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116 Reviews
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At only 1.1kg & 17.5mm it's easy to carry, Good clicky feel and travel for a Chiclet keyboard, Fit and finish is good for the low price tag, Much more responsive trackpad than a netbook, 100GB of free online storage for 2 years, Never worry about bloatwar
200 nit brightness display struggles outdoors, Online games struggle to maintain framerate, Underside scratches due to low feet height, Limited use when offline, Performance degrades beyond a dozen tabs
The Chromebook can easily replace a Netbook if the intended use is primarily online. In fact, the overall experience is generally more seamless with less waiting time for boot ups and applications to start and finish. Battery efficiency is fairly comparab...
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Published: 2013-05-14, Author: Christopher , review by: techradar.com
Cheap, Light, Simple to use, Secure, Reasonable keyboard
Web apps only, Some build issues, Lacklustre screen, No 3G option in the UK, Insufficient power for HD or gaming
Traditionally, we'd have said that a Chromebook isn't good enough to be your primary computer, and in too crowded a market with smartphones and even tablets, to consider as a second computer. Things change, though. It's not the technologies that change –...
Abstract: A year ago, we saw the first Samsung Chromebook and we were left feeling pretty underwhelmed with it. Not only was the hardware clunky and slow, but Google’s much-anticipated Chrome OS was far more basic and limited in what it could do that we were exp...
4GB RAM, Improved Chrome OS, Faster processor than the previous version
Relatively high price, Need to always be online, Limitations of Chrome OS
Solid hardware and a slightly improved Chrome OS aren't enough to save the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 from the hordes of similarly priced but more capable tablets and laptops. There are way too many caveats and compromises for us to recommend it....
After my time with the Samsung Chromebook Series 5. I must say I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen. I spend a lot of my time online viewing various web pages, Youtube, listening to music and this little device didn’t disappoint in the slightest. In...
Abstract: It seems about 18 months ago when Google first showed their Chrome operating system, this notebook from Samsung is the first that I have seen that uses it. Can we get used to an operating system that relies on the Internet?...
Expensive; we couldn't do our computing purely in the cloud.
Sadly the good build, usability, battery life and instant-on features don't do enough to make the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook a device we'd want to recommend. If your computing life revolves solely around the cloud, you might consider it - but only if ...
Abstract: The most amazing thing about Google's inaugural Chromebooks is that they come with a file manager. It's not much of a file manager, but it's relatively easy to find, and it gives you relatively quick access to the files you've download or screenshots y...
