Best chromebook under £250?

scarras_ballsack

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Main uses will be for uni work, so internet browsing and note taking, do any of these come with office and is it possible to get, or just google docs?
 
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Any other reccomendations? I found that one online for the same £229 which seems like a decent price. Are there any in the same price range that have 4gb of ram. would 2gb be too low?
 


2gb would be fine but if you open a lot of tabs while browsing it tends to be laggy.

would try ebay . not sure if you mind used though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xasus+c300&_nkw=asus+c300&_sacat=0

 

sora

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I personally wouldn't trust used electronics on eBay as it could be pretty sketchy.
 

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I think the Acer c720 probably accounts for 30% of all Chromebooks sold, i.e. its the #1 seller. It is very compact, has a great set of ports, and the fastest CPU of any Chromebook (Celeron 2955U and i3-4005, both are the fastest in their class). On amazon the c720 is the #4 selling laptop.

Most of the Chromebooks this year have a SIGNIFICANTLY slower processor, the N2840, a 4-cpu ATOM processor, which is about 25%-40% slower than the Celeron 2955U. See www.passmark.com for full details.
 

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Atm I'm considering either the c720p or the hp 14 (the 4gb ram version with 16gb ssd) http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1471724.htm#pdpFullProductInformation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgX40ImDjxI This video makes them look pretty comparable and I feel if I wanted to multitask the hp 14 would be better. Any thoughts?

 

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Well, the HP 14 would not be a bad laptop at all. If you feel that it is better for multitasking go ahead although internet browsing and notetaking does not take much.
 
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