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as we roll into the holiday season HP
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has followed the lead of other
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Chromebook manufacturers in releasing
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the same device but just changing it up
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a little bit in order to give themselves
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a lot more of a broad price range and in
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doing so they've created a little bit of
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consumer confusion we think and so we
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with hp's Chromebook X360 line
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in front of me I have two devices both
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called if you go to look them up online
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the HP Chromebook X360 and both of these
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are very very different devices with
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different users in mind with varying
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price points and these aren't the only
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ones that HP has out branded as HP
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Chromebook x360s this first one is a new
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version of the X360 from last year that
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HP has released and we're only finding
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it at Best Buy right now but it's a
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carbon copy of the original version We
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Loved from last year we're going to link
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the original review of this device
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because our attitude towards it hasn't
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really changed since last year but this
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is nothing different except for the
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color so the keyboard deck has got this
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nice kind of like champagne gold color
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love the way it looks but it's not
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really a new device it's just kind of
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the same device with the paint job over
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here we have the X360 that is a
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completely different device but you
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really wouldn't know it from looking at
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it this particular device can be had at
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Best Buy it can be had on hp's website
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we've seen versions of it at Costco and
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at Target so far I'm sure Walmart will
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probably carry it and who knows whoever
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else and so what could happen is as you
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go to look for a device you find an HP
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Chromebook X360 that's like 300 or 320
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dollars and you think I'm buying this
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exact same device that I've seen
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reviewed by other reviewers like us here
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at Chrome unboxed and the truth is it's
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not quite that simple the first Telltale
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giveaway is that on the inside of the
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cheaper Celeron and or Pentium based
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models you have a white keyboard and
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kind of the silver colored keyboard deck
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so the color can kind of give it away
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the champagne gold and the dark blue
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ones those are the core I3 high-end 600
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MSRP HP Chromebook X360 now these other
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variations are powered by either a
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Celeron n4000 so like the Gemini Lake
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processor or a Pentium n5000 still in
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that Gemini Lake line but just kind of a
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bump in performance and they range
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anywhere from what we're seeing right
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now from about 300 all the way up to
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like 500 150 dollars we're going to talk
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about some of the price issues there
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here in just a second but inside you're
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getting a processor that does pretty
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well and for a 300 machine I think most
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people are going to be extremely happy
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and I'm happy that Gemini like
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processors as opposed to the Apollo like
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ones from last year are pretty quick and
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pretty speedy and they get around just
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fine but you need to know it's not the
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core I3 that is kind of a beast in the
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X360 that was around last year with all
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those other devices like the Dell
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Inspiron and stuff like that it is not
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that processor this one doesn't require
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fans but it also is quite a bit less
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power additionally the X360 from last
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year came with eight gigs of RAM 64 gigs
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of internal storage that was the way it
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was sold these devices with their
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different chipsets also come in
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different variations of RAM and storage
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so we've got some that have four gigs of
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RAM and 32 gigs of storage four gigs of
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RAM and 64 gigs of storage there's one
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at Costco right now that has eight gigs
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of RAM and 128 gigs of storage paired up
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with the n5000 processor so we're seeing
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these in all kinds of different
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variations so when you go to look at one
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of these if you see the white keyboard
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or you see the silver deck on the X360
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14 you need to realize that that device
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has a lower end processor in it and you
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need to pay attention to what it's
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paired with because if you're getting
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the expectation that you're going to get
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eight gigs of RAM and 64 or 128 gigs of
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internal storage you need to realize
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you've got to look at the tech specs
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especially if that price is a little bit
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lower and realize what it is you're
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actually buying for instance with this
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device right here we actually bought
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this one at Target for 320 dollars and
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when we got it in and I unboxed it it
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was really cool to feel that basically
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all the external Parts here feel exactly
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like the more expensive core I3 model
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it's got the same anodized aluminum lid
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glass over the display aluminum keyboard
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deck and a plastic bottom just like this
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one does and it looks good the keyboard
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feels like the same keyframe the the
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trackpad feels basically the same it's
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not glass on the cheaper models but it's
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a nice surface it feels similar to the
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15 inch one with the the keypad over
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here on the side that HP put out not
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long ago so it's very good lots of good
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external pieces save the screen it's a
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1366 by 768 panel at 14 inches kind of
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looks pixelated viewing angles are
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terrible and it's not very bright so
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that's the place where they obviously
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save some money here in addition to the
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internals the internals clearly are
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going to be cheaper than what you're
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getting with the I3 but overall 320
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dollars for this package isn't that bad
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I mean it's not a bad Chromebook you
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just again need to know what it is
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you're purchasing now some of that will
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change as you bump up the prices and
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find it at different places so if you
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look at the spec sheet again please look
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at the spec sheet if you're going to buy
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this device and see what's inside of it
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but if you find one with a 1080p screen
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it likely is going to be the exact same
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1080p screen you get on the core I3 one
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which is to say not the brightest screen
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in the world but good colors great
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viewing angles and all that kind of
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stuff so if you find one of these it's
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1080p you're going to be bumping it into
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the four or 450 range and that creates
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some issues as well that we're going
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going to kind of talk about here in the
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wrap up but I can't stress this enough
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when you're looking at the HP Chromebook
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X360 look at the spec sheet regardless
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of where you're buying it from
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regardless what it looks like in the
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pictures regardless what you think it
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might be go look at the spec sheet look
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for the resolution on the screen look
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for the internals look for the RAM and
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look for the storage before you go
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hitting that buy button so at the end of
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videos like these I'm supposed to tell
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you what it is you need to go buy what
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there are a couple problems with that
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one is the market is super volatile all
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the time and especially it as we're
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filming this we're coming into the
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holiday season so there's no way for me
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to tell you exactly what prices these
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are going to be MSRP the core I3 models
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5.99 but MSRP the Celeron and Pentium
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versions range anywhere from 300 to 550
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dollars what I can tell you is as we're
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filming this right now the price
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difference between the entry level model
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and the Celeron and the top end model
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and the core I3 version is only 30 bucks
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we actually went and purchased both of
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the these devices one from Target so the
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Celeron one came from Target for 320 the
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I3 model with the champagne gold finish
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came from Best Buy for 350. so 30
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dollars between the two there is no way
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anyone could ever say that you should go
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buy the Pentium or Celeron version of
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this Chromebook versus the core I3 model
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however we have to talk MSRP and MSRP
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without any deals or sales and we got to
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think through this because prices are
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volatile it's the holiday season there's
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all kinds of ups and downs you walk into
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the store you get online to go and
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you're ready to buy it today I can't
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exactly tell you what prices are going
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to be but there's a chance that the core
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I3 model might be as much as 250 to 300
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dollars more than the base model Celeron
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and if you're just trying to buy
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something to kick around the house and
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you're not that concerned about the
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screen being the best or having a glass
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trackpad or having the best performance
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absolutely go save yourself a couple
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hundred dollars and get the Celeron
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model but what you need to know is you
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need to know what the stats are the
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specs are of the device and then you
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need to go in comparison shop this thing
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every time you even think about buying
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it because the I3 model comes down in
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price in the 350 to 400 range on a
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regular basis and I don't think it will
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be a strange thing for us over the
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course of the next six to 12 months to
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see it constantly down around 400 and at
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that price point none of the Celeron or
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Pentium models make any sense to ever go
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by and unfortunately I think hp's just
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introduced a lot of confusion into the
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market and hopefully we've helped to
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clear some of that up for you but that's
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it for this one if you enjoyed it and
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