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this video was brought to you by NCI X great technology selections and service hey guys this is Dmitry and welcome back to another haru-kun x review so the Chromebook where does it fit in within the list of portable devices it's not an ultrabook nor a tablet and it's not meant to compete with either but they all have something in common and that's portability and the user specific purpose the Chromebook is in a similar market waters as tablets because of the price which are $249 let's face it is very competitive the series 3 Chromebook looks and feels like an ultrabook it's quite light at 2.4 pounds and with dimensions that could easily be carrying around in a small bag also for an all-plastic design which looks a luminary is very deceiving it's actually quite sturdy although we did notice signs of wear at the bottom after just a few hours of use then for call activity and the bag features a power plug full-sized HDMI port USB 2 and USB 3 ports and a SIM card slot for 3G models and on the side we have a combined headphone / microphone jack and an SD card slot now given we only have 16 gigabytes of internal storage that SD card slot will come in handy for transferring documents or just you know media playback the screen is sized at 11.6 inches with the resolution of 1366 by 768 and in this price we can't complain but you can sure make out those pixels when working with text now viewing angles are nothing to brag about contrast drop significantly when viewed either from above or below but the screen manages to hold pretty strong with side-to-side viewing the webcam is only 0.3 megapixels which will come in handy for Google Hangouts and those Skype calls and we also have plenty of funny effects to be used for that FaceTime and the audio you listening to now is recorded by the built-in microphone on the Samsung Chromebook as you can hear it's pretty decent it would suffice for regular Skype calls and Google else as well the keyboard on the Chromebook has its flaws but that's actually quite nice first there's almost no flex and for something that's this thin it makes us happy second the travel time and the bounds for the keys is well executed for any text work which will most likely be doing if you do get the Chromebook third we have a set of Chrome OS specific buttons to maneuver your browser adjust the screen brightness and control your volume now it also has a useful built-in shortcut function which shows all quick navigation tips to be used with the Chromebook using the shift ctrl alt and search buttons as fortunately the keys are not backlit which makes working in dark environments a lot more difficult now the trackpad is smooth it supports two finger scrolling with left click integrate it into the lower portion of the trackpad and the right click only through two finger tap the speakers are positioned at the bottom which are okay for basic audio playback but we'll definitely be muffled when it's on your lap so the physical form of the Chromebook resembles an ultrabook or a small laptop but it's the stuff on the inside both the hardware and the software the differentiy the Chromebook from the rest of the device is now what's powering the entire system is an ARM based system on the chip with a dual-core processor the Exynos 5 which is found on mobile devices like phones tablets and PDAs with the speed of 1.7 gigahertz we also have 2 gigabytes of ddr3 memory which is shared with the GPU built into the system now this approach with the ARM based SOC allows excellent power efficiency with the to sell 30 watt hour battery which equates to about 6 hours of battery life with constant use at full brightness so not bad for a $250 device of course the system is powerful enough for working with several browser windows as long as you don't bring video into the equation as 1080p playback on YouTube is choppy and quite frankly unwatchable even bumping it down to 720p brings some hiccups now killing some time with Angry Birds we're not impressed with the performance so don't be expecting miracles with this machine so then this brings the question of what is possible with the Chromebook and that can be summarized in three words supported apps the Google Chrome OS does not support executables so installing anything outside of the Google store is off the limits even some apps in the store are not supported by the OS so leave light gaming for either your smartphone or your tablet now the OS itself is quite simple on the bottom left are all your icons and on the right as your clock battery life and the rest of the settings now you cannot actually populate the desktop with icons but windows snapping works very well and also windows cycling button comes in really handy for multitasking wakeup times and shutdown times are really fast which spoils the mood once you're back to say Windows 8 for example now given this is mainly a cloud oriented device you will constantly need internet connection to access your cloud files of course offline work is possible and it will synchronize all your files wants your backup online now the model we have here is a Wi-Fi only by 3G options are also available so this leaves very specific purpose for the Chromebook and that's portable text / browser work while you're on the go checking your email and browsing the web on your phone might not cut it so the Chromebook fills the gap between portable convenience and the need for proper browser experience of course at $350 that might sound crazy but the Chromebook offers compact and light 4 factor decent keyboard and great trackpad variety of connectivity including SD card slot and the USB 3 port for expandable storage and an excellent battery life however the ARM based SOC isn't really all that powerful and clogs up during 1080p video playback and even during Angry Birds and given the Chromebook is a cloud-based device Internet connectivity is a must so unless you have a 3g version of the Chromebook you'll be limited to offline work on your Google Docs so the Chromebook provides a very specific experience that is concentrated around doing text heavy work while you're on the go just remember it's not meant to replace an ultrabook or a tablet but instead compliment you Wallet for on-the-go cloud work so thanks guys for watching let us know what you think of the Chromebook the series 3 leave your comments down below don't forget to subscribe right and like this video and we'll see you guys in the next one