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Review on πŸ“š Samsung 11.6-inch LED Chromebook - 16GB, Exynos 5 Dual-Core 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM (Model XE303C12-A01US) by Marc Burke

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I've thrown away better cars than this one.

I bought this for basic web browsing. In a word: not. It was advertised as in "good" condition, which apparently means it looks like it was tossed into the backpack around 1,000 times before the backpack fell to the ground and was used like a soccer ball. Granted, this is a used car, but literally EVERY surface has dents, dents, scratches and the like. There were also a few stains that I had to wash off with soap and water. I should have researched more about the model. This machine is old, slow, underpowered and overpriced for the condition I received it. The screen is unevenly illuminated and generally not that bright, but this can also be due to its age. (Nevertheless annoying!) The rubber feet on the base are long gone. It has one thing I like: almost every port, slot, or plug on the machine is on the back. This simplifies the connection to peripheral devices. although it is too little energy to be used that much. I bought this to replace two crappy old Chromebooks I already had, but this one is literally no better than them. Even the battery life is only 3/4 of my other Chromebooks. The only reason I'm not returning this is because I've already gotten rid of the others. I won't skimp on the extra $50 to replace THIS model with a much nicer one any time soon, and at that point this poo will have a life of his own playing the radio in the kitchen.

Pros
  • Decent performance
Cons
  • Almost everything is included