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hey everyone this is Jimmy with Jim's review room welcome to another review now it's been a while since Samsung came up with their Chromebook the last one they made was back in knocked over of 2012 and for 2014 Samsung released their most up-to-date system the model I have here is the samsung chromebook 2 11 and 1/2 inch model it's priced at $319 and I should be receiving the 13-inch model pretty soon which is 399 dollars now there are some new updates to the system that seems promising and I'll see how it fared out in my average day so without further adieu we'll get started now there's definitely a market out there for those just looking for a laptop computer that's also budget-friendly and just does the basics without paying an arm and a leg and with a Chromebook it fits right in that niche now if you're not familiar with Chromebook I suggest watching my video what is a Chromebook for more information on why it's different from Windows and Apple now back on topic here the samsung chromebook 2 relatively stays the same size and the thinness doesn't change either remaining at 0.66 inches now the weight just slightly increases from 2.4 pounds to 2.6 pounds on this model but either/or in my opinion it's still a very portable and light enough notebook to carry but upon my first impressions and also during long-term testing I gotta admit Samsung really improved on its build quality when you first grab the Chromebook the lid with the imitation leather and faux stitching is very grippy more than any other Samsung tablet I've held that has the same backing and the only other device where I felt this secure hold and supple feedback is the now old Barnes and Noble Nook HD tablet to me it's a very welcoming field that really makes the Chromebook feel more expensive than it really is but also providing that sense of security when holding the construction is much better overall I'll be at plastic the chassis seems that much more stiff and rigid with much less flex the hinged lid is now more secure and is as good as the other Chromebook tablets on the market and sometimes you get laptops that are just too sensitive and while typing your palm hits that touchpad causing your cursor on the screen to move that a touchpad to me seems very well-balanced with just enough subtle sensitivity to click on items and also while tapping with two fingers it right clicks now going over its physical ports the left side has a full HDMI connection to connect to your TV with a USB 3.0 port and power input to follow the left side also houses a micro SD card reader so you can expand memory beyond the 16 gig hard drive the crumble comes with and it's unusual in my opinion that they went with a micro SD card reader since the previous Samsung Chromebook was able to read regular-sized SD cards along with other Chromebook manufacturers out there presently but I think smartphones are becoming more prevalent and I just reviewed the smart camera by Samsung the NX mini which also used a micro SD card it's possible that Samsung is steering the industry to using more micro SD cards in general just for its size convenience but that's just my speculation am I in fear by getting back on topic here the very front and rear of the Chromebook doesn't have any connections and the right side has a USB 2.0 port with a 3 and 1/2 millimeter input for your headphones the webcam gets bumped up to a 720p resolution which is huge when compared to the VGA webcam they were using previously and you can see on your screen the left side is the old model and what many competitors are using right now into the right is a Samsung Chromebook 2 now again the screen comes in at 11 and a half inches with a resolution of 1366 by 768 and I think we're all hoping for at least a 1080p resolution and all the Chromebooks coming out but sadly we're stuck here though the screen is still in no question good for a budget price laptop that is and does what it needs to do and as I've stated in my previous Chromebook reviews for this price range you're going to see this resolution being the norm for at least 2013 and I would assume companies will continue to bring this resolution over to 2014 as well unfortunately that is now moving on internally Samsung uses its own develop processor which is also found similarly on their tablets it's the octa-core exynos 5 which 4 cores runs at one point 90 Hertz and the last four runs at one point 3 gigahertz and Samsung was nice enough to now include 4 gigs of ram as being the standard now other notable features are wireless ABG and Wi-Fi connections with wireless AC which is the latest and fastest technology soon to be available in a system update / Samsung now in addition the latest Bluetooth 4.0 is also built-in to connect to all of your Bluetooth enabled devices and Samsung also claims up to eight hours of better life and through my testing running through what appears to be a typical day of emails web surfing watching a Netflix video etc real world testing yielded just a hair above seven hours of news and while testing the unit remained cool with only warm when leaving this on your lap so with all that being said Samsung's performance yielded perfectly fine for everyday casual news pulling up email going out to Facebook browsing photos went without a hitch watching YouTube videos and high-definition wasn't a problem and Netflix ran smooth thanks to now the four gigs of RAM I can open up a reasonable amount of chrome tabs and since our Chromebook operating software runs through the web and not through apps or files like your a traditional smartphone or traditional computer you can say testing the web browser Chrome was most ideal now with 10 open chrome tabs at the same time that's when I started noticing just very slight stutters but still a very usable experience but when you get up to 12 to 14 tabs open that's when it starts to become an unpleasant experience now as for gaming it does run anything that I've encountered so far through the web typically web-based games are not as 3d intensive and demanding as an app say on the tablet and I personally do not recommend the Chromebook for gaming as it's just very limited in content compared to all the other computer platforms available again if you're unfamiliar with Chromebook I highly suggest watching my video what is a Chromebook to understand the positives but also some limitations Chromebooks in general possesses so to wrap things up Chromebooks in general does have its a lower though it's budget-friendly pricing basically still allows you to do what you cash Leawood on a standard get more expensive laptop now although Chromebooks don't allow you to download and install programs the Google ecosystem comes with some good products free like Google Docs to substitute Microsoft Word Google Hangouts for chatting and webcaming and the flexibility of connecting an external hard drive or flash drive to watch movies store photos etc now if that's all you're doing is social media typing papers watching movies and listening to music to make powerpoints and checking your bank statements and syncing your calendar let's say all that is perfectly fine with the Chromebook and specifically with this Chromebook as well now don't intend unprofessionally photoshopping or hardcore video editing on this unit or machine and so that's about it there so visit me on facebook or google+ for behind the scenes content I hope this review helped you in some way and if you have not please take your time to like and subscribe to this video for future looks to new products this is Jimmy with Jim's review room take care everyone bye