Samsung - 11.6" Chromebook - Intel Atom x5 - 2GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - Night Charcoal

I thought Best Buy had made a typo listing this Samsung Chromebook 3 as coming with an Atom X5 E8000 CPU (actually it’s a micro-motherboard “System on Chip”, much more integrated than Old Skool CPU motherboards). My 3 purchased last year with 4gb/32gb came with an N3060 Celeron. Now, the low-end Celeron series like that N3060 are really just Atoms allowed to run faster (and hotter), they actually have same processor “architecture” as release-date matching Atom-series SOC’s like this X5 E8000. In this case, my new Samsung Chromebook 3 is, in fact, running on an Atom vs. last year’s running the N3060, so it runs slower, but guess what, it is as fast as last years maybe faster because the Atom E8000 has 4 cores but the N3060 only 2 cores. It’s definitely faster than my low-end N3060 Windows 10 “Win-books”, So. This makes a great browsing and typing tool. I can work on a Google Doc word processing document in one tab and easily switch to background tabs for research. I haven’t loaded more than 10 tabs, and I don’f play music on YouTube etc. in the background - I manage my processor load to leave resources free for the real work (also uninstalled the Android support in Settings, and turned off Google Assistant). Caution: the Google Chromebook program is under a lot of criticism for early expiration dates for brand new computers - my $89-on-sale Samsung Chromebook 3 had a bleak note on its 3-months old carton declaring there would be no updates after June 2021 (yes the manufacture date on my unit’s carton was only 3 months ago). This expiration date was extended last week to June 2022. That’s still short, and either Google will be exposing a lot of users to hacking after that, or creating a lot of e-waste, so I and others are hoping for support at least a long as Windows gets. Oh - an internet website recently destructively drop-tested 10 different Chromebook models and this inexpensive Samsung was one of two that survived.

The Chromebook is a shocking quality for the price. I would recommend this to anyone. The keyboard and mouse feel great, the screen gets very bright, functions shockingly well. Although on the box it says something to the effect of "support for this product will end XXX 2021" which I mean is less than 2 years away so I'm not sure how I feel about that. But for the price, I justified it haha. If you're looking for a Chromebook you won't feel bad your kids would beat to death, or just a go-to for checking emails and maybe the occasional video, this Chromebook is pretty good.

This chromebook has a terrible screen, and it's slow when more than one task it's running. Know your expectations though. It functions perfectly as a spare laptop to keep around for checking email, web browsing, and even for homework. For the price I consider this a winner.

I am using it primarily for training videos at work and internet use. It works for those tasks have not used it much for anything else that is what my apple is for. Easy to use and light enough to carry around. For the price could not pass up.

The end of life on this machine is marked on the physical box as June 2021. This information was difficult to come across ahead of physically picking the item up (and then immediately returning). If you do buy this model, know you will be out of security updates in less than 2 years. That known, it would be decent for basic surfing for the time you're protected.

This laptop is nice i like it because I use google a lot