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hey guys this is Austin is that $170 Chromebook worth it the susi 201 is one of the cheapest laptops you can buy but at first glance it really doesn't look bad thanks to the plastic build it's lightweight but it still feels relatively sturdy there's a little flex in the chassis but it's still durable enough to survive life in a bag pop open the lid and it still really doesn't show its price the smooth silver finish feels nice and even the screen bezel is decently sized the biggest difference between the SI 201 and most other Chromebooks is actually on the inside instead of an Intel processor we're looking at a rock chip 3288 quad-core CPU which is essentially a tablet processor even though Chrome OS is hardly the most demanding operating system I expected some serious lag but it really wasn't there it can't match the sheer speed of a higher-end laptop but it feels every bit as snappy as most other Chromebooks I've tried there is an option to go with 4 gigabytes of RAM but 2 gigs is totally usable even with quite a few tabs open things really don't slow down it's fanless which helps to keep it thin and battery life this absolute top notch and only does it put most laptops to shame but it's better than a lot of tablets out there and since this is a Chromebook it's not all that different from a tablet as it's all about the browser over the last few years Google has made some serious progress in making Chrome OS more usable but everything is still built around the Chrome browser there are advantages to this you can grab a brand new Chromebook and set it up almost immediately by logging into your Google account it's basically the full-featured experience too with support for flash and a decent amount of web apps including Spotify TweetDeck and even desktop like apps like sunrise you won't be able to install normal programs or games but a huge amount of what I do every day is inside a browser where a Chromebook really makes sense is as a secondary laptop it might only be a hundred and seventy dollars but we've got full 802 11 AC Wi-Fi for top-notch internet speeds which is especially important for a computer that relies on internet connection it's small enough to easily carry all day for taking notes and browsing the web and while the hardware isn't super premium it's a lot more usable than a tablet it's rocking a full-size keyboard and while it's slightly mushy it's still better than some laptops I've used at three times the price it's the same story for the trackpad it's on the smaller side but it's accurate and supports multi-touch it even has a surprisingly decent 720p webcam it might not blow you away but it's definitely better than a certain other laptop with an 11.6 inch screen the 768 P resolution is fine but it's a TN panel with average colors and pretty poor viewing angles it's totally usable but this is one of the biggest areas where the price is noticeable the speakers are also seriously lacking third downward facing and really quiet you'll probably want to do some pair of headphones if you care at all about audio this is C 201 really does look like a much higher end laptop there's just no big deal breaker performance is good enough and the screen is totally usable when will s make sense on a laptop like this even if it was running Windows you wouldn't want to be doing much more demanding work on it anyway going into this video I really wasn't expecting much I've been pleasantly surprised unless you want to spend over twice as much it's hard to go wrong with the C 201