Chromebook

Reviews & hands-on

• Laptops 3.5 out of 5

  Chromebook Pixel review

  By Chris Hall 4 March 2013

  The Chromebook Pixel sits in a category all of its own, which some might say is the ultimate expression of form over function. Every inch of this premium Chromebook has been scrutinised, honed and perfected. That’s exactly what Google intended when...

• Laptops

  Google announces high-end Chromebook Pixel, we go hands-on

  By Chris Hall 21 February 2013

  Google has revealed its anticipated high-end next-generation Chromebook, known as the Chromebook Pixel. Sundar Pichai, senior vice-president of Chrome and apps at Google, introduced the new premium Google notebook, which is pitched at the premium Chrome...

• Laptops 3 out of 5

  Acer C7 Chromebook review

  By Mike Lowe 17 December 2012

  The Acer C7 Chromebook is a budget, sub-£200 laptop built around the Chrome "browser only" operating system. The price sounds attractive, but it means basic specs rather than a powerhouse are on the cards - which is exactly what some people will be looking...

• Laptops 3.5 out of 5

  Samsung Series 3 Chromebook 303C review

  By Mike Lowe 12 December 2012

  The Samsung Series 3 Chromebook is the latest in the line of Google OS based laptops. For those unfamiliar, the Chromebook concept is simple - a small, light and ultimately affordable laptop that, in many respects, is nothing more than a web browser capable...

• Laptops 3 out of 5

  Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook review

  By Ian Morris 22 June 2012

  What do you do on your laptop? Surf the web, write documents, watch a bit of video? Yeah, we thought so. Despite having machines that are capable of incredible things, laptops that have enough computing power to achieve almost anything you can imagine....

• Laptops

  Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 pictures and hands-on

  By Ian Morris 1 June 2012

  The Chromebook is a curious idea. Essentially, it's a normal laptop - albeit one too low-powered to really run Windows - that has a stripped-down version of Linux installed, along with a version of Google's Chrome browser. And that's it. There are no...

• Laptops 3.5 out of 5

  Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review

  By Stuart Miles 18 July 2011

  The idea of the laptop is that it is your mobile office. Everything that the computer at the desk offers you on the go, be it your files, the web, email, or more, repackaged in a handy portable parcel. That idea works when you can take those files with...