Samsung simply launched a sturdy, compact and reasonably priced 12.4” Chromebook laptop computer aimed toward college students and lecturers.

With a retail value of round $430, this new laptop computer is about $120 cheaper than the 13.3” Galaxy Chromebook 2. Regardless of the distinction in identify, each laptops have a 360-degrees hinge, so they’re really in the identical product household.

The worth distinction comes from a number of key elements: the display screen dimension (12.4” vs. 13.3”), its decision (1920×1080 vs. 2560×1600), the CPU efficiency, and the battery life.

This Chromebook 2 360 is powered by an Intel Celeron N4500 and 4GB of RAM, which appears tight to me, however ought to stay “purposeful sufficient” within the context of utilizing the laptop computer to review. This CPU is often utilized in low-price laptop computer Home windows merchandise.

Usually, the pc ought to work effectively with right now’s college necessities, together with video conferencing, due to its 720p digicam.

There’s 64GB or 128GB (+$20) of storage, however a microSD slot would permit extending the storage if wanted. There are additionally one full-size USB and one USB-C port for additional connectivity.

Should you can afford the marginally costlier Samsung Chromebooks, I’m tempted to say they supply larger worth for the worth and person expertise primarily based on the paper specs.

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