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When you look at the new “Chromebook 2” lineup from Samsung, you see a set of notebooks that don’t look like the first wave of Chromebooks. Here you’re seeing a … Continue reading

Samsung has taken the wraps off its new Chromebook 2 Series, offering two different ARM-based sizes and borrowing the stitched, textured finish of the Galaxy S5 for its lid. Both … Continue reading

The netbook was a pretty interesting fad, although the amount of time it spent in the market did not really manage to make an impact. I suppose the birth of tablets as well as Ultrabooks more or less killed off the netbook since folks did not really see any need for it to exist, not to mention the relatively paltry computing power available. Well, Chromebooks are a different matter altogether, and they do seem to have a whole lot more staying power compared to the netbook. In fact, it will be announced later today the new Chromebook 2 Series that will arrive in a couple of models – the 11.6” and 13.3” Samsung Chromebook 2 Series, where either device will continue from where the popular Samsung Chromebook line left off, bringing along with it faster performance, a longer battery life as well as a slim, light build that has been specially enhanced by a durable textured lid and elegant stitched design.

Apart from that, this 13.3” Samsung Chromebook 2 will also come with a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution display, which should go some way in helping users enjoy vibrant visuals whenever they work, teach and learn, and be entertained. It was not surprising that Samsung ended up as the leading Chromebook brand in the U.S. last year, making up over 60% of the overall market share, at least according to NPD.

The Samsung Chromebook 2 Series is highly efficient, taking less than a second to wake up, and if you were to cold boot it, it requires less than ten seconds to be in fully working order. Not only that, the energy-efficient Exynos 5 Octa processors underneath the hood would pave the way for effortless multitasking and rapid rendering of graphics and videos. Accompanied by a 250nit brightness display on the 13.3” model, it has also been optimized for Google+ Hangouts messaging and video calling. Not only that, you will be able to enjoy up to 8.5 hours of battery life for the Chromebook 2.

Expect the Samsung Chromebook 2 to be available from April onward, with the 11.6” and 13.3” models retailing for $319.99 and $399.99, respectively.
[ Samsung Chromebook 2 Series ready to offer cheap computing on the move copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

ASUS might be working on introducing its first Chrome OS notebooks and devices such as the ASUS Chromebox (which is the latter), where it has been reported that the ASUS C200 and ASUS C300 Chromebooks will most probably arrive later this year, where they carry 11.6” and 13” displays, respectively. Of course, ASUS will not be the first company in the world to venture into the world of Chromebooks, as the likes of Toshiba, Acer, Samsung, Lenovo and HP have already rolled out their respective Chromebook offerings. Being late to the party, will ASUS be able to make a significant impact among the other players?

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Asus C200 And C300 Chromebooks Could Arrive In 2014 original content from Ubergizmo.

There are many things to love about Chromebooks: the price, the simplicity, the security and ease of maintenance. Just read our reviews of the HP 11 Chromebook and the Chromebook Pixel to have a better idea of what’s nice about them. However, it is also fair to say that a lot of people still need to run legacy desktop apps and that a pure Cloud Computing experience is not best for everyone.

And that’s precisely what VMWare wants to address by partnering with Google to bring desktop apps from Windows and other systems to Chromebooks, by running those apps in a centralized server environment and delivered right into the Chrome browser. Interestingly, a lot of companies are already running such setups for security and manageability reasons. (more…)

Chromebooks Run Windows Apps Through VMWare Horizon original content from Ubergizmo.