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Joining us all the way from the UK, the Viglen Chromebook 360 has impressed on many fronts. Though not aimed at consumers, the device has quite a bit of appeal for those in search of a decent performer with the ability to stand up to some pretty serious abuse.
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hey folks Robbie pay with chrome unbox
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coming at you today with a full review
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of the vigin Chromebook 360 this device
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joins us from all the way over in the UK
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where it is an exclusive for the time
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being and is aimed at the education
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sector that's an important point to
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remember because let's face it kids are
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tough on Tech and vigin knows this
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they've been producing education
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Chromebooks for some time now and that
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has likely guided some of the decisions
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they made and some of the design choices
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they made when building this Chromebook
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so let's keep that in mind and get
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started the vigin Chromebook 360 isn't
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going to win any awards for stunning
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design but that's not to say it's not
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reasonably attractive either the best
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word for it much like the recently
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reviewed Lenovo ThinkPad Chromebook 13
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is functional the outer shell is plastic
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but firm and does a good job at
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resisting fingerprints it's not the
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thinnest device nor the thickest it
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simply feels average in size weight is a
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little bit of a different story
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the device is heavy and there's no way
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around that at 1.6 kilos or 3 and2 lbs
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this guy is Hefty again I referenced the
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target audience of the device part of
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this device's design is a splash proof
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and drop resistant design those things
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don't come without added bulk but for
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the intended audience it's a worthy
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tradeoff while 3 and2 lbs is heavy for
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laptops these days it's not even close
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to something like the Acer Chromebook 15
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that device comes in at a whopping 5 lbs
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and in a backpack it's never even really
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bothered me the clear traction here is a
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360° hinge it performs as expected
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giving the user access to tablet stand
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and tent
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modes since lenovo's original yoga
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devices hit the market a few years ago
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the 360 hinge has become pretty standard
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it works and does what you need it to
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I've recently become a real fan of this
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form factor and you can read on the
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website as to why I feel that way but
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given it versus a tablet I truly enjoy
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this form factor all in all it's very
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solid and it feels like it could take a
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beating and likely win it'll survive
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many days in a classroom around the
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outside most of the standard ports in
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such are present with a few welcome
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surprises first up on the right side we
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have three USB 3.0 ports right in the
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line most Chromebooks ship with two USB
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ports and one of those is a 2.0 Port
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this is a very welcome addition other
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ports include the micro SD card slot
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combo headphone microphone Jack and a
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fullsize HDMI port downward firing
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speakers get the job done without
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getting muffled in any orientation of
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the convertible and are quite loud and
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quite clear one thing we rarely cover is
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the physical battery sure large
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batteries are great we like to talk
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about battery life a lot while that's
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solid the interesting part is this
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battery is swappable a pair of simple
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Flathead screws hold the battery in
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place and could be undone with all sorts
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of blunt instruments including a
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screwdriver the point is it's a
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thoughtful addition batteries don't have
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the best longevity so the ability to
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quickly swap it would be welcome in any
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classroom another very big surprise has
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been the vigin screen to be honest in
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the education Market screens can be an
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of overlooked part of the hardware poor
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viewing angles washed out colors and low
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brightness plague most education devices
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most times I'm glad to say the vigin
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Chromebook 360 has none of these issues
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the display an 11.6 in 1366 X 768 panel
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is vibrant and clear viewing angles are
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fantastic and overall the colors look
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pretty good it isn't the brightest
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display on the market but is on par with
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other IPS panels on much pricier
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Chromebooks at 11.6 in the resolution
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fits very nicely we all like high-res
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displays but for this device and its
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internals it all works together very
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well the glass covering also goes edge
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to edge and provides a great surface for
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all the great touch oriented activities
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Chromebooks simply keep getting better
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at this will come in very handy when
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Android apps begin showing up later this
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year as with all 16x9 displays the
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tablet mode and portrait feels a little
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odd
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16 X10 3x2 and 4x3 do this much better
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but are a bit less productive in tablet
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mode it's not a deal breaker and not
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really a problem unique to vigin but we
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love seeing touch devices with at least
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16 X10 displays another great surprise
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here is the quality of the input methods
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we'll start with a keyboard most
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education devices ship with mushy
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unresponsive keyboards we're happy to
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say that the vigin has no such issue
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instead we were met with a keyboard that
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has decent travel and very clicky Keys
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the typing experience overall has been
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very very good the only issue we had was
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user error as the keyboard is laid out
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for UK students our fingers weren't
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quite ready to adapt to some of the
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different key placements this doesn't
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take anything away from the quality of
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the input method the trackpad is equally
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impressive not made of glass the plastic
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used on its surface is highly resistant
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to fingerprints and remain smooth after
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hours of use the click mechanism works
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very well not showing any of the issues
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we've seen in other Chromebook trackpads
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the build was very tight and
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multi-finger gestures work as expected
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every time once again we came away
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surprised and pleased internally this
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device has a few surprises up its sleeve
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as well namely Braswell processor 4 gigs
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of RAM and 32 gigs of internal storage
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right off the bat so those aren't
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upgraded specs and the big surprise is
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Braswell starting to hold its own a few
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months ago when we reviewed the Acer
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Chromebook 14 the Braswell chip was kind
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of sluggish and really was not
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impressive at all but now the Braswell
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chip is getting about 9,000 on Octane
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and it's holding it own multiple tabs
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are open no issues really at all you
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could say I'm pretty
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impressed battery life has been good as
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well we're seeing around 9 to 10 hours
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of use at 75% screen brightness so with
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a little less brightness 10 hours would
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be totally achievable with the ability
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to swap battery relatively easily you
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could even keep an extra one on hand for
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field trips and other times when
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Chargers aren't readily available that's
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not really something you could say of
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most other
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Chromebooks overall this device has been
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full of surprises from the great screen
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and keyboard to the awesome trackpad to
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the surprising performance of the
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Braswell chip inside overall I'd have to
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say vigin is knocked it out of the park
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with this device at a decent price about
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$270
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us I assume that if it's marketed
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correctly they'll sell a ton of these
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things to the education sector and
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that's a good thing it means a lot of
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students are going to get a quality
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Chromebook and a quality Chrome OS
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