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Should you choose Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 vs. Lenovo Flex 5i (2021)?

Bright, shiny, and new Lenovo Duet 5 Chromebook $430 at Amazon (4GB/64GB) Pros Brighter screen Detachable keyboard Long battery life Better speakers Cons Weaker processor Not as stable in your lap After fixing the small problems with the original Duet, the Duet 5 is a Chromebook tablet that you can legitimately use as a full-time computer. The Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 isn't super-powerful, but that 400-nit screen is amazing, the speakers are wonderful, and the 8GB RAM configurations handle casual browsing and light-to-normal work well. Traditional power Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook $479 at Amazon (Intel Core i3, 8GB) Pros

Chromebooks in schools top 50 million as Google seeks to improve repairs

Whether schools need help choosing or repairing Chromebooks, Google wants to keep it simple. What you need to know Google for Education is launching a Chromebook repair program to simplify the buying and repair of Chrome devices for schools. The announcement comes as Google also announced Chromebooks in schools have passed the 50 million mark, a year after reporting 40 million at its 10-year birthday. Google also took time to highlight its Chromebook discovery tool for helping educators pick which Chromebooks to buy and the ecological footprint of Chromebooks compared to other machines. While Chromebook sales are coming back down to normal after the COVID Chromebook rush of 2020, school districts are still buying them up by the milli

Make sure you have plenty of storage to go with your Chromebox

Chromeboxes aren't laptops. You're not tossing one into a backpack and setting it up at Starbucks. Instead, it sits quietly behind a screen of some sort and is always ready. That means there's no reason to try and get by with 16 or 32GB of storage. Most models are easy to take apart and upgrade if you're the DIY type, but adding more storage is as easy as plugging in a cable. These are the best external hard drives and SSDs for your Chromebox . The affordable choice WD 1TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive Staff Pick WD My Passport is the best Chromebox hard drive you can buy at a bargain. It's a spinning disk drive so you won't be breaking any read speed records, but it's perfect for storing photos, music and video. It's also available in 1TB to 5TB options. From $52 at Amazon When you wanna go fast! SAMSUNG T5 Portable SSD 1TB External Solid State Drive If you need a big boost in storage for your Chromebox but need to have SSD speeds,

This lowest-ever HP Chromebook Prime Day deal is ready for your vacation

While many of us have spent the last year working from home and distance learning, with the world opening back up, it's time to take a trip and explore. Taking your primary laptop with you on vacations and afternoon jaunts to the coffee shop can be risky business — what if it gets stolen? Or breaks? — and let's be real, when you're out in the world, you're usually just using your laptop to check email and kill time. You don't need your clunky old 15 or 17-inch laptop for any of that! Instead, you can save your back, your sanity, and your private data by taking advantage of fantastic Prime Day Chromebook deals to grab a lightweight, quick-to-boot Chromebook that's ready for all-day excursions and whatever vacation you're planning this summer. HP Chromebook 11a | $32 off at Amazon It may lack a touchscreen, but this Chromebook has the essentials you need to browse the web, play some Android games, and get homework done. It features the same MediaTek 8

The best Chromebook deals for Prime Day 2021

As millions of us continue to learn and work from home, Prime Day deals will make a great time to replace your aging desktop or add another Chromebook to your family's collection. Most of the best Chromebooks have been available for over a year now, which means that deals are much more likely this year than they were last year — when we were also in the midst of the 2020 Chromebook shortage. Part of why Chromebooks have (almost) always had great deals on Prime Day is that mid-range Chromebooks come down to budget prices, and budget Chromebooks come down to impulse-buy prices. Considering that Chrome OS is designed to run on more affordable hardware to begin with, and that means that Prime Day is the best time to get a laptop, especially a budget laptop. Premium Chromebooks like the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook are already seeing deep discounts ahead of Prime Day, so you can grab a great Chromebook and have it in time for Prime Day on Monday. No matter your budget this Prime D