HP is all set to release the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook this spring, and my bet is we’ll see something in the neighborhood of a $999 price tag along with that official arrival. At that price, the question has to be asked: is the consumer Chromebook market ready for this sort of attempt at a […]
Continue ReadingUpcoming Devices
One of the primary focuses here at Chrome Unboxed is future hardware. After all, our early days were all about new devices! What is coming feels just as important as what is here now, so we will continue looking for the latest and greatest developments in the Chrome OS ecosystem.
Yes, the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook will ship with Intel’s Iris Xe GPU
In all our hype and excitement around the new HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, a line on the spec sheet slipped past our peripheral and wasn’t a problem until one of our readers pointed it out. In the official press spec sheet for the highly-hyped Dragonfly Pro, the listed GPU showed up as ‘Intel UHD’ instead […]
Continue ReadingCES 2023: Hands-on with Acer’s inventive Add-in-One Chromebox [VIDEO]
There’s a reason we don’t make many videos about Chromeboxes: they are all basically the same. That’s both a good and bad thing, I suppose, but at the end of the day, any Chromebox we talk about is a collection of internal specs and external ports. Some are better looking than others, but they all […]
Continue ReadingCES 2023: ASUS Chromebook CM14 hands-on impressions [VIDEO]
CES 2023 was a packed show for us this time around. With affordable Chromebooks, high-end-amazing Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and a pseudo Chromebase, there was a lot to unpack in our few days spent in Vegas. We’ve already released videos of the fantatic-looking HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, the gaming focused ASUS Vibe CX34 Flip, and the affordable […]
Continue ReadingHP’s new Dragonfly Pro Chromebook may be the Pixelbook Go sequel I’ve been waiting for
For our announcement and hands-on posts about the upcoming HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook, we discussed the specs and we covered a bit about what it is like to actually use this beautiful Chromebook for a little bit of time. While that is all fine and good, what I’ve really wanted to say the entire time […]
Continue ReadingCES 2023: Hands-on with the ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip [VIDEO]
I’ll get the elephant out of the room right off the bat with this one; yes, we had an unboxing of ASUS’ first gaming Chromebook just a few weeks back and no, it didn’t go very well. It’s an odd play to see the company release another take on the gaming Chromebook so soon after […]
Continue ReadingAmid a flurry of Chromebooks at CES 2023, another 12th-gen Intel device begins development
We saw some truly great hardware at CES 2023 – some Chromebook, some not – and it is always tempting in the midst of all that new hardware to think things should cool off for a bit. Those feelings are simply not reflective of reality as development presses on regardless of what new toys are […]
Continue ReadingCES 2023: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook hands-on impressions [VIDEO]
I’ll go ahead and say it: the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook was my absolute favorite thing I saw at CES 2023. While not the most technologically advanced gadget I ran into, this Chromebook looks to answer the mail for Chromebook users looking for a premium, beautiful, powerful laptop running ChromeOS. We may have a lot […]
Continue Reading3 new non-Chromebook devices I saw at CES 2023 that really impressed me
If you’ve kept up with CES at all over the years, you likely know that the selection of hardware to look at and play with is vast and oftentimes overwhelming. From televisions to laptops to phones to cars, there is enough tech at CES each year (sans the COVID years) to make your head spin. […]
Continue ReadingASUS launches the new gaming-focused Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip at CES 2023
Just a few days ago, we published our initial impressions on ASUS’ first attempt at a cloud gaming Chromebook and I didn’t really pull any punches. The Vibe CX55 Flip is not a device I feel I can recommend at this point, and that was a tough admission to have to make. With Lenovo and […]
Continue ReadingWe need Chromebook tablets with MediaTek’s best Kompanio 1380 inside
If you read our posts on a regular basis, you may note that I wrote just yesterday about the fact that a Chromebook with a great keyboard and trackpad largely negates needing a touchscreen on a clamshell-only Chromebook. Yet, here I am advocating for better, faster tablets that will of course require a touchscreen. What […]
Continue ReadingIt looks like Acer is the first to be working on a new Intel 13th-gen Raptor Lake Chromebook
By this point late in the year, I really expected there to be more 13th-gen Intel Chromebooks in the works. Last year around this time, I was tracking 13 total 12th-gen Intel-based Chromebooks in some form of development. At this point in 2022 – before this post – I only had eyes on the main […]
Continue ReadingWhy Lenovo’s new, affordable Flex 3i Chromebook is a big move in the right direction
Not long ago, I posted about Microsoft’s Surface Laptop SE: the company’s affordable, Surface-branded laptop designed for students. We took one of these well-made-yet-affordable laptops and via the power of ChromeOS Flex, turned it into a functional Chromebook. It was a fun experiment both for the hardware’s sake and for the purposes of testing out […]
Continue ReadingThe Pixel Fold gets benchmarked, confirming SoC rumors for Google’s foldable
For quite some time, we’ve been following the somewhat-odd development of the Pixel Passport/Notepad/Fold as it has gone from distant rumor to a well-leaked phone at this point. I won’t mince words: I cannot wait to get my hands on the Pixel Fold. I’ve talked about it countless times here on the site and in […]
Continue Reading‘Evoker’ could be a slim, convertible, ARM-powered convertible Chromebook from Acer with LTE
Earlier this summer, we came across one of many new Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3 Chromebooks in development. The story of this particular SoC for Chromebooks has been an interesting one to say the least, but now that we know the development of the internally-named SC7280 is in fact the 7c+ Gen 3, we can start […]
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