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of the course of the last few years I've
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been asked the question which Chromebook
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should I buy by a multitude of people
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and whether it's email correspondence or
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social media or neighbors or friends or
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family members I'm honestly really
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humbled that people actually asked me on
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advice when going to buy a device like a
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Chromebook but the problem is there's
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not just a simple answer for everybody
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there's not just one Chromebook to go
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get or even a couple Chromebooks that I
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would recommend it comes down to their
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particular needs and what's gonna fit
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them best and so I've kind of come up
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with five questions that I can ask
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people whenever they come to me and say
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I want to get the best Chromebook I ask
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them these five questions and as they
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answer those questions that helps inform
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their purchasing decisions so I want to
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share those with you today's video is
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question number one is a Chromebook even
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right for you kids come home from school
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and they have Chromebooks assigned to
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them and parents see them and maybe even
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mess around with a little bit and think
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wow this is a pretty cool computer and
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they look online pretty quickly and see
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that there are wide price varieties and
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a lot of low-end cheap Chromebooks out
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there and so immediately they think I
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need a new computer maybe I'll get one
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of those Chromebooks and they don't
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really understand exactly what they're
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looking at so if you're one of those
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people this is the first question I
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would ask you is a Chromebook a right
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fit for you and the easiest way you can
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figure out whether that's true or not is
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to use your existing MacBook or Windows
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laptop or whatever it is you're using
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and use the Chrome browser and try to
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stay inside that Chrome browser for
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everything you need to do for like a
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week or something like that if if an app
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exists outside of the Chrome browser try
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to find a web version or equivalent or
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look around and see if there's an
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Android app even if you don't have an
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Android phone just to see if there's an
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Android app version of the thing that
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if that's the case then a Chromebook
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could be a right fit for you but if
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there's certain apps you need like
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Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator or
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something like that or you're making
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movies and you're trying to edit video
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on a Chromebook you're just going to get
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frustrated it's not going to be a good
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fit so this is the first step to trying
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to figure out whether or not you should
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go through the process of deciding on a
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Chromebook is it even the right thing
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for you to do question number two what
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kind of a form factor is going to be
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right for you so just like with Windows
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devices you're gonna have all kinds of
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form factors meaning their Chromebooks
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that come in the form of detachable x'
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and just tablets and convertibles and
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just clamshells and then we have Chrome
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basis so like all in one machines and
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then you have chrome boxes that you
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would hook to a monitor so there's a
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wide variety of form factors that you
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need to think through and decide for
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yourself how am I actually going to use
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this Chromebook so you already decided
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Chrome OS is good for me I can get stuff
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done in this operating system in this
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web driven environment cool that's great
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what are you going to do with it are you
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gonna be at a desk all the time maybe a
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15-inch device with more screen real
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estate it's gonna be a better fit for
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you or you're on the go all the time and
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something light and slim is better for
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you well maybe a convertible or
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something in the 12 inch form factor is
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going to be better for you or hey I need
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to be able to write and take notes all
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the time well you need to think through
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that because there are certain ones that
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have pins and certain ones that don't so
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you need to answer all of these
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questions too and say okay what thing do
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I actually want my Chromebook to do
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question number three how concerned are
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you with overall feel and quality are
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you someone who picks up devices and
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just loves the way things feel when
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they're made in a premium way and you
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care deeply about that or are laptops
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and electronic devices simply tools to
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get a job done and you want to check it
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to the side when it's done you need to
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know this about yourself you need to
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decide this because again Chromebooks
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come in a wide variety of form factors
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and build qualities and so you may have
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decided already Chrome OS is fine with
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me and a Chromebook is going to do what
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I need it to do and I need a convertible
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I need something's gonna flip around so
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I can use it tablet mode everyone smile
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that's great there are ones that are
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made cheaply and all out of plastic and
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they're clunky and heavy and don't look
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great and then there are really really
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nice ones like a pixel book for instance
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that is engineered to the top spec and
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a beautiful piece of hardware you're
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gonna pay more for that engineered piece
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of hardware and you're gonna pay less
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for the one that doesn't feel quite as
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good that decisions on you to decide
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okay I've kind of narrowed it down a
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little bit this is what I'm after now
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you need to think through how important
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is build quality to you and think
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through those things so you need to be
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looking for stuff like aluminum chassis
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glass screens glass trackpad it's
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backlit keys those nicer kind of
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creature comforts that some of us care
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deeply about myself included and some of
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us don't really care about it all it's a
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place where you could possibly save
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yourself some money question number four
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what are you expecting when you open the
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lid of the device and the reason I put
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it that way is because I'm talking about
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all the stuff like that's on the inside
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of the clamshell so whenever you go to
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open up a device you got screen trackpad
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and keyboard and the reason I put those
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things together is because they're
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probably to me the most important parts
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of using a Chromebook or any other
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laptop for that matter you're always
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staring at the screen you're constantly
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going to be looking at it you're always
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going to be inputting with the keyboard
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and you're always going to be inputting
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with the trackpad everything else is hit
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or miss whether or not you have to use
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it those three things you're going to
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use every single time you pick the
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device up and so again you need to
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our backlit keys important is a great
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keyboard important or do you not really
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care too much do you just kind of poke
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at the keys think about those things
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there's a glass trackpad matter cuz
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glass trackpad czar smoother and more
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responsive and they feel better again
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they cost more but if it doesn't matter
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to you if you don't care you're gonna
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hook in a mouse all the time that's
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another thing you need to think about
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the screen resolution and color and and
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viewing angles those things matter to
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you because I've shown terrible screens
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to certain people and they don't seem to
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care that much I care deeply about those
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things but not everybody's going to need
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to know for instance whether a viewing
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angle that's poor and colors that are
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blown out are going to turn you off
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completely from a device or if you're
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just kind of kind of look past it and
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get on with it because again the things
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that you don't have to have you don't
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necessarily need you may be able to save
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yourself some money if you can kind of
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just avoid those things and say yeah I
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don't have to have the best screen and I
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don't have to have a glass trackpad and
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he'd probably suffice with a cheaper
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Chromebook finally fifth question we've
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gotten to the point where said yep you
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a Chromebook that'll work for you and
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we've talked about build quality and
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we've talked about keyboards and track
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pads and we've talked about form factors
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and all those things you've kind of got
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your brain around like okay here's where
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I'm at the last thing you really need to
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think through is the internals and how
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powerful the Chromebooks gonna be
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because again these things will inform
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price it's not always that the most
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powerful Chrome OS devices always have
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the highest price tags that's just not
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the case but in general you're gonna pay
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a little bit more for a more beefy
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processor and so you need to think
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through again what are you going to be
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using this Chromebook for this chrome
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box of this chrome base is it going to
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be getting on Facebook and answering
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some email because if so the entry-level
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processors that Intel puts out right now
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these Gemini lakes so you'll see a in
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4,000 for instance they're fine there
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they're actually really good processors
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and they're gonna do most normal work
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but are you getting into some graphic
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stuff are you gonna be you know doing
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some vector graphic work or editing
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photos and even something like google
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photos or Lightroom or something like
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that well you might want a little bit
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more processing power and as you get
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into more photos and stuff like that
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where you're going to be working with
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multiple things at once then you
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probably want a little bit more RAM or
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user type of person that opens 50 tabs
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at a time and that's just the way you
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are and you're always going to be that
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way and you don't want to change your
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habits you need to think about RAM you
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need to have more RAM in your Chromebook
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so really think through how you're going
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to use your Chromebook the type of user
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that you are or the person you're buying
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the Chromebook for and think you know
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they really push machines they're going
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to be doing things that general people
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are going to be doing yeah you need a
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better processor you need to go with the
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core i3 or i5 processors Chromebooks
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that have those kind of processors in
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them but if they're just someone that's
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gonna check email and go on Facebook the
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night that worried about that get get
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the thing that's most affordable and
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that makes more sense for you so now
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that you've gone through all the
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questions and said okay I think I have a
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good idea of what kind of Chromebook I'd
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like to get or what would be best for me
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or the person I'm buying it for now what
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do you do well this video is that made
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to tell you exactly what Chromebook you
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should buy as a matter of fact you might
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be watching this video a few months from
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the time we're filming it and there
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could be a whole slew of Chromebooks out
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that we don't even know about at this
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given moment so this isn't to tell you
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exactly what Chromebook to go by right
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now by using some sort of formula it's
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to help you make a purchasing decision
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tools that are out in the market right
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now every shop you go to has filters you
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have the ability to go to the sidebar
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and change the screen size on the
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devices you're looking at the amount of
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RAM the amount of storage the resolution
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of the screens so take all the stuff
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that you just answered as we were going
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through this video and you said yeah I
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need a 15 inch convertible with a pen I
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don't know that that one exists right
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now but if you were you went to those
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filters and you selected those things it
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would tell you like there's not one
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available like that so you can kind of
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change the things that you need or want
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and find the Chromebooks that are right
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for you the whole point of this is to
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help you be a better more informed
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shopper of Chromebooks and then
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additionally there are reviews I mean
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that's why we review Chromebooks in
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general is so that you guys can compare
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these things side by side but reviews
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aren't enough by themselves to help you
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decide whether or not to buy a
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Chromebook if you have no idea what
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you're looking at so use all the
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questions I had earlier in this video
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use those filters to see which ones that
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might work for you after you've kind of
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narrowed it all down and then see if
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we've had a review of that device we try
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to review everything that we possibly
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can and if we do then maybe you watch a
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couple reviews of you've narrowed it
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down to two or three devices watch those
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reviews and go okay build quality for
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instance is super important to me and he
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said that this one feels the best of all
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of them well there you go now you've
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narrowed it down to three you watch one
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review and you pick that one that's what
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we're kind of trying to help you guys do
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here it's just make more informed better
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purchasing decisions with the tools that
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are available right now at your disposal
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