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Lenovo - Chromebook Plus 14" OLED 2K Touchscreen Laptop with Gemini - MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 - 16GB Memory - 256GB UFS - Seashell $699.00 Bestbuy.com
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"CPU Benchmarks: In standard aggregate CPU benchmarks (like Geekbench/CPU Mark), the Kompanio Ultra 910 scores around 14,300 points, putting it right alongside or slightly ahead of the baseline Apple M1's ~14,100 score."
This maybe the fastest web browser. Chromebook is the most secure.
This maybe the fastest web browser. Chromebook is the most secure.
As with ARM anywhere outside the Apple ecosystem, the CPU struggles to command the premium set by higher-horespower Intel-based models. However, the CPU in question does meet the requirements to qualify for Google's Chromebook Plus program and has received good reviews as implemented in ChromeOS (the OS being less demanding and having fewer ARM-specific limitations than, for example, Windows on ARM implementations).
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Premium chromebooks remain a niche category. Whether this price represents any kind of value for a buyer depends very highly on whether that buyer was ever even in the market for such a device in the first place.
Good luck!
Jon
P.S. - Personally, I'm just grateful that my first-gen Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is still supported through 2030 (for now).
It's a really good laptop
Great battery life, great screen, great sound
Likely the best Chromebook ever made
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It's a really good laptop
Great battery life, great screen, great sound
Likely the best Chromebook ever made
The only thing that dings the first-generation Samsung Galaxy chromebook from maintaining the crown is the 8GB of RAM. Though 8GB remains suitable for ChromeOS and its associated Android and Linux subsystems (e.g. Crostini), 16GB (or more) could fully enable a ChromeOS device to also completely displace a companion Linux device for many purposes. In its defense, the system was launched in 2020(!).
Otherwise the CPU on the first-gen Samsung Galaxy chromebook remains OP for ChromeOS (reminder to everyone with a hyper threading capable CPU to consider re-enabling that performance feature once they've considered the associated security risks that got it turned off https://support.google.
The next bonkers model vying for best chromebook ever is surely Acer's gaming-oriented 516 GE model. The bonkers CPU and RAM configuration are maintained. The high-resolution, high-refresh rate, 100% sRGB color space screen is similarly well beyond anything that can normally be justified in the ChromeOS space. However, the platform compromised by ditching touchscreen availability (a key value considering ChromeOS support for Android apps) and portability (the 16" screen and overall design grew dimensions to 14 x 9.8 x 0.84 inches). However, special kudos go to Acer for integrating a 2.5 GbE port!
The Lenovo in this deal brings back an OLED touchscreen to the chromebook space, albeit a less showy 1080p design. Similarly, the aluminum design restores a premium no seen since the Galaxy chromebook, but at a distinctively less svelte 12.37 x 8.63 x 0.62 incehs. Additionally, the CPU might disappoint some users given how an ARM-based model could complicate Linux support for certain users. In many ways this model is simply a more traditional, beefed up implementation of Lenovo's Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook, which could easily be crowned best Chromebook tablet in its time (once Google gave up on their OEM entrant in the space).
And of course all of this is complicated by the upcoming Fall release of devices associated with Google's Googlebook initiative.
https://chromeunboxed.c
Those models are sure to crown some new "best of" devices, which may explain or suggest further discounting in the premium chromebook space!
Good luck!
Jon
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