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Sorin Adam Matei

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Gizmodo’s verdict on Chromebook: What would you expect from a 400 dollar notebook?

Gizomodo thinks that Google’s notepad/online thin client laptop Chromebook needs to try harder

All in all, it’s about exactly what you’d expect for $429 of computer in the shape of a laptop. No more, and not much less. (To be less ambiguous: An iPad and Samsung’s own Galaxy Tab feel like higher quality devices, by a sizable margin.) But hey, I hear these things print now, too.

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