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I'm going to write this review assuming you already know the difference between a Chromebook and Windows or MacOS, but in case you don't know, it's basically a laptop that runs Google Chrome and Android Apps with a little bit of storage and the ability to work offline too. So I'm going to focus more on hardware, features and performance. First off, the build is really nice. It is mostly plastic, and nice and light, but feels really solid and the hinge is not floppy at all. The base is a silver metallic color while the outer shell is bright white. It seems to resist fingerprints fairly well. You have a full size keyboard and a large trackpad, and the base has long rubber feet to keep it from sliding around your desk. On the left, there is a 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C port, and micro-SD slot. On the right is another USB-C port as well as a USB-A (full size) port. The laptop charges via either USB-C port. Webcam and built in mic up top. Performance wise, everything runs well enough. You won't be blown away by the speed or the screen quality/refresh rate or anything like that, but performance is solid and hiccups and stutters are relatively few. You can have multiple tabs and several apps running without bogging it down too much. The screen looks good and sharp for the size and resolution. Colors are not super vivid but look good. Battery life is fantastic. Easily 8-10+ hours between charges which blows a lot of Windows laptops out of the water. A few standouts for me are the nice feel of the keyboard and the excellent speakers. First, the keyboard just feels good to use. It's not too loud and the key travel is about perfect. The speakers are situated on either side of the keyboard facing up! Many laptops these days have the speakers underneath or just internal. So audio out of these is quite good compared to even more expensive devices. Also honorable mention goes to the fan-less design. In other words, it runs completely silently since there is no cooling fan or spinning disk drives. A few drawbacks as well... the keyboard is not lit, which is just fine considering this is a budget device, but worth noting. Also, while I really like the large clicky trackpad, the thumb side of my palms rest on it when typing and it doesn't take much force to click it, so I sometimes get random clicks when typing. Not a huge deal, but it'd be nice if it was slightly stiffer. Also not really a drawback but more of an observation, it does not have a dedicated google assistant button down by Alt and Control. If you have a Google account and an Android phone, there are a lot of benefits to syncing them up. However you can obviously still use it even if your an iPhone user, it just won't sync with your messages and notifications. Android users can also use their phones to instantly unlock it and activate tethering. So to wrap up I believe this is a nice, budget friendly laptop and will do the job if you just need something to browse the web, do some productivity work in the Google suite (docs, slides, sheets, etc.), and play around with. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles but isn't missing anything essential. It runs good and the battery lasts a long time, so I am happy with it and think most people will find it's a nice device to have.