@communist the 4 gig of ddr3 is more important than the processor speed. I’d be worried more about the fact it only has 16gb of storage. yeah, you can put in an ssd, but…
This is running Chrome-OS not windows- it doesn’t need nearly the same power to achieve similar performance. Having said that, there are better processors out there for Chromebooks that I would rather use though like the Celeron 3215U on the Toshiba Chromebook 2
@RedOak I click meh on a deal even if I buy it. Which I didn’t with this one (buy it, that is). Bad deal IMO. And I already have a Dell XPS 13 (admittedly much more expensive, but much more performance and storage for about the same weight or less)
@awk lost at Lenovo without Thinkpad. I have an IdeaPad y510p. No, didn’t get super fish as far as I know but it still leaves a bad taste. Lenovo is a tarnished brand.
4 GB RAM and that CPU aren’t enough to handle even my day-to-day browsing habits. People who hate having too many tabs open tend to faint when they look at my screens.
@communist I have 8 GB RAM at work (I work in IT but we all use Surface Pros at my office - multiple monitors, lots of tabs, usually a few remote access windows open) and 16 GB at home (above-mentioned browsing, gaming, video and audio editing).
@RedOak Yeah, that’s kind of how I use them - I actually have an extension for Chrome called Session Buddy that saves tab sets, so if I need to close all but one for some reason (troubleshooting?), I can get them back after. Also handy for work - I’ll have one window with work tabs, and another with my personal stuff.
This is the best list of Octane benchmarks for all Chromebooks. Basically any Intel CPU that starts with N is going to be on slower side, the ones that end with U are going to be much faster, and i3 and i5 faster still.
A Chromebook with these specs will handle most workloads and many tabs. You can buy more expensive, sexy Chromebooks but you can’t buy a more rugged one. This thing was designed for school use so if you have kids or if you’re rough on your machines this thing is perfect. Note that for $135 this is NEW and it’s one of the models that will get the Google Play Store and over 2 1/2 million Android apps.
@username Yep, keep waiting a while longer. There have been some code commits in Chromium that indicate it’s not too far out. (By the way, I’ve had it since early summer 2016 since I had one of the early support models, and it’s really great.)
According to Amazon reviews, some of these models have either been dead on arrival or died within about a week of being taken out of the box. Anyone know if there’s a warranty with this?
@Dizavid Oh wow, cocksuckers got it right…tell em’ like it is mother fucker like I tell all the snowflakes who’s your fuckin daddy…that’s right you can’t talk with your mouth full of Mississippi black snake moan bitch. BTW…just bought a TRS-80 $125.00 plus a spare drive and modem
I’ve been kind of tempted to get a Chromebook, but I don’t know what I’d do with it. Can it run Flash games? But basically this would just get me desktop versions of websites instead of mobile versions on my phone/tablet? I at least like that this is new, not a refurb.
@jqubed - I found out the hard way, default answer is NO. I bought this last time around, but a different model (I have a touchscreen), sorely disappointed in the number of Chrome extensions, apps, games, etc that I cannot run - I’m constantly running into “you must install that from the Google Play Store”, and then I get to the store just to be told “You must install that as an application (or whatever)”, and then told what I’m trying to do is incompatible with a Chromebook. I use it mostly for surfing webpages and finding work-arounds for what I really want
Well I love the Toshiba chrome book - Although it died *refurbished, but liked it so much I ended up buying another on Amazon. I’d suggest it, but you can probably find better ones than this for slightly more money. I’m buying this for work as it’s made to be a bit more rugged
Do not purchase this chromebook. Our school system bought 5k of these and had a 70% fail rate. Just do a google search for Lenovo n-22 no power and you will see others had a similar experience.
Prices get pretty compressed down here in the cheap end of the computer market. And the specs do too - they’re pretty much identical shitboxes. But I don’t think I’ve seen a cheaper new Chromebook. You can save a few bucks by going for refurbished if you want the absolute bottom of the price range.
I’m a big fan of Chromebook. I already have too many. It’s the only laptop that you can give it to your mom and not worry about her messing up the system. I have Macbook Pro, too, I don’t find it more useful. Chromebook is much easier to use.
@jaeyeom - this is definitely true - I picked one up last time (a slightly better model), wish I had just upgraded my tablet instead. I might give this to my mother-in-law, who can basically only handle a tablet (with someone helping her)
@mcc The size difference between them is vast. You might want to draw out the measurements on some cardboard so you can compare them. The low resolution of the large screen on the Groupon computer would bother me, as the pixels will be easily visible to people with healthy vision.
@mcc this lenovo has 4gb of ram, so it’s going to handle multi tasking much better. Look up the lenovo n22 (windows machine but same guts) on YouTube. Also see his hp 11 stream 2015 and 2016 versions. He shows a graph comparison between 2gb and 4gb of a low end laptop very similar too this lenovo. And checkout the lenovo link another meh citizen mentioned to save a little
I can’t like a machine where you can’t upgrade the RAM and hard drive. It’s even worse when you need an internet connection to use the device so I can’t say I like chromebooks for this reason.
I got a new Lenovo from Woot for $200 a year ago and it’s still kicking butt (and can be upgraded at any time). Therefore I can’t badmouth Lenovo until something goes wrong with it.
But all is not lost, Meh. Give me a new laptop with upgrade options and I’ll highly consider buying it.
@zachdecker I see what you mean. In the other pictures of what looks like the top, the chrome and Lenovo logos are in opposite corners. In photo 7, they appear on the same side. Either the photo doesn’t match, or my brain isn’t closing/folding the laptop up correctly to match the photos.
@kshannon1 Exactly - the Chrome and lenovo words are perpendicular in pictures #5&6, and on opposite ends of the cover.
In #7 they are suddenly aligned the same way and on the same side.
Too weird.
Hey - I see these are less than $120 at the Lenovo outlet site now. (The price shows up lower in the cart than in the listing.) Until Liliputing mentioned it yesterday, I didn’t even know Lenovo had an outlet site.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Chromebook
1x Power supply
Pictures
Laptop
Plenty of keys
Screen so you can see what you’re doing
Perfect right angle
Acute angle
Closed
Price Comparison
$158 at Amazon
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Warranty
1 Year Lenovo
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, July 14th - Monday, July 20th
13.00 savings? nope
@mcemanuel $23 savings and still no.
@pcolachiller Actually, only $18 savings if you don’t have VMP… and no Amazon Prime required on it to get free shipping.
Polish that chrome!
Bring back the bookshelf speakers…
wait; please don’t…
is this thing any good?
@boygenius1991 depends, other than netflix, facebook, meh.com and hardcore pornography ,
what else do you need in a laptop?
@communist a machine nimble enough to get a fuku/fuko?
@boygenius1991 for what? What do want to do?
@communist If that’s the criteria, you’re going to want to wait for the chromebook with the IPS display. It’s the only laptop I use for that now.
Please, please, please send me this! You know, for “testing” purposes.
yikes thats one slow processor http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N3050+%40+1.60GHz
there are atom processors that are faster than this one.
@communist the 4 gig of ddr3 is more important than the processor speed. I’d be worried more about the fact it only has 16gb of storage. yeah, you can put in an ssd, but…
@eeterrific Naw, you can’t. Put in an SSD. You can slot in an SD card, however.
@communist The newer Celerons are Atom architecture since 2015. Difference between Intel CPU’s
This is running Chrome-OS not windows- it doesn’t need nearly the same power to achieve similar performance. Having said that, there are better processors out there for Chromebooks that I would rather use though like the Celeron 3215U on the Toshiba Chromebook 2
@gak0090 wow that explains a lot
Magic Eight Ball says, “LOL”
C Pee U
@mcemanuel better than C U Pee
I don’t want this, but I also feel bad hitting “meh” on a Chromebook. They’re neat.
@iynque Same.
@iynque I don’t feel bad about clicking meh on this or any other deal. Auto-reflex.
@RedOak I click meh on a deal even if I buy it. Which I didn’t with this one (buy it, that is). Bad deal IMO. And I already have a Dell XPS 13 (admittedly much more expensive, but much more performance and storage for about the same weight or less)
Built in carry handle AND a swivel camera??? What is this sorcery?!
Had me at Lenovo.
Lost me at Chromebook.
@JT954 had me at chromebook. Lost me at lenovo
@forzadepor lost me at $135
@awk lost at Lenovo without Thinkpad. I have an IdeaPad y510p. No, didn’t get super fish as far as I know but it still leaves a bad taste. Lenovo is a tarnished brand.
Hey keying in On this deal
mehbe at $99.
@thismyusername that would be a refurbished price, this is $135 NEW NEW NEW
4 GB RAM and that CPU aren’t enough to handle even my day-to-day browsing habits. People who hate having too many tabs open tend to faint when they look at my screens.
@harveydanger are you in 16 gig ram or 32 ?
@communist I have 8 GB RAM at work (I work in IT but we all use Surface Pros at my office - multiple monitors, lots of tabs, usually a few remote access windows open) and 16 GB at home (above-mentioned browsing, gaming, video and audio editing).
@harveydanger
I Love Tabs!
They’re the newish bookmarks.
But they do tend to voraciously eat RAM.
@RedOak Yeah, that’s kind of how I use them - I actually have an extension for Chrome called Session Buddy that saves tab sets, so if I need to close all but one for some reason (troubleshooting?), I can get them back after. Also handy for work - I’ll have one window with work tabs, and another with my personal stuff.
@RedOak I’ve found Firefox handles tabs better; when you close and reopen the browser it only loads the tabs when you click on them.
@jqubed yah, I use all three browsers but probably Firefox most. It is out of habit tho - been trying to get away from FF.
Hey, Mediocrebot, did you get a bottle of that special Captain Morgans rum and chug it this evening?
@sammydog01 this is meh.com captain morgan is too high class.
@communist Maybe Ensign Morgan
This is the best list of Octane benchmarks for all Chromebooks. Basically any Intel CPU that starts with N is going to be on slower side, the ones that end with U are going to be much faster, and i3 and i5 faster still.
Wow…
We have 30 of these where I teach on a cart for our lower school. Works great for our 1st-5th graders! I’d like to fill another cart at this price!
@dewaynelawson I used to teach on a cart. Hated it!
No 1080P. No touch screen. No 64gb SSD? Uhhhhhh, NO. GIVE YA $99 maximum
@bugger Can you post a link for the $99 one please.
A Chromebook with these specs will handle most workloads and many tabs. You can buy more expensive, sexy Chromebooks but you can’t buy a more rugged one. This thing was designed for school use so if you have kids or if you’re rough on your machines this thing is perfect. Note that for $135 this is NEW and it’s one of the models that will get the Google Play Store and over 2 1/2 million Android apps.
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps?source=genius-rts&visit_id=1-636201414622593216-738421672&rd=1
@ellett i keep on waiting for those Android apps
@username Yep, keep waiting a while longer. There have been some code commits in Chromium that indicate it’s not too far out. (By the way, I’ve had it since early summer 2016 since I had one of the early support models, and it’s really great.)
'first is still “Pee-Pee Deluxe”'
Funny, that’s Trump’s favorite too.
@mehdium Someone asked Trump recently what the difference between a garbanzo and chicpea was…
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His response: “I’ve never had a garbano on me”
@f00l Check out the model no. This is for yooou!
Just remember that Lenovo sends everything yoy do to servers in China.
@kalama3 And THAT is why I always lie on the internet.
@G1 You mean like fake bank account numbers, pretend like you’ve got a real job and watch gay porn?
@sflesch HA! We found Mr. Lenovo! You fell right into my web of lies.
@sflesch is it still considered gay porn if it’s 2 trannies banging each other or is that liberal hetero?
@kalama3 Including 100% of the profits, unlike with Dell & HP.
@gak0090 Only if they are the same sex afterwards.
According to Amazon reviews, some of these models have either been dead on arrival or died within about a week of being taken out of the box. Anyone know if there’s a warranty with this?
@lkertz they normally put the warranty info at the top of the post… this one is missing one? @moose does it have a warranty?
@thismyusername @lkertz updated the warranty
Extremely shitty excuse for a computer.
Barely even a discount.
Go fuck yourselves.
@Dizavid what’s with the language here? Did you really have to just come out and say that?
@Dizavid You’re a no-sugar-coating direct talking motherfucker, and I can appreciate that. Happy Monday bitch!
@Dizavid Oh wow, cocksuckers got it right…tell em’ like it is mother fucker like I tell all the snowflakes who’s your fuckin daddy…that’s right you can’t talk with your mouth full of Mississippi black snake moan bitch. BTW…just bought a TRS-80 $125.00 plus a spare drive and modem
@Dizavid --So sorry you didn’t go to school. Must be tough only knowing a few cuss words.
@Dizavid Vulgarity is the crutch of an inarticulate motherfucker.
Oh goodness, that little handle is just adorable.
I’ve been kind of tempted to get a Chromebook, but I don’t know what I’d do with it. Can it run Flash games? But basically this would just get me desktop versions of websites instead of mobile versions on my phone/tablet? I at least like that this is new, not a refurb.
@jqubed Some of them can run Android apps from the Play store. I doubt this one can though. I don’t even know about running Flash on Chrome
@jqubed Yes, Chromebooks can run Flash games. With this processor though, probably sluggishly.
@jqubed - I found out the hard way, default answer is NO. I bought this last time around, but a different model (I have a touchscreen), sorely disappointed in the number of Chrome extensions, apps, games, etc that I cannot run - I’m constantly running into “you must install that from the Google Play Store”, and then I get to the store just to be told “You must install that as an application (or whatever)”, and then told what I’m trying to do is incompatible with a Chromebook. I use it mostly for surfing webpages and finding work-arounds for what I really want
Well I love the Toshiba chrome book - Although it died *refurbished, but liked it so much I ended up buying another on Amazon. I’d suggest it, but you can probably find better ones than this for slightly more money. I’m buying this for work as it’s made to be a bit more rugged
And yeah! you can run flash
Here’s the one I suggest
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N99FXIS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AT8E4R6E85753 (new)
And the one I own (refurbished)
https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Chromebook-CB35-B3330-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B01B6JF31E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1484555816&sr=8-3&keywords=toshiba+chromebook
It’s up to you, as my refurbished *from meh died in a year, but it’s considerably cheaper and I may have gotten unlucky. (I also could have broken it trying to install Linux and messed around with it, but I’m not sure)
This is a good deal, unfortunately these little things can’t handle my workload and the OS doesn’t support my CADD software
@RedHot What, you don’t do your CADD in a browser window? Ah well, when I was a kid, all we had was MacPaint.
Do not purchase this chromebook. Our school system bought 5k of these and had a 70% fail rate. Just do a google search for Lenovo n-22 no power and you will see others had a similar experience.
@Caldwellone Unbelievable!!! This is where all these refurbs are coming from.
@mdrcoast Probably.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/lc01_en/page/1/thread-id/30
(Except these are new.)
@Caldwellone Ouch. Did you keep your job?
@Caldwellone My school got chromebooks, but they are barely usable
Prices get pretty compressed down here in the cheap end of the computer market. And the specs do too - they’re pretty much identical shitboxes. But I don’t think I’ve seen a cheaper new Chromebook. You can save a few bucks by going for refurbished if you want the absolute bottom of the price range.
Not thick enough to be a good door stop!
@andermac that’s what she said
Whoopsie… Cheaper at Lenovo site. $130, free shipping. Condition new. http://outlet.lenovo.com/outlet_us/itemdetails/80SF0001US/445
@Superllama7 we’re being bamboozled
@Superllama7 knock knock @shawn @snapster @jdub
this does look like the same laptop just cheaper
@communist Same part number and free shipping too.
@Superllama7 Many mehs to you, for you have saved me previous moola that I can no longer afford to burn on chromes of whimsy.
@Superllama7 Nice find. In the least obvious place. Did the Meh buyer tick off somebody at Lenovo?
So $10 cheaper if not VMP. And a limit of 5 rather than 3. And direct manufacturer handshake.
Before anyone asks, yes the N22 is on the “will work with android apps later in 2016/2017” list.
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps
I’m a big fan of Chromebook. I already have too many. It’s the only laptop that you can give it to your mom and not worry about her messing up the system. I have Macbook Pro, too, I don’t find it more useful. Chromebook is much easier to use.
@jaeyeom - this is definitely true - I picked one up last time (a slightly better model), wish I had just upgraded my tablet instead. I might give this to my mother-in-law, who can basically only handle a tablet (with someone helping her)
How does it compare to this: https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-acer-cb3-532-c47c-chromebook
@mcc The size difference between them is vast. You might want to draw out the measurements on some cardboard so you can compare them. The low resolution of the large screen on the Groupon computer would bother me, as the pixels will be easily visible to people with healthy vision.
@mcc this lenovo has 4gb of ram, so it’s going to handle multi tasking much better. Look up the lenovo n22 (windows machine but same guts) on YouTube. Also see his hp 11 stream 2015 and 2016 versions. He shows a graph comparison between 2gb and 4gb of a low end laptop very similar too this lenovo. And checkout the lenovo link another meh citizen mentioned to save a little
I can’t like a machine where you can’t upgrade the RAM and hard drive. It’s even worse when you need an internet connection to use the device so I can’t say I like chromebooks for this reason.
I got a new Lenovo from Woot for $200 a year ago and it’s still kicking butt (and can be upgraded at any time). Therefore I can’t badmouth Lenovo until something goes wrong with it.
But all is not lost, Meh. Give me a new laptop with upgrade options and I’ll highly consider buying it.
Why does the “lenovo” move and rotate in the 7th picture?
Is the logo really sideways as shown in the 5th and 6th ones?
My purchasing decision is based on the answer to this for some unknown reason.
@zachdecker the logo moved because the laptop moved. It was picked up.
But that wasn’t likely what you meant. The handle is in the hinge edge of the laptop. So no logo rotating going on.
BTW, that hinge-edge location is a “feature”. Very helpful for shaking potato chip crumbs out of the keyboard.
Order away!
@zachdecker I see what you mean. In the other pictures of what looks like the top, the chrome and Lenovo logos are in opposite corners. In photo 7, they appear on the same side. Either the photo doesn’t match, or my brain isn’t closing/folding the laptop up correctly to match the photos.
@kshannon1 Exactly - the Chrome and lenovo words are perpendicular in pictures #5&6, and on opposite ends of the cover.
In #7 they are suddenly aligned the same way and on the same side.
Too weird.
Hey - I see these are less than $120 at the Lenovo outlet site now. (The price shows up lower in the cart than in the listing.) Until Liliputing mentioned it yesterday, I didn’t even know Lenovo had an outlet site.
So, my email and order details say estimated arrival 1/24-1/30, the forum says 1/30-2/6. (EDIT #2)Which is it?
Also, this model with a n3060 processor and a touchscreen is currently on woot for $170
(EDIT: With all other specs the same, as far as I can tell)
Its okay. Don’t expect it to enhance your life.
@SeveralPeople The S and 2 button stopped working after about a year. I took good care of it, too. So this thing doesnt last forever.