

Lenovo, Hewlett Packard and Google itself entered the market in early 2013. and Samsung, were announced at the Google I/O conference in May 2011 and began shipping on June 15, 2011. The first Chromebooks for sale, by Acer Inc. This rise is attributed to the platform's success in the education market. In 2020, Chromebooks outsold Apple Macs for the first time by taking market share from laptops running Microsoft Windows. Other form factors include Chromebox desktops, Chromebase, which places the computer in an all-in-one unit, an HDMI stick PC called a Chromebit, and Chromebook tablets. The first Chromebooks shipped on June 15, 2011. Google Play video content is available offline using the Google Play Movies & TV extension with the Chrome browser. Ĭhromebooks can work offline applications like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep, and Google Drive synchronize data when reconnecting to the Internet. All supported apps can be installed and launched alongside each other. Initially designed to heavily rely on web applications for tasks using the Google Chrome browser, Chromebooks have since expanded to be able to run Android and full-fledged Linux apps since 20, respectively. I hardly faced any issues while using the Lenovo Chromebook, including accessing the internet or working on it offline.A Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a laptop or tablet running the Linux-based ChromeOS as its operating system. The Geekbench scorecard feels like a typical Android phone result.

The Geekbench test revealed 588 points in the single-core test and 1000 in the multi-core test. Hence, I didn't run many benchmarks, except for Geekbench. Before diving into the details, one should under a Chromebook isn't like a typical Windows laptop. There's a microSD card slot for seamless data transfer as well.Īs a comparison, one can check out the Asus Chromebook CX1101, which draws power from the Intel Celeron N4020 and includes 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. The RAM and storage feel like typical Android specs and the overall experience is also familiar. Here, the Chromebook draws power from the Intel Celeron N4500 processor paired with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i Chromebook PerformanceĬoming to the performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3i Chromebook, I can say it's seamless and glitch-free.
