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Google has come out with a brand new Chromebook this is the HP Chromebook 11 and if you're not familiar with Chromebooks they're a little different than a typical laptop they run Google's Chrome operating system and who would want something like this well if you're someone who does most of your work online then a Chromebook is pretty good it's really affordable this one is 279 and compared to last year's Samsung Chromebook there are a few improvements one the screen it's about 50 percent brighter and it has a wider viewing angle it's very thin and light and has a very finished design you can see there's the edges are very rounded and if you're worried about plastic being flimsy they actually have a magnesium frame inside to give it some strength and support so you can hold it from the corner and it's not really going to bend and wobble on you this feels pretty sturdy another unique thing about the Chromebook is that you don't see speakers anywhere that's because they tuck the speaker's underneath the keyboard that way you don't accidentally muffle the speaker's if you have this on your lap or if you're sitting on the bed it's just right there coming from the keys it also has an interesting charger it works with a micro USB charger not that typical unique charger that you need for a laptop you can use the same charger on this as you can with a smartphone a tablet one cord will charge all your devices if you get it in white you can have a choice of four different accent colors the typical Google colors green blue red yellow if you're not a fan of the white and the colorful there's also piano black you find this as a laptop that's great for families looking for a second laptop that they can give their kids and not have to worry about who has access to what because it's so affordable it's easy to get online and it's also something that Google is pushing to schools since for the price of one chromebook it's cheaper than some tablets out there the Chromebook comes with a few goodies you get a hundred gigabytes of Google Drive cloud storage free for two years and you also get two months of a free trial with Google Play Music all access and 12 free sessions of gogo in-flight Internet someone who's a frequent flyer has two gigabytes of RAM and a 16 gigabyte solid state drive inside and has two USB ports this model connects online with Wi-Fi but there is a 4G version coming out if you want wireless internet on the go that price hasn't been announced yet the Chromebook may not be for everyone but it's a great Buy if you do most your work online because it's just an easy way to get online fast to start working you might not be able to download all types of programs onto this but not everyone needs that sometimes the family might want to buy an extra one just for their kids to get online in the house and it's more affordable than some tablets out there for CNET I'm Bridget Carey