Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Laptops, Chromed out

Laptops, Chromed out
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To test the current state of the Chromebook, we played with three recent Chromebooks available: the Samsung Chromebook 2, the Dell Chromebook 11, and Toshiba Chromebook. (Zero points for original names.)
Samsung's Chromebook 2 is a leather-bound 13-inch laptop with style and finesse. As the priciest of the bunch at $400, the Chromebook 2 is the only laptop running on Samsung's own central processing unit (basically the brains of the computer) and it shows. It's slower than the competition, chugging along with occasional stops and pauses during anything from basic typing to loading web pages. It’s not slow… it just gets winded quickly and needs a breather every few minutes or so, and more often under a heavy workload. And that's not just because it boasts a bigger 1080p HD display.
The Chromebook 2 is, of the bunch and compared to plenty of standard laptops, a work of art. Leatherbound and thin, it’s classy in a Mad Men sort of way. You want to be seen with it. It looks good and feels even better in the hand and bag. Of the tested laptops, it’s the best for multimedia thanks to the bigger, glossy full-HD display and higher-quality speakers. A free year of Wunderlist Pro and eight hours of continuous battery with like dell Vostro 3350 battery, Dell 0XXDG0 Battery, Dell Latitude E4400 Battery, Dell HW905 Battery, Dell Latitude C400 Battery, Dell 00R271 Battery, Dell Latitude 2100 Battery, Dell C9880 Battery, Dell XPS M2010 Battery, Dell MN151 Battery, Dell Latitude D420 Battery, Dell Inspiron 1012 Batterylife should help get all of your tasks done before the day’s end.
Dell's Chromebook 11 is the smallest, but call it David because it packs the biggest punch. I've clocked over nine hours of continuous battery life for productivity, meaning a constant network connection and plenty of web browsing and multimedia playback. Plus unlike the larger Samsung, the Chromebook 11 doesn't sputter. It runs buttery-smooth.
The 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution display is much smaller than the average laptop not named MacBook Air. For an 11-inch screen that's just fine. If it ever feels cramped, just plug in to an external display (Chromebooks support one external monitor with a resolution of up to 2,560 x 1,600 display). The Chromebook 11 is still fast even with two dozen tabs open while streaming full-HD video.
The quality of the screen isn't the best, but it's certainly good enough for basic video playback, productivity and outdoor use. The small size, lightweight chassis and long battery life make it a great companion machine.
It’s almost too easy to carry everywhere. I’ve taken it to the beach, coffee shops, parks and more without a bag. Also, at $300, it’s so inexpensive that I’ve never worried about it. Everything is saved online, so even a spill in the ocean is a purely monetary loss, and a light one at that.
Last but not least, Toshiba's Chromebook shares almost identical components to the Dell except for a 13-inch screen. Like the Dell, it sells for $300, though that’s $20 more than the equivalent model. Toshiba only offers 2 GB of RAM on their Chromebook, compared to 4 GB on the Samsung and a 4 GB option on the Dell.
Toshiba’s Chromebook, however, feels like the cheapest of the bunch. The keyboard and trackpad aren't as good as on the Samsung or Dell, the 1,366 x 768 display produces slightly worse picture quality, and battery life hovers just under the Samsung at seven and a half hours. Less RAM also makes it slower than the Dell, though it doesn’t sputter like the Samsung.

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