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hey folks Robbie Payne with chrome unbox
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coming at you today with a full review
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of the Asus Chromebook flip c302 we've
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been tracking this device for a long
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time matter of fact it's the first
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device we began tracking back when we
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really started with chrome unboxed and
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so we're extremely excited to finally
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get our hands on it in the flesh this is
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the core M3 model and Asus has delivered
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something here that is way beyond our
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expectations and you're going to see a
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consistent theme through this review
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Asus has impressed us a lot with this
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device and we can't wait to get it on
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camera and show you you'll see a pattern
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throughout this review this Chromebook
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excels at almost everything design is a
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high point and apart from a few other
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examples like the pixel or HP Chromebook
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13 G1 this device stands out as a
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quality slab all aluminum if you've
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handled a newer MacBook Pro you have an
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idea of what we're talking about here
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soft touch aluminum rounded corners and
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straight boxy sides all come together to
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make a slim attractive design at around
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two and a half pounds it's also
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supremely portable the hinge is firm and
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bends around 360 Degrees to go into all
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the standard modes we've all become used
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to at this point this one does so
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without too much wobble and has a
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satisfying magnetic clasp that holds the
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screen to the body when it's in tablet
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mode firm light thin and attractive Asus
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couldn't have done this any better while
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apple is taking most of the heat for
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ditching standard USB ports we're
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beginning to see more Chromebooks go
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this route as well this and Samsung's
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latest offering both ditch standard
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ports in favor of USB type c and I can't
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really complain the truth is it has to
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happen eventually USBC gives us Slimmer
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devices and single access ports that can
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do just about anything on the Asus flip
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we have the USBC on each side micro SD
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card slot and a headphone microphone
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Jack with the addition of side firing
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speaker port Parts volume rocker and a
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power button this is about all we have
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to look at here the bottom is solid with
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a few screws and feet as the core M
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chips don't need fans there are also no
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fan ports here I personally keep a USBC
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to HDMI adapter in my bag if I need it
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but as you can see in a video we've done
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before docking ports work perfectly well
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with Chromebooks so a single USB C Port
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can do everything you need with one
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simple dock the days are coming when we
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won't need adapters and I'm all for it
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it is time to March forward with USBC
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additionally the fact that this
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Chromebook charges over USBC also
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provides me with a single charging
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Source in my bag for both my phone and
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my Chromebook and well any other USB
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type-c device that I have with me it's
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very convenient and it's nice to know
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that with One charging adapter I can
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make sure to power up anything that I've
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got with me I was a little hesitant when
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the initial specs leaked out that this
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device was equipped with a 1080p screen
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I've talked a lot about 1080p screens
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but with the scaling options available
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at the 1536 by 864 resolution which this
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device comes out of the box with
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I can say that 1080p screens are all
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right with me this screen with 300 nits
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of brightness wide viewing angles IPS
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classification and Punchy colors is a
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pleasure to look at no angle is wrong
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the items on the screen scale perfectly
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with the 12 and a half inch diagonal
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measure and it makes everything super
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simple to work with with that scaling we
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also see a bit more crispness to the
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fonts and icons as well leaving every
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person who has touched this device to
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comment how good this screen actually is
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additionally the win with 1080p is
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performance versus the Samsung 2400 by
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1600 pixels the 1920x1080 on the Asus
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presents the OS with far fewer pixels to
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render all the time this increases
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performance and makes everything move
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faster across the board now I do enjoy
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three by two displays like the pixel and
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the upcoming Samsung Chromebook plus but
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the trade-off and performance has to be
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factored in here comparing similar
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internals the Asus will win in everyday
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speed every time because of this but for
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that win Asus takes a hit when we talk
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about tablet mode with Android apps
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coming in a few weeks that's something
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we need to consider 16x9 screens are
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simply awkward in tablet mode too wide
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in landscape and too narrow in portrait
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there's no fixing that but if the
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convertible stuff is just cream on the
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top for you as a user this is really a
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non-issue the tent and presentation
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modes are still helpful and work well
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with this device I just couldn't get a
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tablet mode to feel comfortable as I
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said the knocks I have with this device
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are small the keyboard and trackpad
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combo is another huge win for Asus here
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starting with the keyboard I can say it
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is my favorite so far among Chromebooks
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I'm no Aficionado but I don't recall a
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keyboard I've enjoyed this much since
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the pixel LS travel is great the sound
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is satisfying and the backlight with six
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stages is fantastic I love it the
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trackpad while I can't verify the
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material it's made of is smooth and
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responsive oils don't build up quickly
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and the size of it it's perfect The
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Click mechanism on all three units I've
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had time with are all great great travel
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Great Click and there aren't any odd or
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loose Parts it just adds to the overall
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quality and feel of this Chromebook the
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only track pad I've ever used that's as
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good as on the Chromebook Pixel are you
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seeing a pattern here battery life has
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also been exceptional we're seeing
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anywhere between 8 and 10 hours of use
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every time we charge this thing up and
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that's with screen brightness around 75
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percent there's no doubt this thing is a
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great performer and it's great on
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battery as well with a Pentium core M3
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and core M7 slated to arrive there are
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differing versions that will be
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available right now the one that's
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available through most channels is the
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core M3 with four gigs of RAM and 64
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gigs of internal storage this all comes
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in at 499 dollars and for whatever
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reason the Pentium version is only being
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sold at Best Buy right now for the same
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499 dollars with only 32 gigs of
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internal storage there's no way that
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purchase makes any sense right now for
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the same money you're getting a
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processor that scores consistently
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around twenty one thousand to twenty
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three thousand on octane Google's
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JavaScript Benchmark versus the Fourteen
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thousand or fifteen thousand on the
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Pentium model granted we spent a good
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bit of time with the Pentium version and
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the performance has actually been really
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great however over if you can get a huge
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bump in speed and twice the storage for
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exactly the same price why wouldn't you
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do that with the M3 and 4 gigs of RAM
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this thing simply flies no slow downs no
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lag it's a little beast we'll likely
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only see the 8 gig version paired up
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with a core M7 processor but there may
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end up being an M3 8 gig variant down
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the road for now I just don't see the
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need for 99 of our users 4 gigs of RAM
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paired up with the M3 performs
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exceptionally well and Android apps have
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run well across the board as well in the
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beta channel for right now and I'm not
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seeing any issues with the Intel
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processors in this regard speed is
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clearly no issue here either
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so to wrap things up what I can
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definitely say is this device is my
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favorite Chromebook on the market right
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now and that includes the Chromebook
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Pixel sure Samsung has not yet Unleashed
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its Chromebook plus and pro on us just
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but I don't think that really matters
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what matters at the end of the day is if
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you'll be happy if you buy this device
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and I can say definitively yeah you're
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going to love this device it's built
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well all the components are there
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everything is great about this
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Chromebook I've fallen in love with it
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and I think you will too if you purchase
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it if you want to wait on the Samsung to
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come out and wait for us to have a
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side-by-side video hey that's great but
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what I can tell you right now is if you
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purchase this device you will enjoy it
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you will like it you will likely think
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it is one of the best Chromebooks
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available if not the best Chromebook
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