I have an Acer C720 that I got as refurb for $125 back in 2014. I beat the crap out of that thing, including dropping it down my basement stairs. It was my go to device for something quick to throw in my bag and it worked great. Last year I upgraded to a Samsung Chromebook Plus and handed the C720 down to my daughter who is now ten. She uses it all the time for web browsing, writing reports, etc. and has no complaints. Super low end Chrome devices are a great value. You can use them forever without issue.
LOL. Had exactly the same unit since 2015. Used it all the time, especially before I got a tablet. When I donated it last month, I told my wife that I got more value out of that thing than an any other automation I ever have owned.
I have an 11" 720P Samsung 3 Chromebook. I purchased it on sale for about $100 a couple of years ago. I still like it and use it...via the touch pad in a recliner while watching TV or at a table using a mouse. I like the build, size and weight. I can live with the non-touch screen nor IPS and slow speed (I don't muti-task that well). It's paid for and does email, internet, RUclips and music. The less you spend the less buyers remorse that you experience when the new models arrive....I don't plan on updating every 6 months. Thanks for the great videos.
I think people who are on a great salary cannot understand that 300 bucks is not pocket money for a whole bunch of people. To them this is cheap. But you can get even cheaper Chromebooks and Cloudbooks, at least in the UK, maybe look around in your own country for bargains, or buy second hand. With everyone upgrading all the time, you can probably get last year's model for cheap.
We use a mix of iPad, Chromebooks, and Windows laptops. There are too many things that require Windows to abandon that platform. We use iPads for media consumption, as I am doing now. Basic Chromebooks are fantastic for lightweight, long battery life applications where a good keyboard is needed, such as at night classes, but we still keep one by the couch for times when the iPad won’t cut it. Our Windows machines are larger, heavier, and faster and are generally reserved for projects that require Windows.
@@ArchaicCreationsbp I have both an ipad pro 2018 and a chromebook. The ipad is more fun to use but when i need to do a research paper that requires 20-30 chrome tabs, extensions, and maybe one or two extra virtual desktops then a windows machine or a chromebook do a much better job than my ipad pro. Ipads have come a long way but they still cant multitask as good as chromebooks, regular mac laptops, or windows machines. Of course ipads arent meant to do what those machines can do but rather be itself ; which is a great device for portability, battery life, some multitasking, and the apple pencil is amazing for drawing and handwritten notes.
I’ve been using a HP chrome book 11 touch screen for the past year as my main and only computer outside of my tablet. For $199 still being sold where I got it at Walmart. It’s worth it. I’ve done video editing, music engineering, and large file transfers from external hard drives daily at very decent speeds. For the price it’s fast enough. Screen is beautiful. Better than the $1,000 MacBook Air which I’ve owned. Play store and most apps work flawlessly. I bought 2 of them last January for myself and my fiancé. She doesn’t use it like I do but the normal browsing, Netflix, light games and she too loves it.
I recently bought a budget Chromebook, Lenovo 500e 8GB RAM / 64GB storage and love it. Best purchase I've made in recent years when I consider the value proposition being offered by Chrome OS plus some of the new developments in the pipeline. I've previously been a strong advocate of the apple ecosystem liking my MacBook Pro / MacOS and owning numerous versions of iPhone / iPad from their outset. I especially liked how MacOS / iOS apps integrate across the cloud, and a considerable improvement compared with working with my windows and linux laptops. In recent years I have become a little disenfranchised with Apple, because iOS is beginning to feel like an impediment to work flow with no desktop mode and over complex gestures that can be misinterpreted by the OS. Cost is also an issue, because I feel Apple are beginning to slip behind the competition with regards innovation / technology and the premium build quality alone is no longer sufficient to justify their escalating price hikes, especially with regards options where all DIY upgrade routes being systematically closed off. I bought a budget Chromebook to put a toe into the Google ecosystem and compare it with the iCloud, and so far I have not been disappointed ... putting aside the odd nuance. My Chromebook is now my go to device over the iPad. I am simply amazed with all things I can run on a budget Intel quad core processor with regards productivity and gaming apps. I love being able to flip from desktop to tablet modes. The Android apps experience has been generally good and mostly comparable with their iOS equivalents. Linux / Crostini also satisfies the geek in me having grown up with UNIX in the 70s and 80s, but also very practical, e.g. LibreOffice prints fine to my network printer (Google ... it just needs audio, hardware accelerated graphics & USB access support and it would be perfect!). I've even used Crossover (WINE) to run a couple of Windows apps on my Chromebook! I am now seriously considering buying the next generation Google Pixelbook to replace my ageing MacBook Pro. Even so, I still feel there is a place for budget Chromebook devices that you can take anywhere, as they are relatively inexpensive to replace if damaged or lost, and the basic set-up / restoration of the replacement device is so easy via the Google cloud.
you might find this of interest,,,, Jul 23, 2018 NYLUG Presents: David Reveman/Zach Reizner -on- Crostini: Linux applications on Chrome OS ruclips.net/video/WwrXqDERFm8/видео.html
I'm going to chime in to second your approval of the Lenovo 500e. (Mine is 4GB RAM / 32 GB storage). It's a rugged, solid machine with good performance, a very good price, a capable stylus, and the ability to run Linux after the first OS update. I'm impressed. I can't imagine what else I might want or prefer.
@@JeffreyHoeper I got an old cheap Hisense C11 with HDMI to 24" Vizio TV. I also have external usb flash drives(two 16 GB) for saving things to. External Mouse and keyboard. It's like I have a full sized computer. I can watch any movie in HD and RUclips as well. All in all, WAY cheaper than a modern Windows setup and cheaper than an expensive Chromebook.
To my way of thinking--YES! I have a Windows 11" notebook. Very handy. But alas, with only 32 Gb memory, it can hold barely any material, an external SD card is really necessary. Worse news: Updates to Windows quickly uses up the limited memory and so the laptop becomes wonky and almost unusable. There is a work around, to make it work, but it is tricky. Now at almost 5 years old, it still works. I added Chrome OS via thumb drive to make it even more flexible. What Chromebook does is to provide the same small computer but with a different system for Updates that don't destabilize the computer. That is the strength of Chromebook over a small Windows notebook with such limited memory.
I teach grade 5 in a French immersion school (in Canada). We have those acer chrome books for our students (every child in grade 5 & 6 receives on at the beginning of the year for only damage deposit that they can take home and use for school work, online games, internet access, etc.). They are perfectly fine. The kids love the 360 hinge and touch screen. I imagine if it didn’t have those, kids who grew up with iPads would have destroyed those chrome books by now. The batteries last all day, and most of the kids take them home for charging and home use. Kids never complain about the screen being low resolution, the computer being slow or about the trackpad being lower quality. The only real problem with them, for a Canadian context, is that they have US English keyboards and (at least when we bought them) couldn’t be ordered with Canadian multilingual or French Canadian keyboards, which leads to kids typing entire papers in french with no accents (accents are very important in French - a = has but à = to/at for example). Having said that, I don’t think for elementary students we could ever order laptops without touch screens, because most of my students didn’t know how to use a trackpad at the beginning of the year :/
Previously we have had macs and you can order them directly from Apple (Canadian French is querty layout, French is azerty) or if you are living in Quebec, any store should have them. For my surface, I simply ordered it from Microsoft. But really most windows pcs sold here have the Canadian multilingual standard layout and that words fine.
Absolutely worth it. My cheap Acer Chromebook is 7 years old. It stopped getting updates 2 years ago. Still works like the day it came out of the box. It remains my go to device for surfing, email, RUclips and banking.
Wait 380 dollars for a Chromebook with 1366x768 display and a Celeron processor? The 6th generation IPad is a better option with 2400x1500 display, A10 processor for 329 dollars with 32 GB, with this a IPad you can even edit 4k video, something that I doubt that a Chromebook with this processor can do even if there is an app for that, sure there are some trade off like smaller screen and additional peripheral like keyboard and pen, but at the end I think is a better option with a higher quality, Chromebooks are getting more expensive, but they don’t offer too much.
Chromebooks are always 1366x768, iPads? they cant be managed and schools prefer keyboards -- RCPS Chromebook Deployment 2017 ruclips.net/video/64iz1JgZqJg/видео.html --- Managing Chromebooks with the Google Admin Console ruclips.net/video/I_vLX1BvV4A/видео.html
I think all the more premium Chromebooks are really nice but I don't have a usage scenario to justify the price so I'm very much in the budget Chromebook arena. Thanks for remembering there is a full spectrum of Chromebook users out there.
I'm with Michael A here in the comments. Is the Google Pixel book still holding up for the high investment a consumer would have to make? I have seen you use it a few times when doing a comparison video, but I would really like to know if, after a year, it is still giving good battery life, speed, improvements to the Google Play Store, etc. Is it still your daily Chrome device? With Black Friday and the holidays approaching, it would be nice to know if it is still worth considering.
For $230 grab an ASUS C423 - 14" FHD screen, thin bezels, 4 GB ram, 32g harddrive, 1.1ghz (yeah not super fast, but its chrome OS). Overall great purchase for the price. With word processing and internet use, I can easily reach the stated 10 hr use. Got mine at Costco so the price above is the current sale.
I think the budget sector is probably where even enthusiasts will appreciate a cheap Chromebook. A $200 machine with 4GB of RAM is more than adequate enough to run most of what you'd run on a computer (minus games); having the Google App store and Linux support makes it an extremely versatile machine. I've personally found my Chromebook useful as a second machine, paired with my main rig. A cheap laptop that can VNC or CRD into a more powerful machine over the net is quite the handy thing to have.
Around the 200 mark a Chromebook runs so much better than a similar priced Windows laptop. Which are terrible at this price point. It's easy to see why for education Chromebools are so good. I told my sister to get one in place of a Windows laptop for my niece. She's 7! No need for the complexities of Windows. It's perfect.
Picked up my Acer spin 11 Chromebook from Walmart for $210.00 including tax! Beautiful little workhorse does just what I need it for, word processing, web trawling and entertainment. Display is gorgeous for the price and very sturdy build, a fantastic value!
I use an Acer R11 Chromebook and I love it. I also use an 11-inch iPad Pro and I love that, too. Although I prefer the iPad, I love the value of the Acer R11. I could buy three of them for the price I paid for my iPad Pro. Buying the iPad Pro was a very difficult decision because Apple raised the price.
I bought a refurbished Samsung Chromebook 3 and I love it. Play Store support and it does all I need. ChromeOS is the future of computing. Now I heard Microsoft wants to make a ChromeOS like device running a stripped down version of windows 10. They had their chance to make it a few years ago but the window has closed I think.
Something that never seems to come up in these reviews is where do these devices fall on the Google's Update Policy list. That should have a significant bearing on how how much value a given Chromebook represents.
Just started working at a school in the tech department and I get to see how all the kids treat the acer c740. I was put in charge of fixing them when they get damage and its surprising how hard kids treat them.
I have an Acer Chromebook 15. the budget version and I am happy with it. Had it for two years now and its still kickin' butt. I bought a HP Stream 11 because I needed a smaller laptop and I wanted to try Windows but I find myself going back to my Chromebook. Sometimes price isn't everything to me and though the specs aren't the best, they are enough for me lol
As someone who's been disabled since childhood, unable to have a life outside my smalltown Walmart & 3x Dr appts a month, I've spent every day watching youtube & some TV shows & movies on whatever I can get. With me being single & living alone for over 10yrs, forced to work with a $450/month budget after med costs, I am pretty much working with no device budget, and $380 is a huge amount for me. I had gotten a MS Surface Pro 6 as a gift about 8 months ago, and treasured it & hoped it would help me kickstart my corpse of a channel & start editing my vlogs & doing more tech reviews, etc. Sadly, as is my luck, I had to sell it on ebay (only got $500 for a like new no wear or damage on the cover, keyboard, charger, or box, plus a bundle of accessories, with a value of almost $1k) so I could pay my next month's power bill. What I will do in 2 months, I don't know, as I have nothing anywhere near that valuable left, but I'm now seeking a chromebook, laptop, or Chinese 2 in 1 that's under $200 to replace it. I found a used HP Pavilion e15 for $120, a brand new Samsung Chromebook for $180, a brand new HP Stream laptop for $190, and a new Teclast T10 2in1 for $199... I'm so stressed by all the options, especially since I badly need an external SSD or at least HDD of 1TB for all my files, as the old 1TB drive I have is a refurb I got like 8yrs ago! Thanks for the tips!
Black Friday dilemma on budget Chromebooks, both with 4GB RAM, 32 GB Hard Drive, IPS Screens: Acer R11 (Costco $199) ---> Celeron N3150, SSD, NO USB-C (but has 2 USB ports), Aluminum Cover, SD sits flush to augment storage Lenovo C330 (Best Buy $179) ---> MTK8173C, eMMC, HAS USB-C (only one other USB), All Plastic, SD sticks out, not good to augment storage Only a couple days left to decide. If the R11 had USB-c I probably wouldn't even be asking. I need two (2) for my kids ages 13 and 10 who use Chromebooks for school. Which would you go with?
I think Chromebooks like the Spin 11/R11 are great devices and do everything I need from a computer at a good price. They are durable, have good screens, good keyboards and sync very well with Android smartphones. To suggest that they are only suitable for students or children, is in my experience, just not true. I like their low cost and that they are not trying to be a MacBook or whatever. And, how dare other consumers impose their own requirements onto others by suggesting they would be better off with a Windows machine?! Many just want to check emails, browse the web etc...or in my case generate quotes and invoices for my customers. There are apps for everything these days. And actually with Chrome OS there are probably more apps than Microsoft. Whats the point of buying a Windows machine with all its complexity when you have no need for it??? In my experience, and I must stress, for MY requirements, premium laptops, of any kind, are just a waste of my money and are just one more thing to worry about. Truth is, you won't know until you've tried one whether or not it's right for you. Don't listen to others. Try them out for yourself!!!
Great comment. I've just bought an Acer Chromebook 14. It has a 14" IPS 1080p screen, fast as i need, and has a great keyboard. For me it's perfect. But it's true, i only wanted something with a decent screen and keyboard to surf the internet and watch Netflix/youtube with. And for that and much much more it's perfect. No continuous Windows updates, worrying about viruses and big outlay. Just £275.
If you don't like pulling your hair out, don't buy a Windows laptop or a Mac...buy a Chromebook! Here's the main reason: Chromebooks have almost nothing installed on them because almost everything runs off servers. Traditional laptops have applications (Word, Excel, etc...) installed on the HD. Here's the thing - there doesn't seem to be any such thing as a "clean uninstall". Most applications leave behind "garbage" that collects on your hard drive or in your registry or other system files and contributes to the degradation of performance in very little time at all - often less than 1 year depending on how many things you install / uninstall. Be happy...buy Chromebooks!
1. i agree,, 2. you can "power wash" pc's ie format or new HDD , and that will clean everything out just like a chrome book 3. microsoft windows s / lite & microsoft 365 ( office 365 ) chromium "edge", web/pwa's applications ie a sort of " chromebook "
Windows lite and Microsoft 360 are garbage. Google has the low end market cornered. Chrome or iOS are the best "old people" operating systems available.
@@chrisreynolds6391 Microsoft 360 ,, this is licences for all office apps for windows, os x and android / ios and web page versions plus 1 TB of online store - is that really "garbage"?? if you search Microsoft 365 >> you get office 365 products.office.com/en-GB/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?tab=1
@@chrisreynolds6391 Well, this "old person" was programming computers when you were probably in diapers! Not everyone over 50 is anti-technology. Some of us just know what works and what doesn't!
@@KenZauter I'm not talking about retired IT professionals and senior engineers I'm talking about "old people" like my mom who can barely navigate iOS.
I have a $100 chromebook and a $2,000 gaming laptop. I love both of them! The cheap chromebook is nice because i don't care what happens to it. I've dropped it, stuff hit it, and it works just fine.
I really like my acer chrome book 315. Bang per buck sort of thing. For under $200 you get this 15 inch chrome book and a very nice sleeve / case to carry it around. The 315 is very sleek and offers good looks to go along with it's useful layout. The battery is very impressive and the keyboard is excellent for typing. For a budget chrome book, this one is worth a look.
I have a used Acer R11 I got for $160 straight from Acer's refurbished website. Sure I would love a stylus and a bigger display that's 1920x1080, but even if I paid more for a device with those things I would still have to deal with the same exact shortcomings and problems as I do now with my R11. All the major problems of Chrome OS are still present no matter how much money you spend on your Chromebook.
I work with Chromebooks every day and am always curious about the thoughts you'd have with the other in-store units I work with. I have not seen that specific Asus one, but that Acer 11 Spin was for a while a nice recommendation for students that liked to draw since it was at such an inexpensive price point and came with a stylus. I always give people other options when it comes to styluses, but customers liked it when we had it. I encourage you to look at some other budget Chromebooks.
I am rocking a Dell Chromebook 13 7310 with 8 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. I upgrade the storage to 512 GB Transcend SSD. The processsor on this machine is weak ini 2018, but they are good enough for ChromeOS and I can install Windows 10 or GalliumOS on this thing. I just checked for a current price of this thing brand new today, and they are cheap (USD 250 or less NIB).
Honestly I got the spin for pen l, linux support and a pretty good deal at bestbuy. It handles linux nodejs fine, android apps can lag and are hit/miss . A solution for my pen issue is to just use my note8 pen and works just fine
@@claudyla Tough choice. I have had the C302 for about a year and flat out love it. Typing on it now... I use it at night on the couch so the backlit keyboard is a must for me. I gave the new Plus v2 (Core m3 and 64GB) to my sister as a gift. Amazon had it for $499, same as base model (Celeron 32GB). Her computer is turbo fast. Both have Mac like build quality; only the top dog PixelBook is better. I guess I would say the C302, but only because of backlit keyboard. Tough choice. Actually, on Amazon the C302 (Core m3) is $475 and the Plus v2 with Core m3 is $600. So the Asus is my choice. You might wanna wait and see what sales come up. You can't go wrong with either Chromie. Good luck.
Jeff Keryk thanks for the response. They actually will have the Celeron Plus v2 for sale on BF for $350, and it should be fine for my needs, but that backlit keyboard would be so nice. Oh and I heard the c302 still doesn't have Crostini yet and I wonder if it will ever do.
@@chromeunboxed Great! I have the ASUS C302, but I wanted something with a better screen that I can carry around when I travel ( non-work ) that would replace a tablet+laptop.
@@bradavon you can't comfortably use pixel slate on your lap just like a surface pro which is why I would prefer the pixelbook. I already have a cheap Android tablet and I can't hold it for more than half an hour before my arm starts hurting.
I have a Toshiba Chromebook 2 that I bought in 2015 for about $300 brand new. Great IPS screen, great Skullcandy speakers, and it still works great. It's got an 11 inch screen, so I might be looking to get a bigger screen Chromebook soon. What Chromebook should I get that would be comparable in quality for around $300 today. Are there any? Any screen size would be considered.
To me, "budget" means up until about € 300. In fact, in another video Chrome Unboxed called the 300-650 range mid price. So € 380 is really a mid price machine. By the way, thereś loads of chromebooks to choose from between 250 and 350 that are excellent for the task.
Very nice! I am loving my Acer Chromebook R11; perfect for a college student like me. The screen is absolutely wonderful tbh. It's such a big upgrade from my first Chromebook, a HP Chromebook 11 G5, While that was cheap as heck, it got the job done pretty well. But just like the first laptop in this review, those viewing angles were atrocious haha.
I have the R11 as well. Bought a refurbished one to see if it would work for me. For the most part it does. Just got Linux support,though have not tried anything with it yet. Only complaint is the keyboard, but that could be why it was refurbished.
@@garyvolk2683 I bought a keyboard cover for the keyboard, just for style points; I actually like the keyboard and I feel like it's great. My thing is the microphone. My microphone is broken and barely can pick up audio, so I have to use an external microphone if I want to do speech-to-text, which I like to do a lot since I am a college student and am writing papers and stuff often.
Earlier this year I got a refurb Lenovo Flex 11 for USD 170 on the back of Gabriel's very positive review of it on this channel, and it is just as good as he described it. I know the R11 is the popular recommendation for a cheap convertible with Android apps, but this Flex 11 is pretty damn good too, plus it charges via Type C--having one charger for phone and laptop is just incredibly convenient.
I was wondering... Samsung has their Chromebook Plus V2 with the M3-7Y30 and 64GB of storage for Black Friday sale + educational discount for $380. Is this a good deal? The next best I could find was the HP Chromebook X2 at Bestbuy for $500. Other than the screens they seem to has the same internals.
I wish you talked about the 13 and 14 inch models in this price range 11 inch I'd never buy and the 13 inch market is so full that's it's hard to decide. I got a 14 inch Acer Chromebook 14 and. So disappointed with the lagging compared to my wifes Toshiba Chromebook 2 but the build quality is so much nicer despite the horrible screen on the Acer too compared to the Toshiba Chromebook 2 There are so many models in this size and price range and most storea don't carry them to compare in person you guys would be a leader in that space comparing what you have in stock as most of us can't see and buy and just have to guess Love the channel keep the great content coming
I got a dirt cheap Acer Chromebook for my 6-year-old nephew a while back on Amazon Prime day, and I can tell you it's surprisingly well built, it's much tougher and durable than you might think.
I am typing this on mine. Admittedly it now runs Gallium OS as I have several faster Chromebooks, but it still works. Yes the screen is not brilliant but it's not the worst I've used. I much prefer it to the screen on the Asus C300 that we trialled at work. I said no.
@@joshuarosen6242 I'm typing here on mine, too! Got my Acer C720 in 2013 -- used!! A deal of a lifetime!! This thing has been running over 8-9 hrs. a day, 5-6 days a week (every week) for 6 years and is still going strong!! Absolutely incredible!! When it dies (sad day), I'll have to have a memorial service for it.
I'm waiting for the Slate because it's got the 8th Gen Intel processors versus the 7th Gen on the Pixelbook. However, Slate is also more expensive depending on the configuration.
I really love chromebooks so much that I have bought a few of them. I say when I get my next pay check I am going to see about if I can buy another one. I just love the way they look and how sleek and light they are. Its just pretty cool.
- Chrome Unboxed ARE YOU RELATED - "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs, the quotation would reflect the princess's disregard for the peasants, or her poor understanding of their situation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake
I just found your you tube today, looks interesting and informative so I liked and subbed. I have been using an old Acer C720, on of the first ones to come out, I think. I've had it for about 10,12 years? I'm having a few little problems with my search engines (google and bing) I keep getting "ah" page wasn't found? That happens about 3 or 4 times out of ten. I'm not sure what you mean by a "bad screen". I know nothing about ??? X ??? screen. I'm thinking about getting a "new" one, but I don't know if the OS has changed or been updated? If they have please suggest a new number or brand that has been updated, still around the 350 to 450 dollar range . Thank you for your time in advance, sir
Any thoughts on either the Asus C423 or the C523? I know both of them are on the more inexpensive side. I’d love to know if you’ve taken a look at them!
@@timnolan5467 Hoping in the next week or so. The C423 we have is good for the price, but the screen is as bad as the ASUS in this video. The 1080p screen and Pentium upgrades will likely make this my favorite budget Chromebook, but I need to see it before it gets that stamp of approval. Acer has their refreshed 14" as well that we are eagerly awaiting.
c223, yeah horrible display but my previous chromebook acer c720 which you said had a horrible display as well. Well I had one and it was not a step up from the acer from the previous gen. It was very sluggish. It is nice to have a pos pc (piece of S***) to surf when you are not working. The real problem was the start up. The acer 8 seconds, the Asus c223 was about a minute and it would freeze during charging. It lasted 11 months then the keyboard failed. It is still available in the UK so I thought I would post my thoughts. Maybe worth 100.
Can these handle large spreadsheets? ( _around 100MB_ ) or play FHD H.265 videos? Those are my parents' requirements and must be met with. Anything else if not these? ARM processor will do fine, since they won't be running Crostini anytime soon.
My newest chrome book is the spin, and my old chromebook is the Acer c720. The pen on the spin doesn't need to touch screen to interact, about centimeter or two. Makes it hard to draw and really don't use it. Is pen issue I'm having with pen or screen? I've had no luck getting answer when searching. Thought? Thanks
I'd dare to say no. In my opinionen CB's peaked with the Toshiba FHD CB 2. At that point in time, they had the best value and unmatched build quality for the price. Since then, the price of CBs has gone up and up without becoming significantly better (due to the chrome os limitations). At the same time, low end windows machines have become much better. Netbooks used to be utter garbage but chips like the N4200 or N5000 finally make them usuable (See the Chuwilapbook SE for 230€). In the mid tier of 500-700 books you have the matebook D and xiaomi notebook air 13.3 (2018) or the pro. Almost Macbook level quality for 1/3 of the price. The market of chromebooks is stale just like wear OS. I follow the subreddit since 2013 and it is just not happening. Google itself is just trying things and then abandoning it (pixel clamshell, pixelbook and soon the pixel slate). For chrome OS to make another push we would need a killer device that is sold really cheaply. Currently and in every price segment, no chromebook is the best device for the masses
I know that this is not a popular opinion, because people that follow this channel are all enthusiasts. I am also an enthusiast (Pixel phone / Pixel C owner) but I am disheartened that Google is not fully committed to all of its projects. They try everything once and of it does not work right away, they move on.
I agree. The appeal of chrome book is the price and the trade off is familiarity and ease of use by general computer consumers. For the price of the newer high dollar chrome books I’d probably buy a windows or Mac so I’m not limited in what I can do for the $$. Example. I have a hard drive full of pictures and videos in a bunch of folders . I want to upload these en mass to google photos. There is not an automatic way of doing this on my chrome book. I have to take it over to my wife’s win laptop to have google do this.
Windows license for netbooks are really cheap hence you wont see a huge price diff between a win netbook vs chromebook w similar specs. Costco is selling a light i3 4gb 128ssd fhd hp windows machine for the holidays at 300. That spec is w the addition of a touchscreen would be the sweet spot price point.
I think Chrome OS has improved enormously over the last couple of years but you are right about the Toshiba Chromebook 2. It was very cheap but still had a really decent screen and performed entirely adequately.
i was at school and put my books outside my class on shairs next to ann open railing.my books started to slip and my chrombook fell down a flight of stairs
At USD 380 it's expensive. Get a "Acer Aspire E 15, 15.6" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8130U, 6GB RAM Memory, 1TB HDD, 8X DVD, E5-576-392H " for USD 380 instead.
That entirely depends on what you want to do with it, how much $600 means to you and how much you care about top end features such as high resolution touchscreen, high performance, pen input etc. In my case the answer is a definite yes. No-one but you can judge whether it would be worth it to you.
great video ! i'm thinking to get a acer chrombook 15, does it matter which model for heavy youtube video/ youtube music streaming with a BT headphone for my work?
There are some cheaper models that are pretty slugish, but if you are just watching RUclips and music, they'll be fine. Some of the cheaper models have pretty bad screens, too, so keep that in mind.
@@chromeunboxed Very True, I'm using a Acer CB15 (CB3-532). The screen is washed out and the processor is meh. But it works fine for RUclips, etc. Personally, I would pick a device with a better screen.
1. the concept is still sound, a true MK1 Chromebook is still a web browser accessing web pages, with just enough OS to do it. 2. there is a MK2 Chromebook with local storage & cpu's to enable it to run android or Linux,, this is to enable developers to run there android development systems on a chrome book, or developers who use Linux command tools 3. at some point progressive web apps and web Assembly might supersede the need for android & Linux
Kids may not care about color but the parents should. Schools should not make decisions for parents in this area. Kid's brains are different and colors, the refresh rate and the time-multiplexed color generation are all registered by the brain. Ditto for 3D systems.
Alex McCaffrey not very we if it’s not fast enough and most android apps aren’t optimized for chrome os, you more often will just have small windowed version of the apps looking like android phone apps
@@bryanmiller476 urgh. Thanks. I can appreciate if they look odd stretched to the screen but on phone size window is a show stopper. I suppose this is better than Windows 10 Tablet app support though.
I think the worst screen I ever have seen was on Lenovo Chromebook 3. I had two of them first one I thought the Screen was just bad nope just a bad panel display
I might as well buy a Chines brand Windows Tablet + keyboard. At least they use Gemini lake Celeron processors. The price for these under-powered nasty screen devices is too high.
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I have an Acer C720 that I got as refurb for $125 back in 2014. I beat the crap out of that thing, including dropping it down my basement stairs. It was my go to device for something quick to throw in my bag and it worked great.
Last year I upgraded to a Samsung Chromebook Plus and handed the C720 down to my daughter who is now ten. She uses it all the time for web browsing, writing reports, etc. and has no complaints.
Super low end Chrome devices are a great value. You can use them forever without issue.
Some I'm looking for one that is under 100 dollars
LOL. Had exactly the same unit since 2015. Used it all the time, especially before I got a tablet. When I donated it last month, I told my wife that I got more value out of that thing than an any other automation I ever have owned.
I have an 11" 720P Samsung 3 Chromebook. I purchased it on sale for about $100 a couple of years ago. I still like it and use it...via the touch pad in a recliner while watching TV or at a table using a mouse. I like the build, size and weight. I can live with the non-touch screen nor IPS and slow speed (I don't muti-task that well). It's paid for and does email, internet, RUclips and music. The less you spend the less buyers remorse that you experience when the new models arrive....I don't plan on updating every 6 months. Thanks for the great videos.
I am sure that there people like me you do not think $380 is affordable for a Chrome Book.
I agree it is not affordable
150 max Ford Thies Löwe tech, 75 max 2nd Hand!
I think the Samsung Chromebook plus or pro is affordable 😬
Affordable to me is under $250
I think people who are on a great salary cannot understand that 300 bucks is not pocket money for a whole bunch of people. To them this is cheap. But you can get even cheaper Chromebooks and Cloudbooks, at least in the UK, maybe look around in your own country for bargains, or buy second hand. With everyone upgrading all the time, you can probably get last year's model for cheap.
We use a mix of iPad, Chromebooks, and Windows laptops. There are too many things that require Windows to abandon that platform. We use iPads for media consumption, as I am doing now. Basic Chromebooks are fantastic for lightweight, long battery life applications where a good keyboard is needed, such as at night classes, but we still keep one by the couch for times when the iPad won’t cut it. Our Windows machines are larger, heavier, and faster and are generally reserved for projects that require Windows.
Could you please elaborate what times you use a chromebook on the couch for times when "the iPad won’t cut it."
@@ArchaicCreationsbp I have both an ipad pro 2018 and a chromebook. The ipad is more fun to use but when i need to do a research paper that requires 20-30 chrome tabs, extensions, and maybe one or two extra virtual desktops then a windows machine or a chromebook do a much better job than my ipad pro. Ipads have come a long way but they still cant multitask as good as chromebooks, regular mac laptops, or windows machines. Of course ipads arent meant to do what those machines can do but rather be itself ; which is a great device for portability, battery life, some multitasking, and the apple pencil is amazing for drawing and handwritten notes.
I’ve been using a HP chrome book 11 touch screen for the past year as my main and only computer outside of my tablet. For $199 still being sold where I got it at Walmart. It’s worth it. I’ve done video editing, music engineering, and large file transfers from external hard drives daily at very decent speeds. For the price it’s fast enough. Screen is beautiful. Better than the $1,000 MacBook Air which I’ve owned. Play store and most apps work flawlessly. I bought 2 of them last January for myself and my fiancé. She doesn’t use it like I do but the normal browsing, Netflix, light games and she too loves it.
My next project is to try and convert an old slow windows 8 laptop into a speedy chromebook using the neverware software.
Don't forget the SSD
I recently bought a budget Chromebook, Lenovo 500e 8GB RAM / 64GB storage and love it. Best purchase I've made in recent years when I consider the value proposition being offered by Chrome OS plus some of the new developments in the pipeline.
I've previously been a strong advocate of the apple ecosystem liking my MacBook Pro / MacOS and owning numerous versions of iPhone / iPad from their outset. I especially liked how MacOS / iOS apps integrate across the cloud, and a considerable improvement compared with working with my windows and linux laptops. In recent years I have become a little disenfranchised with Apple, because iOS is beginning to feel like an impediment to work flow with no desktop mode and over complex gestures that can be misinterpreted by the OS. Cost is also an issue, because I feel Apple are beginning to slip behind the competition with regards innovation / technology and the premium build quality alone is no longer sufficient to justify their escalating price hikes, especially with regards options where all DIY upgrade routes being systematically closed off.
I bought a budget Chromebook to put a toe into the Google ecosystem and compare it with the iCloud, and so far I have not been disappointed ... putting aside the odd nuance. My Chromebook is now my go to device over the iPad. I am simply amazed with all things I can run on a budget Intel quad core processor with regards productivity and gaming apps. I love being able to flip from desktop to tablet modes. The Android apps experience has been generally good and mostly comparable with their iOS equivalents. Linux / Crostini also satisfies the geek in me having grown up with UNIX in the 70s and 80s, but also very practical, e.g. LibreOffice prints fine to my network printer (Google ... it just needs audio, hardware accelerated graphics & USB access support and it would be perfect!). I've even used Crossover (WINE) to run a couple of Windows apps on my Chromebook! I am now seriously considering buying the next generation Google Pixelbook to replace my ageing MacBook Pro. Even so, I still feel there is a place for budget Chromebook devices that you can take anywhere, as they are relatively inexpensive to replace if damaged or lost, and the basic set-up / restoration of the replacement device is so easy via the Google cloud.
you might find this of interest,,,, Jul 23, 2018
NYLUG Presents: David Reveman/Zach Reizner -on- Crostini: Linux applications on Chrome OS
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I'm going to chime in to second your approval of the Lenovo 500e. (Mine is 4GB RAM / 32 GB storage). It's a rugged, solid machine with good performance, a very good price, a capable stylus, and the ability to run Linux after the first OS update. I'm impressed. I can't imagine what else I might want or prefer.
This lenovo 500e is really interesting, anybody know similar products just for compare? I would like buy a chromebook with a nice screen
@@tannhauser007 Asus Flip C213SA with stylus is very similar. www.amazon.com/Chromebook-C213SA-YS02-S-Ruggedized-Touchscreen-Dual-Core/dp/B074FLKWSX
@@JeffreyHoeper I got an old cheap Hisense C11 with HDMI to 24" Vizio TV. I also have external usb flash drives(two 16 GB) for saving things to. External Mouse and keyboard. It's like I have a full sized computer. I can watch any movie in HD and RUclips as well. All in all, WAY cheaper than a modern Windows setup and cheaper than an expensive Chromebook.
I've never paid more than $60 for a minty used Chromebook. Some Acer models serve as good Hackintoshes
To my way of thinking--YES! I have a Windows 11" notebook. Very handy. But alas, with only 32 Gb memory, it can hold barely any material, an external SD card is really necessary. Worse news: Updates to Windows quickly uses up the limited memory and so the laptop becomes wonky and almost unusable. There is a work around, to make it work, but it is tricky. Now at almost 5 years old, it still works. I added Chrome OS via thumb drive to make it even more flexible. What Chromebook does is to provide the same small computer but with a different system for Updates that don't destabilize the computer. That is the strength of Chromebook over a small Windows notebook with such limited memory.
I teach grade 5 in a French immersion school (in Canada). We have those acer chrome books for our students (every child in grade 5 & 6 receives on at the beginning of the year for only damage deposit that they can take home and use for school work, online games, internet access, etc.). They are perfectly fine. The kids love the 360 hinge and touch screen. I imagine if it didn’t have those, kids who grew up with iPads would have destroyed those chrome books by now. The batteries last all day, and most of the kids take them home for charging and home use. Kids never complain about the screen being low resolution, the computer being slow or about the trackpad being lower quality. The only real problem with them, for a Canadian context, is that they have US English keyboards and (at least when we bought them) couldn’t be ordered with Canadian multilingual or French Canadian keyboards, which leads to kids typing entire papers in french with no accents (accents are very important in French - a = has but à = to/at for example).
Having said that, I don’t think for elementary students we could ever order laptops without touch screens, because most of my students didn’t know how to use a trackpad at the beginning of the year :/
Where can I buy a French keyboard?
Seems like the tech industry is very anglocentric. It almost makes other languages become endangered.
Previously we have had macs and you can order them directly from Apple (Canadian French is querty layout, French is azerty) or if you are living in Quebec, any store should have them. For my surface, I simply ordered it from Microsoft. But really most windows pcs sold here have the Canadian multilingual standard layout and that words fine.
Absolutely worth it. My cheap Acer Chromebook is 7 years old. It stopped getting updates 2 years ago. Still works like the day it came out of the box. It remains my go to device for surfing, email, RUclips and banking.
I am getting an Acer Chromebook R11 (2018)
I’ve tested it and it’s great! With a touchscreen 2n1 capabilities, and $250 price tag, it’s perfect!
I hope you still like it! For a touchscreen with such a good display it is a steal for such a low price. I'm very happy with it!
Wait 380 dollars for a Chromebook with 1366x768 display and a Celeron processor? The 6th generation IPad is a better option with 2400x1500 display, A10 processor for 329 dollars with 32 GB, with this a IPad you can even edit 4k video, something that I doubt that a Chromebook with this processor can do even if there is an app for that, sure there are some trade off like smaller screen and additional peripheral like keyboard and pen, but at the end I think is a better option with a higher quality, Chromebooks are getting more expensive, but they don’t offer too much.
Chromebooks are overpriced, especially here where I live
For example a Acer Chromebook spin 11 with Celeron 3450 cost 537 $
@@michaelhsn7524 overpriced due to these idiots & google WANTING EXPANSIVE PRODUCTS
Chromebooks are always 1366x768, iPads? they cant be managed and schools prefer keyboards
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you can edit online with a chrome book, you need a web based tool
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students cant be able to download pages or no files in ipad
I think all the more premium Chromebooks are really nice but I don't have a usage scenario to justify the price so I'm very much in the budget Chromebook arena. Thanks for remembering there is a full spectrum of Chromebook users out there.
I'm with Michael A here in the comments. Is the Google Pixel book still holding up for the high investment a consumer would have to make? I have seen you use it a few times when doing a comparison video, but I would really like to know if, after a year, it is still giving good battery life, speed, improvements to the Google Play Store, etc. Is it still your daily Chrome device? With Black Friday and the holidays approaching, it would be nice to know if it is still worth considering.
Agreed
I'm so stoked I found this channel. This is great content in a space that isn't saturated with the same old same old. Nice work!
I have the spin too and I'm perfectly happy with it. Regular computer just getting so expensive
For $230 grab an ASUS C423 - 14" FHD screen, thin bezels, 4 GB ram, 32g harddrive, 1.1ghz (yeah not super fast, but its chrome OS). Overall great purchase for the price. With word processing and internet use, I can easily reach the stated 10 hr use. Got mine at Costco so the price above is the current sale.
I think the budget sector is probably where even enthusiasts will appreciate a cheap Chromebook. A $200 machine with 4GB of RAM is more than adequate enough to run most of what you'd run on a computer (minus games); having the Google App store and Linux support makes it an extremely versatile machine. I've personally found my Chromebook useful as a second machine, paired with my main rig. A cheap laptop that can VNC or CRD into a more powerful machine over the net is quite the handy thing to have.
There's a roomer that pixelbooks will drop price from Google by 300 on the 18th ( tomorrow).
Just got a couple Lenovo C330’s for my kids for Christmas, they were $180 each on sale @ BB
Around the 200 mark a Chromebook runs so much better than a similar priced Windows laptop. Which are terrible at this price point. It's easy to see why for education Chromebools are so good. I told my sister to get one in place of a Windows laptop for my niece. She's 7! No need for the complexities of Windows. It's perfect.
Used. Try and x240 from Lenovo!
The trackpad sucks on x240. X230 is better.
Picked up my Acer spin 11 Chromebook from Walmart for $210.00 including tax! Beautiful little workhorse does just what I need it for, word processing, web trawling and entertainment. Display is gorgeous for the price and very sturdy build, a fantastic value!
I use an Acer R11 Chromebook and I love it. I also use an 11-inch iPad Pro and I love that, too. Although I prefer the iPad, I love the value of the Acer R11. I could buy three of them for the price I paid for my iPad Pro. Buying the iPad Pro was a very difficult decision because Apple raised the price.
I bought a refurbished Samsung Chromebook 3 and I love it. Play Store support and it does all I need. ChromeOS is the future of computing. Now I heard Microsoft wants to make a ChromeOS like device running a stripped down version of windows 10. They had their chance to make it a few years ago but the window has closed I think.
How is the Chromebook holding up? I'm considering buying that exact model.
Something that never seems to come up in these reviews is where do these devices fall on the Google's Update Policy list. That should have a significant bearing on how how much value a given Chromebook represents.
Just started working at a school in the tech department and I get to see how all the kids treat the acer c740. I was put in charge of fixing them when they get damage and its surprising how hard kids treat them.
I have an Acer Chromebook 15. the budget version and I am happy with it. Had it for two years now and its still kickin' butt. I bought a HP Stream 11 because I needed a smaller laptop and I wanted to try Windows but I find myself going back to my Chromebook. Sometimes price isn't everything to me and though the specs aren't the best, they are enough for me lol
As someone who's been disabled since childhood, unable to have a life outside my smalltown Walmart & 3x Dr appts a month, I've spent every day watching youtube & some TV shows & movies on whatever I can get. With me being single & living alone for over 10yrs, forced to work with a $450/month budget after med costs, I am pretty much working with no device budget, and $380 is a huge amount for me. I had gotten a MS Surface Pro 6 as a gift about 8 months ago, and treasured it & hoped it would help me kickstart my corpse of a channel & start editing my vlogs & doing more tech reviews, etc. Sadly, as is my luck, I had to sell it on ebay (only got $500 for a like new no wear or damage on the cover, keyboard, charger, or box, plus a bundle of accessories, with a value of almost $1k) so I could pay my next month's power bill. What I will do in 2 months, I don't know, as I have nothing anywhere near that valuable left, but I'm now seeking a chromebook, laptop, or Chinese 2 in 1 that's under $200 to replace it. I found a used HP Pavilion e15 for $120, a brand new Samsung Chromebook for $180, a brand new HP Stream laptop for $190, and a new Teclast T10 2in1 for $199... I'm so stressed by all the options, especially since I badly need an external SSD or at least HDD of 1TB for all my files, as the old 1TB drive I have is a refurb I got like 8yrs ago!
Thanks for the tips!
This year for Black Friday the spin 11 is on sale for 230$
Black Friday dilemma on budget Chromebooks, both with 4GB RAM, 32 GB Hard Drive, IPS Screens:
Acer R11 (Costco $199)
---> Celeron N3150, SSD, NO USB-C (but has 2 USB ports), Aluminum Cover, SD sits flush to augment storage
Lenovo C330 (Best Buy $179)
---> MTK8173C, eMMC, HAS USB-C (only one other USB), All Plastic, SD sticks out, not good to augment storage
Only a couple days left to decide. If the R11 had USB-c I probably wouldn't even be asking. I need two (2) for my kids ages 13 and 10 who use Chromebooks for school.
Which would you go with?
I think Chromebooks like the Spin 11/R11 are great devices and do everything I need from a computer at a good price. They are durable, have good screens, good keyboards and sync very well with Android smartphones. To suggest that they are only suitable for students or children, is in my experience, just not true. I like their low cost and that they are not trying to be a MacBook or whatever. And, how dare other consumers impose their own requirements onto others by suggesting they would be better off with a Windows machine?! Many just want to check emails, browse the web etc...or in my case generate quotes and invoices for my customers. There are apps for everything these days. And actually with Chrome OS there are probably more apps than Microsoft. Whats the point of buying a Windows machine with all its complexity when you have no need for it??? In my experience, and I must stress, for MY requirements, premium laptops, of any kind, are just a waste of my money and are just one more thing to worry about. Truth is, you won't know until you've tried one whether or not it's right for you. Don't listen to others. Try them out for yourself!!!
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Great comment. I've just bought an Acer Chromebook 14. It has a 14" IPS 1080p screen, fast as i need, and has a great keyboard. For me it's perfect. But it's true, i only wanted something with a decent screen and keyboard to surf the internet and watch Netflix/youtube with. And for that and much much more it's perfect. No continuous Windows updates, worrying about viruses and big outlay. Just £275.
If you don't like pulling your hair out, don't buy a Windows laptop or a Mac...buy a Chromebook! Here's the main reason: Chromebooks have almost nothing installed on them because almost everything runs off servers. Traditional laptops have applications (Word, Excel, etc...) installed on the HD. Here's the thing - there doesn't seem to be any such thing as a "clean uninstall". Most applications leave behind "garbage" that collects on your hard drive or in your registry or other system files and contributes to the degradation of performance in very little time at all - often less than 1 year depending on how many things you install / uninstall. Be happy...buy Chromebooks!
1. i agree,,
2. you can "power wash" pc's ie format or new HDD , and that will clean everything out just like a chrome book
3. microsoft windows s / lite & microsoft 365 ( office 365 ) chromium "edge", web/pwa's applications ie a sort of " chromebook "
Windows lite and Microsoft 360 are garbage. Google has the low end market cornered.
Chrome or iOS are the best "old people" operating systems available.
@@chrisreynolds6391 Microsoft 360 ,, this is licences for all office apps for windows, os x and android / ios and web page versions plus 1 TB of online store - is that really "garbage"??
if you search Microsoft 365 >> you get office 365
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@@chrisreynolds6391 Well, this "old person" was programming computers when you were probably in diapers! Not everyone over 50 is anti-technology. Some of us just know what works and what doesn't!
@@KenZauter I'm not talking about retired IT professionals and senior engineers I'm talking about "old people" like my mom who can barely navigate iOS.
I have a $100 chromebook and a $2,000 gaming laptop. I love both of them! The cheap chromebook is nice because i don't care what happens to it. I've dropped it, stuff hit it, and it works just fine.
I really like my acer chrome book 315. Bang per buck sort of thing. For under $200 you get this 15 inch chrome book and a very nice sleeve / case to carry it around. The 315 is very sleek and offers good looks to go along with it's useful layout. The battery is very impressive and the keyboard is excellent for typing. For a budget chrome book, this one is worth a look.
I have a used Acer R11 I got for $160 straight from Acer's refurbished website. Sure I would love a stylus and a bigger display that's 1920x1080, but even if I paid more for a device with those things I would still have to deal with the same exact shortcomings and problems as I do now with my R11. All the major problems of Chrome OS are still present no matter how much money you spend on your Chromebook.
I work with Chromebooks every day and am always curious about the thoughts you'd have with the other in-store units I work with. I have not seen that specific Asus one, but that Acer 11 Spin was for a while a nice recommendation for students that liked to draw since it was at such an inexpensive price point and came with a stylus. I always give people other options when it comes to styluses, but customers liked it when we had it. I encourage you to look at some other budget Chromebooks.
I have a Acer Chromebook 15, that cost at $199.99
How is it ???
Costco was selling the Acer R11 Celeron Touchscreen for $199.
I am rocking a Dell Chromebook 13 7310 with 8 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. I upgrade the storage to 512 GB Transcend SSD. The processsor on this machine is weak ini 2018, but they are good enough for ChromeOS and I can install Windows 10 or GalliumOS on this thing. I just checked for a current price of this thing brand new today, and they are cheap (USD 250 or less NIB).
Honestly I got the spin for pen l, linux support and a pretty good deal at bestbuy.
It handles linux nodejs fine, android apps can lag and are hit/miss .
A solution for my pen issue is to just use my note8 pen and works just fine
Could you send me a link to it?
I use an Asus C302. Wifey has a PixelBook. Have gifted 2 Samsung Plus v1 and just gifted a v2. Great machines.
Jeff Keryk which you would go for between c302 and the Plus v2? Which has the better build quality?
@@claudyla Tough choice. I have had the C302 for about a year and flat out love it. Typing on it now... I use it at night on the couch so the backlit keyboard is a must for me. I gave the new Plus v2 (Core m3 and 64GB) to my sister as a gift. Amazon had it for $499, same as base model (Celeron 32GB). Her computer is turbo fast. Both have Mac like build quality; only the top dog PixelBook is better. I guess I would say the C302, but only because of backlit keyboard. Tough choice. Actually, on Amazon the C302 (Core m3) is $475 and the Plus v2 with Core m3 is $600. So the Asus is my choice. You might wanna wait and see what sales come up. You can't go wrong with either Chromie. Good luck.
Jeff Keryk thanks for the response. They actually will have the Celeron Plus v2 for sale on BF for $350, and it should be fine for my needs, but that backlit keyboard would be so nice. Oh and I heard the c302 still doesn't have Crostini yet and I wonder if it will ever do.
@@claudyla What is Crostini?
Jeff Keryk Project Crostini, Linux apps in Chromeos (not via Crouton)
Pixelbook still worth buying? ( Waiting till cybermonday )
Absolutely! We actually have a video in post talking about why! Stay tuned...
@@chromeunboxed Great! I have the ASUS C302, but I wanted something with a better screen that I can carry around when I travel ( non-work ) that would replace a tablet+laptop.
@@hardstylemofo13 What about the Pixel Slate? I'd prefer that but I don't do a whole lot of long typing.
I would say no. Buy a laptop and you will have so much more power. Also, put it with linux and not windows.
@@bradavon you can't comfortably use pixel slate on your lap just like a surface pro which is why I would prefer the pixelbook.
I already have a cheap Android tablet and I can't hold it for more than half an hour before my arm starts hurting.
I have a Toshiba Chromebook 2 that I bought in 2015 for about $300 brand new. Great IPS screen, great Skullcandy speakers, and it still works great. It's got an 11 inch screen, so I might be looking to get a bigger screen Chromebook soon. What Chromebook should I get that would be comparable in quality for around $300 today. Are there any? Any screen size would be considered.
I have Acer chromebook15(CB532) and Asus chromebook C223NA.
To me, "budget" means up until about € 300. In fact, in another video Chrome Unboxed called the 300-650 range mid price. So € 380 is really a mid price machine. By the way, thereś loads of chromebooks to choose from between 250 and 350 that are excellent for the task.
Very nice! I am loving my Acer Chromebook R11; perfect for a college student like me. The screen is absolutely wonderful tbh.
It's such a big upgrade from my first Chromebook, a HP Chromebook 11 G5, While that was cheap as heck, it got the job done pretty well. But just like the first laptop in this review, those viewing angles were atrocious haha.
I have the R11 as well. Bought a refurbished one to see if it would work for me. For the most part it does. Just got Linux support,though have not tried anything with it yet. Only complaint is the keyboard, but that could be why it was refurbished.
@@garyvolk2683 I bought a keyboard cover for the keyboard, just for style points; I actually like the keyboard and I feel like it's great. My thing is the microphone. My microphone is broken and barely can pick up audio, so I have to use an external microphone if I want to do speech-to-text, which I like to do a lot since I am a college student and am writing papers and stuff often.
@@dario110011 The keyboard cover for mine is actually better than the keyboard itself lol
Earlier this year I got a refurb Lenovo Flex 11 for USD 170 on the back of Gabriel's very positive review of it on this channel, and it is just as good as he described it. I know the R11 is the popular recommendation for a cheap convertible with Android apps, but this Flex 11 is pretty damn good too, plus it charges via Type C--having one charger for phone and laptop is just incredibly convenient.
I just got the Acer Chromebook 14 it is amazing. PC mag had as there editor choice and I now know why
Cool, for some of us it's all about price. Good info, thanks.
I was wondering... Samsung has their Chromebook Plus V2 with the M3-7Y30 and 64GB of storage for Black Friday sale + educational discount for $380. Is this a good deal? The next best I could find was the HP Chromebook X2 at Bestbuy for $500. Other than the screens they seem to has the same internals.
I wish you talked about the 13 and 14 inch models in this price range 11 inch I'd never buy and the 13 inch market is so full that's it's hard to decide. I got a 14 inch Acer Chromebook 14 and. So disappointed with the lagging compared to my wifes Toshiba Chromebook 2 but the build quality is so much nicer despite the horrible screen on the Acer too compared to the Toshiba Chromebook 2
There are so many models in this size and price range and most storea don't carry them to compare in person you guys would be a leader in that space comparing what you have in stock as most of us can't see and buy and just have to guess
Love the channel keep the great content coming
If you're buying a cheap device for young children, one of the most important factors is durability, which you are probably not equipped to test.
I got a dirt cheap Acer Chromebook for my 6-year-old nephew a while back on Amazon Prime day, and I can tell you it's surprisingly well built, it's much tougher and durable than you might think.
What equipment are you referring to?
@@tubeMonger Acer Chromebook, 11.6 in.
The only affordable one I found for myself is point 2 14 Chromebook and even that's not available in my country.
i still use my c720...it's still really fast and good
Had a C720 a few years ago. Super fast. Washed out screen. My mistake was buying a 2GB unit instead of 4GB. But overall a really good device.
@@srfeger the C720P was best of all, 4GB & Touch great screen
Acer C720P - 2014, My First Chromebook Review
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I am typing this on mine. Admittedly it now runs Gallium OS as I have several faster Chromebooks, but it still works. Yes the screen is not brilliant but it's not the worst I've used. I much prefer it to the screen on the Asus C300 that we trialled at work. I said no.
@@joshuarosen6242 I'm typing here on mine, too! Got my Acer C720 in 2013 -- used!! A deal of a lifetime!! This thing has been running over 8-9 hrs. a day, 5-6 days a week (every week) for 6 years and is still going strong!! Absolutely incredible!! When it dies (sad day), I'll have to have a memorial service for it.
Chromebook 11 (C720, C720P) Jun 2019
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I appreciate your reviews, I'm considering the Pixelbook going on sale for $699, 8g/128. Should I get it or wait for the Slate. Thanks!
I'm waiting for the Slate because it's got the 8th Gen Intel processors versus the 7th Gen on the Pixelbook. However, Slate is also more expensive depending on the configuration.
I really love chromebooks so much that I have bought a few of them. I say when I get my next pay check I am going to see about if I can buy another one. I just love the way they look and how sleek and light they are. Its just pretty cool.
Darn, it looks like my price range for a Chromebook went from $350 dollars to $500 dollars.
I just bought my son a ACER r11 for his birthday for 200 pounds.and was pleasantly surprised how good it runs
I would have like to see the comparison include a budget Lenovo like the 100e or the new ARM C330.
I love my ACER CB, only one gripe--difficulty with Bluetooth
- Chrome Unboxed ARE YOU RELATED - "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs, the quotation would reflect the princess's disregard for the peasants, or her poor understanding of their situation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake
I just found your you tube today, looks interesting and informative so I liked and subbed. I have been using an old Acer C720, on of the first ones to come out, I think. I've had it for about 10,12 years? I'm having a few little problems with my search engines (google and bing) I keep getting "ah" page wasn't found? That happens about 3 or 4 times out of ten. I'm not sure what you mean by a "bad screen". I know nothing about ??? X ??? screen. I'm thinking about getting a "new" one, but I don't know if the OS has changed or been updated? If they have please suggest a new number or brand that has been updated, still around the 350 to 450 dollar range . Thank you for your time in advance, sir
I recently bought a hp chromebook 14-ca030nd for 120 euro i hope its a good deal
problem with my 2019 Dell Chromebook--Celeron--it's underpowered, which creates continual frustration in waiting for things to pop.
You get what you pay for. Costco has a HP 14 for 300. It goes on sale for 200 once in a while the employee told me.
Any thoughts on either the Asus C423 or the C523? I know both of them are on the more inexpensive side. I’d love to know if you’ve taken a look at them!
We have one in the office, but are waiting on the 1080p version for the review.
Any idea when that might be? I’m looking for a nice, inexpensive device, and I’ve heard Asus makes a great chromebook!
@@timnolan5467 Hoping in the next week or so. The C423 we have is good for the price, but the screen is as bad as the ASUS in this video. The 1080p screen and Pentium upgrades will likely make this my favorite budget Chromebook, but I need to see it before it gets that stamp of approval. Acer has their refreshed 14" as well that we are eagerly awaiting.
Robby Payne thanks for the info! Last question; any clue when the 1080p version might be available to the public?
I always dance to your opening music lol
If this can run Mint XFCE, I can definitely pick up one as a secondary device
c223, yeah horrible display but my previous chromebook acer c720 which you said had a horrible display as well. Well I had one and it was not a step up from the acer from the previous gen. It was very sluggish. It is nice to have a pos pc (piece of S***) to surf when you are not working. The real problem was the start up. The acer 8 seconds, the Asus c223 was about a minute and it would freeze during charging. It lasted 11 months then the keyboard failed. It is still available in the UK so I thought I would post my thoughts. Maybe worth 100.
Can these handle large spreadsheets? ( _around 100MB_ ) or play FHD H.265 videos?
Those are my parents' requirements and must be met with. Anything else if not these?
ARM processor will do fine, since they won't be running Crostini anytime soon.
I have an omen laptop for gaming. I'm looking for something small enough to write stories on at night. What would you suggest?
My newest chrome book is the spin, and my old chromebook is the Acer c720.
The pen on the spin doesn't need to touch screen to interact, about centimeter or two. Makes it hard to draw and really don't use it.
Is pen issue I'm having with pen or screen? I've had no luck getting answer when searching.
Thought?
Thanks
you not reviewing cheaper Chromebooks
------------- you still comparing it with the EXPENSIVE Chromebooks and tablets -----------
I'd dare to say no. In my opinionen CB's peaked with the Toshiba FHD CB 2. At that point in time, they had the best value and unmatched build quality for the price. Since then, the price of CBs has gone up and up without becoming significantly better (due to the chrome os limitations). At the same time, low end windows machines have become much better. Netbooks used to be utter garbage but chips like the N4200 or N5000 finally make them usuable (See the Chuwilapbook SE for 230€). In the mid tier of 500-700 books you have the matebook D and xiaomi notebook air 13.3 (2018) or the pro. Almost Macbook level quality for 1/3 of the price. The market of chromebooks is stale just like wear OS. I follow the subreddit since 2013 and it is just not happening. Google itself is just trying things and then abandoning it (pixel clamshell, pixelbook and soon the pixel slate). For chrome OS to make another push we would need a killer device that is sold really cheaply. Currently and in every price segment, no chromebook is the best device for the masses
I know that this is not a popular opinion, because people that follow this channel are all enthusiasts. I am also an enthusiast (Pixel phone / Pixel C owner) but I am disheartened that Google is not fully committed to all of its projects. They try everything once and of it does not work right away, they move on.
I agree. The appeal of chrome book is the price and the trade off is familiarity and ease of use by general computer consumers. For the price of the newer high dollar chrome books I’d probably buy a windows or Mac so I’m not limited in what I can do for the $$.
Example. I have a hard drive full of pictures and videos in a bunch of folders . I want to upload these en mass to google photos. There is not an automatic way of doing this on my chrome book. I have to take it over to my wife’s win laptop to have google do this.
Windows license for netbooks are really cheap hence you wont see a huge price diff between a win netbook vs chromebook w similar specs. Costco is selling a light i3 4gb 128ssd fhd hp windows machine for the holidays at 300. That spec is w the addition of a touchscreen would be the sweet spot price point.
I think Chrome OS has improved enormously over the last couple of years but you are right about the Toshiba Chromebook 2. It was very cheap but still had a really decent screen and performed entirely adequately.
i was at school and put my books outside my class on shairs next to ann open railing.my books started to slip and my chrombook fell down a flight of stairs
Hey, have you looked at the Lenovo S330 ? Any thoughts ?
At USD 380 it's expensive. Get a "Acer Aspire E 15, 15.6" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8130U, 6GB RAM Memory, 1TB HDD, 8X DVD, E5-576-392H " for USD 380 instead.
They do everything I need them to do.
Why can't the C302 come in that matte red color 🤔
I love my Acer Spin 11
Can anyone tell me if is worth it to spend 600 dollars on a Chromebook?
Now that's the right question.....
@Jim Thompson
You can get the Samsung Chromebook Pro for $388 on Samsungs Black Friday sale with education discount.
My suggestion to you is to look at the Mi Notebook Pro, Matebook D and then decide for yourself.
That entirely depends on what you want to do with it, how much $600 means to you and how much you care about top end features such as high resolution touchscreen, high performance, pen input etc.
In my case the answer is a definite yes. No-one but you can judge whether it would be worth it to you.
My Acer R13 I have pen input. And use an usi pen works hreat.
great video ! i'm thinking to get a acer chrombook 15, does it matter which model for heavy youtube video/ youtube music streaming with a BT headphone for my work?
There are some cheaper models that are pretty slugish, but if you are just watching RUclips and music, they'll be fine. Some of the cheaper models have pretty bad screens, too, so keep that in mind.
@@chromeunboxed Very True, I'm using a Acer CB15 (CB3-532). The screen is washed out and the processor is meh. But it works fine for RUclips, etc. Personally, I would pick a device with a better screen.
@@chromeunboxed i was thinking to get a FHD screen, minimal 4 gigs of ram, and the high end Celeron or the I3
@@srfeger thanks for the advice !
@@srfeger I have the same one, no problems with screen so far
are any Chrome Books still worth it?
1. the concept is still sound, a true MK1 Chromebook is still a web browser accessing web pages, with just enough OS to do it.
2. there is a MK2 Chromebook with local storage & cpu's to enable it to run android or Linux,, this is to enable developers to run there android development systems on a chrome book, or developers who use Linux command tools
3. at some point progressive web apps and web Assembly might supersede the need for android & Linux
Kids may not care about color but the parents should. Schools should not make decisions for parents in this area. Kid's brains are different and colors, the refresh rate and the time-multiplexed color generation are all registered by the brain. Ditto for 3D systems.
Is there chromebook for photo editing? Thanks 📷🤔😄
jeyel cruz There’s no point for getting a chromebook for photo editing, get a macbook of some sort or a windows laptop
Yes but if you want one just for photo editing then it's best to get a laptop
This is the only c223 review i can find at the moment haha even if it was only a minute
I still like & use my C720 nearly daily.
Does the cheap Asus support Android apps? Do all new Chromebooks support Android apps now? Thanks
Alex McCaffrey not very we if it’s not fast enough and most android apps aren’t optimized for chrome os, you more often will just have small windowed version of the apps looking like android phone apps
@@bryanmiller476 urgh. Thanks. I can appreciate if they look odd stretched to the screen but on phone size window is a show stopper. I suppose this is better than Windows 10 Tablet app support though.
@@bryanmiller476 there's no button to force it to go full-screen?
I think I can reccomend the Lenovo 300e and 500e. Of course the Chromebook-model, the Windows one runs shit of course.
I think the worst screen I ever have seen was on Lenovo Chromebook 3. I had two of them first one I thought the Screen was just bad nope just a bad panel display
I only paid $329 for my Acer
I might as well buy a Chines brand Windows Tablet + keyboard. At least they use Gemini lake Celeron processors. The price for these under-powered nasty screen devices is too high.
I am a kid and care about the screen resolution.
Wow must be sponsored by Acer.
Yes still worth it
I wouldn't pay more than $100 for a Chromebook.
Just as long as I can play Super Mario... :-)
i´ve got a aacer chromebook that i realy like