Samsung - 11.6" Chromebook 3 - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC flash memory - Black

Would recommend this product my son liked he received it for Christmas.

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My desktop is getting up in its age so I was in the market for something smaller, portable, light enough to carry around, plenty of battery life and of course it had to be affordable. I figured I was out of luck searching for something that touched all those bases until I came across this chromebook. I've never used a chromebook before and wasn't sure if I was going to like it, but its quickly become my go to unit for all things computer related. While it in itself is not a full laptop, the differences were not a deal breaker for me. It's fast, boots up lightning quick, I can multitask, read emails, watch videos, write papers, make presentations for college and so much more. Do yourself a favor and don't count this little guy out if you're in the market for something new and affordable.

I actually bought this for my partner mainly, it was a present for him, and I sometimes use it to poke around on the internet and shop while sitting on the couch, we also plan on using it when we travel so that we don't have to bring my big, professional laptop if I don't even need to work while out of town. I personally have high expectations, I work on both desktop and portable Macs in a tech centric/design field, so I'll preface with saying I'm spoiled and I use high end computers a lot and my eye is trained for color because of my profession. The display on the Samsung Chromebook 3 has a fairly heavy blue tint and the colors are very desaturated. I notice this and it drives me a bit crazy, because all I do all day is work with color and color correcting images. I was actually shocked after getting this home and seeing the display that there were no reviews mentioning how off balance the colors are on the display. I even went back into the store and looked at the display model to compare it and make sure it wasn't just that ours was defective, but the display model had the same color tint and saturation issue. Others may not notice unless they compare it to a better, more neutral display, but if you're doing any kind of online shopping you may be surprised when products show up and discover that they are far, far more vibrant and warmer than they appeared on your display. So that's one strike against it for me, it bothers me, because part of why I wanted this was so that when I was shopping online I didn't have to sit at my desk on my work computer, however it doesn't bother my partner in the slightest, not that he's buying things online based on color. For basic web browsing and word processing it won't really matter. Another reason we bought it was to watch movies while we're traveling, however the speakers are incredibly quiet and since they are on the bottom in an apparently not too well located spot it is very muffled unless you lift it up on something (even then we can barely hear it). Then there's the whole thing with how the screen is desaturated so the image is not that great for watching movies. I have some issues with the mouse jumping around while I'm trying to scroll with the two finger scrolling motion, it's frustrating, but my partner has bigger hands/fingers and doesn't seem to have the issue. I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to sense my fingers often, I own another laptop and don't have issues with the trackpad on that. It's also a bit slower than I had expected, but again, I'm used to working on a very fast computer for my work that cost 12x as much, so my comparison/expectations are maybe too high and I'm also one of those people who has a million tabs open in Chrome at all times (you really can't do that with this Chromebook, once there's more than 3 open it really starts slowing down). For basic web browsing and word processing in Google Docs I think it's sufficient. It's a great size, the construction is good and the body is sleek, it's very light weight and it's extremely cheap. I think if you don't want to or can't afford to go over $200 but need something to get online with it's a great option, probably one of the better Chromebooks in it's price range. I personally would rate it 3 stars, but due to my bias of working with higher end computers for my daily purposes and just how cheap this Samsung is I'm adding another star. I feel like for $179, you're probably actually getting a bit more than you're paying for. As far as screen clarity and speaker volume if that's an issue the Asus 11" 2-in-1 has similar specs, but far better quality display and speakers, however it's around $100 more and has a clunkier body, not as attractive body. Had we been able to see the $199 HP Chromebook in the store and tested that out we might have gone with that one, but the Samsung will do for now.

I bought this as a gift for someone who would used it to watch videos online. Samsung is a well-liked brand by her, and the reviews online also looked decent. When I went into the store to check it out, it was a lot smaller than I had anticipated! However, it turned out to be the perfect size. The other ones that were bigger seemed huge. We also did have a problem at first with one of the arrow keys almost "sticking" (but it wasn't sticking - it felt like it was off track somehow), but we ended up exchanging for a different one in store with no problem. The new one is perfect, and I'm glad to have chosen this Chromebook! If you are looking for a quality laptop for surfing the web with no extras to worry about, I would recommend this one. The Chrome OS is also very user friendly, especially suited for people who are not tech savvy.

This is so perfect for my 15 yr old daughter. She lives on this chromebook. Homework, netflix, youtube!! You get what you need without having to spend so much money. Great quality is quick and not bulky. She loves it and I am so glad I bought this one!! Can't go wrong.

This cromebook is an affordable way for you to purchase a cromebook for yourself or others. It doesn’t have a lot of the bells and whistles of an exspensive unit but serves the purpose

I really like my Samsung Chromebook but I have to say that my new one (I had to replace my old one when it "died") is not as easy to use keyboardwise. I make more mistakes and I miss letters when typing. I did try this to compare to the Acer Chromebook and felt it was better than the Acer. But, after having it at home, I feel like it's not as good of a keyboard as my old one from maybe 3-5 years ago. I feel the problem could be that the tops of the keys are not high enough. But, overall this product serves my purpose quite well. I just wish my old one hadn't died. I love Chromebooks for their simplicity. Most of us do email and browse the internet and so this is perfect and much more affordable. I recommend this to everyone who is in the market for a new laptop type of computer.