★★★★☆ It's a very nice chromebook, but be aware, this description is not accurate, it's not 8GB RAM, not 128 GB ssd. This is the same 4GB RAM you can buy a little cheaper from other vendors.

★★★★★ I have recently moved all my work over to G Suite because I use Google voice to text a lot, so I wanted to see if I could get away with doing most of my work tasks on a Chromebook. Turns out that with SAS Studio installed in a virtual box through the integrated Linux terminal, that I totally can. I am amazed. My last straw moment with my Windows machine were the sorts of things that everyone is annoyed by: slow startup, updates that fail to install correctly, and machines that just run slower and slower with every update that does install correctly. I was officially done when Microsoft pushed an "OMG you must do this NOW" security update outside of my designated update time with zero warning. That happened on my primary machine 20 minutes before giving one of the biggest webinars of my career. Never, ever, ever again Microsoft. You're dead to me.I wanted this 8 GB RAM machine since Google is now doing 8 years of support from the time the product is introduced to the market, in hopes of prolonging the device's useful life. It feels little like overkill, but came in really handy last week when I had over 40 browser tabs open trying to score a vaccine appointment. Not even a hiccup. The keyboard is super comfortable to type on, and the trackpad works well. I bought the iPlume USI stylus and that works perfectly as well. I use my Logitech trackball mouse with IR dongle and my old school USB ergonomic keyboard with this with no problems. The only software hiccup I've had so far are with backspacing on Facebook messenger. I'm also not a fan of Zoom on chromebook (no option for face tuning, backgrounds etc), and Microsoft 365's web based PPT has a really awful presenter view. But those are problems on the software side and I'm not blaming Google for that. I just mention it since we are all using PPT on Zoom these days. I am treating the hinges of this machine carefully since that seems to be where this machine fails most often. So far, so good (knock on wood).

★★★★★ This is a great performing laptop to use for web browsing, and media consumption. Movies, youtube, twitch, even some games. So far the battery life has been amazing on this unit. I have purchased both options. I picked up 1 unit with the standard 4GB/64GB and 1 with the 8GB/128GB options for me and my wife. Both of them are performing very well and we've had no issues with them at all. These work really well with the chromebook USB-C docking bays so we can just plug in our USB ports and charge while we're connected to monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers. They perform better than I expected. The convertible/tablet form factor is very convenient for games and touch screen apps. We've been very impressed with this chromebook. The fan can be noticeable at times, but it's not a real issue. The speakers are nice and loud for the size of this unit. Screen quality , clarity, colors are excellent. Highly recommended.

★★★★☆ It's a very nice chromebook, but be aware, this description is not accurate, it's not 8GB RAM, not 128 GB ssd. This is the same 4GB RAM you can buy a little cheaper from other vendors.

★★★★★ I have recently moved all my work over to G Suite because I use Google voice to text a lot, so I wanted to see if I could get away with doing most of my work tasks on a Chromebook. Turns out that with SAS Studio installed in a virtual box through the integrated Linux terminal, that I totally can. I am amazed. My last straw moment with my Windows machine were the sorts of things that everyone is annoyed by: slow startup, updates that fail to install correctly, and machines that just run slower and slower with every update that does install correctly. I was officially done when Microsoft pushed an "OMG you must do this NOW" security update outside of my designated update time with zero warning. That happened on my primary machine 20 minutes before giving one of the biggest webinars of my career. Never, ever, ever again Microsoft. You're dead to me.I wanted this 8 GB RAM machine since Google is now doing 8 years of support from the time the product is introduced to the market, in hopes of prolonging the device's useful life. It feels little like overkill, but came in really handy last week when I had over 40 browser tabs open trying to score a vaccine appointment. Not even a hiccup. The keyboard is super comfortable to type on, and the trackpad works well. I bought the iPlume USI stylus and that works perfectly as well. I use my Logitech trackball mouse with IR dongle and my old school USB ergonomic keyboard with this with no problems. The only software hiccup I've had so far are with backspacing on Facebook messenger. I'm also not a fan of Zoom on chromebook (no option for face tuning, backgrounds etc), and Microsoft 365's web based PPT has a really awful presenter view. But those are problems on the software side and I'm not blaming Google for that. I just mention it since we are all using PPT on Zoom these days. I am treating the hinges of this machine carefully since that seems to be where this machine fails most often. So far, so good (knock on wood).

★★★★★ This is a great performing laptop to use for web browsing, and media consumption. Movies, youtube, twitch, even some games. So far the battery life has been amazing on this unit. I have purchased both options. I picked up 1 unit with the standard 4GB/64GB and 1 with the 8GB/128GB options for me and my wife. Both of them are performing very well and we've had no issues with them at all. These work really well with the chromebook USB-C docking bays so we can just plug in our USB ports and charge while we're connected to monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers. They perform better than I expected. The convertible/tablet form factor is very convenient for games and touch screen apps. We've been very impressed with this chromebook. The fan can be noticeable at times, but it's not a real issue. The speakers are nice and loud for the size of this unit. Screen quality , clarity, colors are excellent. Highly recommended.