The Chrome Cast 203: MediaTek Kompanio 528 Chromebooks, Framework, and Lenovo’s Gaming Chromebook

This week on The Chrome Cast, we spend the first part of the show talking about the crazy deals happening all over the place this week, how you can score some of those (hint: get subscribed to our deals newsletter), and why affordable Chromebooks are getting so interesting. With the Kompanio 520/528 SoCs set to hit the market, MediaTek clearly sees the writing on the wall that the mid-range/affordable Chromebook segments are the ones on the rise, and we don’t think that will change anytime soon.

For the second half of the show, we discuss my early thoughts on the new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition as we finally have it in the office and just recently published our unboxing and first impressions. We’ve also recently received the new Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook in the office that competes toe-to-toe with the excellent Acer Chromebook 516 GE, and now that it is fully available and on sale already, there’s an interesting battle that will begin in the ‘gaming’ Chromebook space.

Links

• Chrome Unboxed Deals
• Win one of 5 Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebooks
• Join Rakuten
• The Chrome Cast 202: Chatting new Kompanio SoCs for entry-level Chromebooks with MediaTek’s Victor Tyan
• Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition unboxing and first impressions [VIDEO]
• Lenovo’s Core i5 IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook is now available but…
• Lenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook unboxing and first impressions [VIDEO]

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