Chromebook
A modern enthusiast will scoff at the concept of a Chromebook – limited performance, capabilities, and a simplistic OS for doing some serious work? The fact is that the Chromebook, and Chrome OS, have been gazumping good portions of the notebook market share in recent years, mostly down to its stripped down nature but also the low pricing. In 2019 AMD relaunched its older A-series APUs for Chromebooks, meeting that market need. However, at CES this year we saw the first indication of premium $700+ Chromebooks from Intel. Now AMD is moving into a higher performance space with its Chromebook offerings with new optimized Ryzen hardware and Vega graphics. Today AMD is announcing five new processors for Chromebooks. AMD Chromebook APUs AnandTech Cores Base MHz Turbo MHz GPU CUs GPU MHz TDP Silicon C-Series Zen+Vega Ryzen 7 3700C 4C/8T 2300 4000 10 1400 15 W Picasso Ryzen 5 3500C 4C/8T 2100 3700 8 1200 15...
HP Announces the Latest Chromebook 14 G5 and Chromebook 11 G6: Up to 7th Gen Quad Core Celeron
This year at 2018 CES, HP will be announcing a few new and updated products to their laptop lineup, displays, and other productivity-related items. In the days leading up...
6 by Joe Shields on 1/5/2018Google Launches Pixelbook: 12.3” LCD, Kaby Lake, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Assistant, Stylus
On Wednesday, Google launched a new iteration of its own Chrome OS-based laptops. The new notebook has a different form-factor and can be transformed into a tablet. It has...
76 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2017Made By Google October 2017 Live Blog
We're here at the SFJAZZ Center for Google's second Made By Google press event. Last year saw the release of the Pixel XL smartphone, the Chromecast Ultra, Daydream, and...
27 by Ryan Smith on 10/4/2017ASUS Launches the 360º Chromebook Flip C213: 11.6-inch Apollo Lake, Starting $349
Back in January of this year, ASUS announced they were coming to market with a new Chromebook targeted specifically at education-focused customers. With Google focusing on Education in their...
21 by Joe Shields on 7/12/2017Lenovo Launches 2-in-1 Flex 11 Chromebook: Quad-Core SoC, 4 GB RAM, from $279
Lenovo has announced its first 2-in-1 Chromebook designed specifically for consumers. The Flex 11 laptop is powered by an SoC with four ARM cores, features a 360° hinge, a...
30 by Anton Shilov on 4/22/2017Samsung Announces Updated Notebook 9, Odyssey, and Chromebook Plus/Pro
Today at Samsung’s CES 2017 press conference there were a number of announcements for their mobile PCs. At a high level, this includes the Notebook 9 refresh, a new...
19 by Joshua Ho on 1/4/2017Acer Announces The Rugged Chromebook 11 N7: Designed For Education
Although Chrome OS hasn’t taken off in an appreciable way for the average consumer, it has certainly taken a foot hold in education, especially in the US. Today Acer...
38 by Brett Howse on 1/3/2017New Chrome OS Update Enables Google Play on Acer’s and ASUS' Chromebooks
Google has released an update for its Chrome OS that enables select Chromebooks to run apps designed for Google Android and access Google Play Store. Right now, only two...
23 by Anton Shilov on 9/24/2016HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, 16 GB of RAM and USB-C
HP has announced a new family of Chromebooks, which are powered by Intel’s high-performance processors and feature stylish design, aluminum body, high-resolution display and even Bang & Olufsen...
145 by Anton Shilov on 5/3/2016Acer Unveils New Chromebook 14 with Up to 14-Hour Battery Life
Acer this week introduced its new family of Chromebooks that wed performance with portability. The new laptops feature multi-core x86 microprocessors, 14” displays as well as aluminum chassis. Even...
42 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2016Toshiba Refreshes The Chromebook 2 With Broadwell
Toshiba announced today that it has refreshed their Chromebook 2 model. The new version will be available with 5th generation Core i3 or Celeron processors. Thanks to the the...
15 by Brett Howse on 9/22/2015ASUS Releases Convertible ChromeBook Flip C100
Today ASUS is launching a new Chromebook, but this one gets the flip treatment with a 360° hinge. According to ASUS, it brings together the experiences of a tablet...
46 by Brett Howse on 7/20/2015The Dell Chromebook 11 Touch Review
Today I'm looking at a Chromebook from Dell. It's the Dell Chromebook 11 Touch. More accurately, it may be called the New Dell Chromebook 11 Touch or the Dell...
46 by Brandon Chester on 5/7/2015Google Announces $149 Chromebooks and the Chromebit Chrome OS Stick
Today Google announced a number of new Chrome OS products that will be available in the future from their OEM partners. The main focus of all these devices appears...
25 by Brandon Chester on 3/31/2015The Chromebook Pixel (2015) Review
Google's Chrome OS has always been similar to Microsoft Windows in how one company provides the operating system for many different manufacturers to use on their own devices. But...
123 by Brandon Chester on 3/16/2015Google Launches The New Chromebook Pixel (2015)
Two years ago Google released the original Chromebook Pixel to the world. To this day it has remained the most premium and expensive Chromebook ever made, with specifications that...
78 by Brandon Chester on 3/11/2015Dell Updates Education Solutions with New Chromebook 11, Latitude 11, and Venue 10/10 Pro Offerings
Today Dell announced a collection of product updates with a focus on education, with the announcement of a new Chromebook 11, Dell Latitude 11 Education Series, and Venue 10...
25 by Jarred Walton on 2/12/2015Toshiba Chromebook 2: A Feast for the Eyes
Chromebooks are often viewed as a low cost alternative to Windows laptops, and as such they are frequently a victim of the race to the bottom, where the manufacturers...
66 by Jarred Walton on 2/11/2015Acer Chromebook 13: 1080p with Tegra K1
The Google Chromebook has a rather interesting history, starting as an always connected device with all your data stored in the cloud and slowly but steadily transforming into a...
71 by Jarred Walton on 1/23/2015Acer Announces Enhanced Durability Education Chromebooks
This morning coinciding with the FETC (Florida Education Technology Conference), Acer announced two new Chromebooks with enhanced durability targeted at education customers, the C740 and C910. Both feature reinforced...
5 by Jarred Walton on 1/21/2015