They should have just included the sticker info on a postcard. It’s awful that Samsung made consumers have to remove that giant sticker from such a great looking device. The only way to remove it is with water and some Goo Gone. I should also mention, when one buys the Galaxy Chromebook 2, there is a giant sticker affixed to the left of the trackpad. I must admit, once you have a glass trackpad, there’s really no going back, until the next best material is developed. But as you can see in the photos, it has picked up a lot of gloss from my oily fingers. At this price point, it really should be. I prefer keys with some travel and a springy feel. For me, the gold standard in factory notebook keyboards is the Lenovo ThinkPad. It’s super low profile with what I think are butterfly switches, so it is very similar to the MacBook pro. 18 months after launch, it finally became a good buy. Still, it took a while for the price to come down. Now, I knew going in that once I had this chromebook in my hands, I had to own it until it is no longer supported. I paid that, plus New York state and city sales tax in March 2021. The price when this was released was $699. There’s a fan inside, but that’s a good thing, and it is quiet when it turns on.Īnd did I mention it looks great on any desk? The metallic red is matched on the upper and lower halves of the clamshell, despite being different materials (aluminum and plastic, respectfully).

It’s a fantastic low-cost alternative to a 4K OLED.Īlso good is the color of the device. It’s so good, I want Samsung to make an ultrawide desktop QLED monitor. It’s a bright 13.3” touch panel with a resolution of 1920x1080.

The highlight of this device is the 16:9 QLED display. It has 8GB of RAM as every laptop should have at the minimum these days. The processor is an Intel Core i3 10110u “Comet Lake.” The storage is a generous 128GB with a micro SD slot for up to another 128GB. There’s a good Chromebook inside that red shell. The Galaxy Chromebook 2 has a fine processor, enough RAM for 99% of users, and a fantastic display.

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