The long-awaited, highly-anticipated Pixel Buds Pro are in the office and everyone here is extremely excited about their arrival. I’ve only had them in-hand for a few days and it was an even shorter time period when we filmed the video included in this post, so these are all very early thoughts about Google’s new […]
Continue ReadingUnboxing/First Impressions
Similar to our reviews section, unboxing Chromebooks and other Chrome OS devices are central to our DNA. It's where our name came from, after all. In this section, you'll find our initial reactions to devices as we pull them out of the box. Sometimes, that's the most telling part of a device review. Be sure to check out the reviews that go with each unboxing.
Acer Chromebook Spin 714 Unboxing: Big Specs, Realistic Price
In this new world of virtual-only events, it is easy to get a bit mixed up on which Chromebooks are here, which ones are coming, and which ones have only been announced. That was a bit of the case with me and the Acer Chromebook Spin 714. Announced back in the spring via the Next@Acer […]
Continue ReadingPixel 6a first impressions: the Pixel 6 experience on a budget [VIDEO]
For the 4th year in a row, Google has established a bit of a recurring pattern with its Pixel phone lineup. Generally, that means a fall flagship duo of devices followed by a summertime A-series release. What started with the Pixel 3a has turned into an expected and successful yearly update to this tick-tock sort […]
Continue ReadingHP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook unboxing and impressions [VIDEO]
It’s not every day that you get the chance to unbox what could end up being the best Chromebook of the year. While we had a chance to play around with an early, pre-production model of the HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook all the way back in January, it was clear that things were definitely not […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Chromebook Duet 3 pre-review sneak peek: remote working from a tablet
Due to a few interesting circumstances this morning, I find myself working out and about. It’s a thing I used to do constantly and have always enjoyed, but as we’ve settled into our office space, I find myself doing less and less. I won’t get off track on this, but I do have to point […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Chromebook Duet 3 unboxing and impressions [VIDEO]
During MWC 2022 back in early March of this year, we had the opportunity to spend some time with a pre-production version of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3, and we came away pretty impressed. With all the things the original Duet got right, Lenovo simply needed to show up with a version that corrected a […]
Continue ReadingUnboxing the most powerful ARM Chromebook yet: The Acer Spin 513
You’ll likely recall that we had hands-on time with the new Acer Chromebook Spin 513 back in January for CES 2022. At the time, we couldn’t benchmark it, we couldn’t show you too much of it and we knew that the hardware was unfinished and pre-production. The Spin 513 we have here today is anything […]
Continue ReadingAcer Chromebook Spin 714 hands-on first impressions [VIDEO]
The latest next@Acer press conference is in the books and we were lucky enough to get our hands on the newest Chromebook in their lineup: the Chromebook Spin 714. This device shares a lot of similar DNA with the multiple iterations of the Chromebook Spin 713 that have come before it, but it also has […]
Continue ReadingSteam Deck unboxing and hands-on initial impressions [VIDEO]
Generally speaking, we unbox and review Chromebooks, ChromeOS tablets, Chromeboxes and Chromebases around here. If it runs ChromeOS in any way, shape or form, we’re interested. If it is #madebyGoogle, we’re interested. If it works with a Chromebook, we’re interested. But there are outliers, too, and some of those devices have direct impact on the […]
Continue ReadingExclusive hands-on with a speedy AMD Ryzen 5000 Chromebook [VIDEO]
With the huge selection of Chromebooks currently available and the wide array of processors to choose from, you’d be forgiven for forgetting about AMD’s more-recent processors. But we haven’t. As a matter of fact, I check the Chromium Repositories pretty often to see if the handful of Chromebooks we’ve been tracking for months with the […]
Continue ReadingUnboxing the world’s first MediaTek Kompanio 828 powered Chromebook
As the Chromebook market continues to evolve and mature, we’re going to keep having videos like this more and more often. You see, sometimes the intrigue in a device is less about what’s on the outside, and far more about what’s on the inside. Such is the case with the new Acer Chromebook 514. On […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Flex 3i Chromebook hands-on first impressions
At MWC 2022, Lenovo unveiled 3 Chromebooks in total and if you weren’t paying too close attention, there’s a good chance you noted the new Chromebook Duet 3 and Flex 5i, but missed the Flex 3i in that press release. That’s understandable as the Duet 3 and Flex 5i bring some substantial improvements to the […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Flex 5i (2022) hands-on and initial impressions
Just as we did with the newly-announced Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3, we’ve gone hands-on with the brand new Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook that has been announced at MWC 2022. If you’ve been around the Chromebook scene for any amount of time, you are likely familiar with the Flex 5 and its importance in the larger […]
Continue ReadingMediaTek’s new Kompanio 1380 ARM processor is really, really fast [VIDEO]
As a part of CES 2022, we have the new Acer Chromebook Spin 513 in the office and inside this handsome Chromebook is an SoC that we’ve been very, very excited to see in action: the MediaTek Kompanio 1380. To be fair, we thought the Kompanio 1200 was the model we would be looking out […]
Continue ReadingCES 2022: Hands-on with Acer’s new MediaTek Kompanio 1380-powered Spin 513
We were as bummed out as anyone with the rise in the Omicron variant that forced us to forego this year’s in-person CES event. We knew a few great Chromebooks would be at the show and that made us all even more upset that we’d likely not get our hands on them until a later […]
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