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Just what I needed
By Tom P on Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2019
I've wanted a Chromebook for years, but could never really justify the purchase...until recently. I've been taking some trips out of town, and needed to be available for work, just in case, but I didn't want to risk taking my work laptop with me on the trips. So, I bought this Chromebook. I use Chrome Remote Desktop to control my work laptop, which is sitting at home, and it's been a great experience. With a good WIFI connection, It feels just like I'm working on the remoted machine. The keyboard feels good, and I'm able to type just fine. I thought I'd be missing having function keys, but there's a system setting to treat the top row of icon keys as if they were F1 - F10, and it works great. If I want to use whatever the icon for that key is supposed to do, I just press the search key (just above the shift key) to use those keys. Apart from needing this for work, most of what I use the computer for is web-related stuff; looking things up, email, watching videos, etc. This works great for that. I'm amazed that a machine for just over $200 can do everything I need to do. The screen is a little washed out, color-wise, but after a couple of days, I don't even notice that any more. The battery life is amazing. I've been working on it now for a couple of hours, and it says I've still got 9 hours of battery left.
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Was not functional when it arrived
By Cadia Liger on Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
This computer overall is an excellent product. I know because I have had one for around three years and have been using it for college without any issues until now. The problem is that when I purchased a replacement, it came in and was not functional during the start-up process. It turned on when I plugged it in, however, it had not been updated for two years, and I had to sit and wait for it to do so. Which is okay, no big deal. Until it finished the update, and had to start over and do it again. Even still I waited and allowed it to update a second time. The issue occurred when I attempted to log in with my Google account. The laptop screen went black and all I could see was the mouse. That was for about three minutes. Then the mouse disappeared, the computer turned off, and would not turn back on again. I called Lenovo customer support, and found out that there was no response to the power cycling efforts we made during troubleshooting. Lenovo had sold this product a few years ago and did not have any information on my laptop when I gave them the product number. I was able to get a refund from Amazon, but I am ultimately very disappointed with this product because I really enjoyed my model and everything that came with it. If you are considering this purchase, I wouldn't risk buying this product through Amazon because you cannot rely on it to run as advertised and it is not connected with Lenovo any longer due to it being manufactured a few years ago.
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