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Product Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 Samsung Chromebook Series 3 Acer C7 Chromebook
Price $548.95 to $579.99 $249.00 to $264.69 $199.00 to $289.96
CNET editors' rating 2 stars 3 stars 2.5 stars
Average user rating 4.5 stars 4 stars 3.5 stars
Release date October 18, 2012 October 18, 2012 Info unavailable
Bottom line
Despite solid hardware and a slightly improved Chrome OS, the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 comes with far too many caveats and compromises compared with similarly priced but more-capable tablets and laptops.
The $249 Samsung Chromebook is a good extra computer for cloud-loving Google-centric Web users.
At $199, the Acer C7 is an attractive proposition for anyone looking for a supercheap portable laptop, but the Chrome OS and short battery life mean you'll have to accept a lot of compromises.
Product Description

Samsung Chromebook Series 5 - 12.1 in - Celeron 867 - Google Chrome OS - 4 GB RAM - 16 GB

XE550C22 SSD

Samsung Series 3 - 11.6 in 5 - Google Chrome OS - 2 GB RAM - 16 GB

XE303C12 - Exynos 5 - 16 GB Flash

- 11.6 in - Google Chrome OS - 320 GB HDD

Acer Chromebook C7 - Celeron - 2 GB RAM

Packaged Quantity

1

1

1

System Type

Netbook

Netbook

Netbook

Dimensions (WxDxH)

11.25 in x 8.3 in x 0.7 in

11.4 in x 8.1 in x 0.7 in

1 in

Operating System

Google Chrome OS

Google Chrome OS

Google Chrome OS

Weight

3.1 lbs

2.4 lbs

3 lbs

Processor

Intel Celeron 867

1.3 GHz / 2 MB Cache

5 / 1.7 GHz / 1 MB Cache

Samsung Exynos 5

Intel

Celeron

Memory

4 GB

DDR3 SDRAM

2 GB

Flash: 16 GB DDR3L SDRAM

2 GB DDR3 SDRAM

Storage

16 GB

SSD

16 GB

320 GB HDD

Display

12.1 in

LED backlight 1280 x 800 / WXGA

11.6 in

LED backlight 1366 x 768 / HD

11.6 in 1366 x 768

LED backlight / HD

Networking

802.11n , Gigabit Ethernet , Wireless cellular modem

802.11n None

802.11a/b/g/n

Battery

4-cell

2-cell - up to 6.3 hour(s)

up to 3.5 hour(s)

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