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Lenovo 100e 11.6" Chromebook: MediaTek MT8173C, 32GB eMMC, 4GB RAM Expired

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Best Buy has Lenovo 100e 11.6" Chromebook (81QB0000US) for $99. Shipping is free, otherwise select free store pickup where stock permits. Thanks JoseL23

Note, availability for store pickup may vary by location.

Specs:
  • MediaTek MT8173C Processor
  • 11.6" 1366 x 768 HD LED-LCD Display
  • 32GB eMMC Flash Storage Capacity
  • 4GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 Memory
  • WiFi + Bluetooth
  • 3-Cell Lithium-Ion
  • Chrome OS
  • Ports:
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
    • 1x USB Type-C

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Good deal for the money. This is a student model, plastic and build solidly but cheap. No frills, basic screen. Processor is competent and memory is more than usual at the bottom.

It's very well reviewed at $130 and it's not old, so $100 is great.

Also available for $80 at Microcenter but only 16GB storage. Imo 32GB is minimum. (The OS takes >7 GB, so 16 leaves you with ~9, 32 has ~23 free. Big difference.)
Not good idea to install Ubuntu. Hardware is weak to run standard distro Linux like Ubuntu. it will perform poor even installed light weight Linux. chromeOS is the best for such hardware.

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ResidentPony
02-04-2020 at 09:30 AM.
02-04-2020 at 09:30 AM.
Good deal for the money. This is a student model, plastic and build solidly but cheap. No frills, basic screen. Processor is competent and memory is more than usual at the bottom.

It's very well reviewed at $130 and it's not old, so $100 is great.

Also available for $80 at Microcenter but only 16GB storage. Imo 32GB is minimum. (The OS takes >7 GB, so 16 leaves you with ~9, 32 has ~23 free. Big difference.)
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ConstantineM
02-04-2020 at 10:51 AM.
02-04-2020 at 10:51 AM.
I think this one goes on sale pretty often; I think it has rubber around the enclosure to avoid dents, and comes with 45W USB-C power adapter, per the spec below:

https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/L...81QB0000US

Note that if you're thinking of getting this as an extra laptop in addition to an Ultrabook like T470s or T480s, then you'll be disappointed to find out that this one actually weighs almost the same as the 14" ultrabooks (this 11.6" 100e — 1.21kg, 14" T480s — 1.32kg — less than a 10% difference), which, IMHO, make it a poor purchase (I think these are also much slower than even the dual-core laptops, or the $750 laptops from 8 years ago), unless you're specifically limited by a $100 budget.

tl;dr: if budget $100, great buy; if budget higher ($400+?), too slow.
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karthekean
02-04-2020 at 12:05 PM.
02-04-2020 at 12:05 PM.
any idea on compatibility with ubuntu / linux mint
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dcpoor
02-04-2020 at 12:28 PM.
02-04-2020 at 12:28 PM.
pretty good deal since previously it was the 16GB model for this price ($80-100).
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HKSpeed
02-04-2020 at 03:10 PM.
02-04-2020 at 03:10 PM.
great deal since this is the 32GB version. I bought this for my mom last month ($120). Considering getting one for myself now. Only thing holding me back is the terrible screen viewing angles. I constantly have to adjust the angle of the screen to see things clearly.
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SlickMasta
02-04-2020 at 03:40 PM.
02-04-2020 at 03:40 PM.
Go to picture 3 on that link, why is keyboard filled with water? Lol
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cabos
02-04-2020 at 03:58 PM.
02-04-2020 at 03:58 PM.
Quote from karthekean :
any idea on compatibility with ubuntu / linux mint

Not good idea to install Ubuntu. Hardware is weak to run standard distro Linux like Ubuntu. it will perform poor even installed light weight Linux. chromeOS is the best for such hardware.
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02-04-2020 at 04:02 PM.
02-04-2020 at 04:02 PM.
Quote from SlickMasta :
Go to picture 3 on that link, why is keyboard filled with water? Lol

Showing that the keyboard is spill resistance.
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Scintillation
02-04-2020 at 04:05 PM.
02-04-2020 at 04:05 PM.
It's not for me, but it's a good deal.
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cra888zy
02-04-2020 at 04:06 PM.
02-04-2020 at 04:06 PM.
I need Amazon to price match, I have just enough Amazon credit to pay for this.
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wiggleparty
02-04-2020 at 04:10 PM.
02-04-2020 at 04:10 PM.
Can a child play minecraft or roblox on this?
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02-04-2020 at 04:10 PM.
02-04-2020 at 04:10 PM.
Quote from cabos :
Not good idea to install Ubuntu. Hardware is weak to run standard distro Linux like Ubuntu. it will perform poor even installed light weight Linux. chromeOS is the best for such hardware.
ChromeOS now supports a Linux shell...No need to dual boot or install a separate distro.

As for performance...well, for programming, anything will work. But I wouldn't use this to do anything that's cpu/disk bound.
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