backlit full-size keyboard that
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has fantastic feel and great travel it's
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probably my favorite keyboard on a
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Chromebook to date with Samsung we get a
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good keyboard with slightly cuped and
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rounded keys that feel good under your
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fingers and they have pretty good travel
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however there's no backlighting and
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because of the more square shape of the
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overall device keys on the left and
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right that you're used to being a
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certain size are truncated to fit in the
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space provided and after a couple weeks
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I still miss the backspace and I still
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miss the tab keys from time to time and
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it's not a dealbreaker but the Asus
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keyboard is clearly better trackpads go
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the other way however with the Samsung
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actually using a glass trackpad with
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perfect click travel and great smooth
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oilresistant surface it's as good if not
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better than any trackpad I've ever used
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the ASUS trackpad is good but again none
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of these differences are dealreakers the
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ASUS tends to pick up more oil and lose
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its smoothness over time much quicker
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than Samsung overall the surface of the
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Samsung trackpad is just better as we
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get into the internals of these two
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devices we come right back to the
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similarities both devices are running
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the same Core M3 processor with 4 gigs
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of RAM one big difference is Asus's 64
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gigs of storage in their base unit it's
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double what you get in Samsung's
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Chromebook and it's yet to be seen
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exactly how much local storage will
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really be best for Chromebooks running
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Android apps for what it's worth I
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didn't have storage issues on either
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device also the ASUS looks to come in
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multiple configurations down the road
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with up to a CoreM7 and 8 gigs of RAM
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and Samsung looks instead to be staying
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with single models for now between the
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ARM and the CoreM3 versions with no
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intentions of expanding that down the
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road finally the ASUS will have a
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perceived edge in performance due to the
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display resolution if we count pixels
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the Samsung has 3.84 million pixels to
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push around on the screen and the ASUS
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is only dealing with 2.07 million that
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means the Chromebook Pro is constantly
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having to deal with two times more
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pixels while this won't show up in
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Octane benchmarks it is apparent in real
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world use the ASUS simply feels faster
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but it usually only shows up when there
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are many tasks going at once again not a
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dealbreaker but it is a spot where ASUS
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wins out we have to mention at this
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point that there's a clear and defined
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differentiation in Samsung's pen for
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some this is a non-issue but for others
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of you this is what sets Samsung's
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latest Chromebooks apart from the rest i
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enjoy using it from time to time but it
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isn't what seals the deal for me my hope
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is Google Keep continues to get more and
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more capable with the pen and becomes
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more indispensable as time goes on for
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me right now it's simply a cool add-on
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and not really a gamecher for some of
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you though the addition of the pen is
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enough to crown Samsung the winner in
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this little competition when we talk
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about pricing and availability things do
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get a little bit tricky as of the time
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of this review the Asus Chromebook Flip
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C302 is available for purchase running
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$499 for the Core M3 with 64 gigs of
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internal storage and 4 gigs of RAM the
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Samsung Chromebook Plus with the ARM
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chip is available for $449
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4 gigs of RAM 32 gigs of internal
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storage the Pro that we are talking
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about in this video will not be
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available until April at $549
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so depending on your particular budget
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your particular needs and your
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particular time constraints that could
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paint your decision considerably so in
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the end how do you choose between two
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devices like these when they're both
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quality and they both have a lot of
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potential going for them how do you
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actually make a purchasing decision for
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me it comes down to which device I enjoy
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using more than the other and frankly
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for me that's the Samsung and I get
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there are a few trade-offs the keyboard
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not being back lit and having some
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shaved off keys on the ends maybe that's
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a turnoff for some for me that's not
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that big of a deal but if it is a
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turnoff for you then maybe the Asus is a
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better device for you i can't tell you
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which one is definitively better all I
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can tell you is which one I choose to
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pick up and if they're both in the room
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which one I'm going to use and that's
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the Samsung for you those things could
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be different and I hope that as we've
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taken some time to set these devices
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side by side the decision for you can be
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a little bit easier guys if you like
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