Great little laptops these, well built and pretty sturdy plus with the 11.6" screen and 1366 x 768 resolution they dont work half bad compared to the old style netbooks.
Nice looking machine but there are better Chromebooks out there for a lower price.
The Acer 720 Chromebook for example can be had for around £70 off Ebay and that has the better performing Haswell generation Celeron as well as M.2 SATA etc
gorgo2015
25 Apr 17#4
I used to have this circa late 2012. I had to return it because the speakers developed a fault. Maybe I was just unlucky. Apart from that it was a nice little toy to play with. I'm not sure I'd want to spend £99 on it now. I paid it about £230 back then.
7day
25 Apr 17#5
Probably yours refurb now ..you can always send back for another refurb within a year
iDealYou
26 Apr 17#6
I have this Chromebook, I got it fro £179 from JL a few years ago. It is still very good for browsing & Google docs.
I recommend waiting for the new generation CBs with Android support. 4GB RAM is minimum requirement.
That's actually pretty interesting. Doesn't mean that they're stopping updates from that date, just that they can't guarantee that there will be OS updates for that particular device after that particular date. I suspect that updates will still continue after that, though it will probably reduce in frequency.
"New software updates may be received later than the AUE date published, but will never be stopped sooner than listed. For Chrome devices this will be at least 6.5 years from launch of the hardware platform(2) (or in some legacy cases at least 5 years launch of the device itself)."
At the end of the day, I don't think it matters too much. In the 4 years that I've owned a Chromebook, only very small incremental changes have been made to ChromeOS so if no more updates come, its not that big a deal because they haven't done much to the OS since launch! (The Android update should be interesting though if they can get it to work).
fishmaster
26 Apr 171#12
You should always be able to put Linux on the Chromebook, although once you've hit the AUE date, it's likely you had the machine a long time and you probably don't care about updates. The Android apps compatability is beta on some current Chromebooks so it's possible to test if you have the right model.
KongDonkey
26 Apr 17#13
Love my Chromebook. I use it a lot more than I expected to.
Lenovo N22. £99 new. 2GB RAM. Can happily have 10 tabs open without performance issues.
nhc888
26 Apr 17#14
I have this chromebook. It is very convenient and very lightweight. Not exactly a powerhouse but great for doing basic work such as documents and email.
JonF992
26 Apr 17#15
I also love my Chromebook, but for just a little more than this one I got a much better, 13.3" screen quad core one. OK deal and a lot of kit for a hundred quid but there are better options out there.
KongDonkey to JonF992
26 Apr 17#16
Which one did you get ?
JonF992
27 Apr 171#17
Acer CB5-311. Quad core, 13.3" screen which is pretty good. Build is good, battery life amazing and it looks good in white. Very quick and start up is super fast. Been very pleased with it, far better than the Windows Netbooks I've had as portable machines before. I still use a Windows laptop at home, as it runs Office, which is good for the kids' homework, but for holiday and travel the Chromebook is ace.
bobisking
9 May 17#18
Where did you get this from, I need to replace my chromebook?
JonF992
9 May 17#19
Hi, I got mine from Currys/PC World eBay outlet, which is a bit of a hit and miss source of supply, as it all depends on what they need to move on at any one time. I chose this model as it was highly rated by Which magazine.
smellycomputers
1 Jun 17#20
Looks like they have dropped the price of this on their website from the email i received this morning now 89.99:
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Opening post
Free postage too & its a refurb.
Decent reviews from Amazon when they were new:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Chromebook-XE303C12-A01UK-11-6-inch-Laptop/dp/B009RF0AQ8
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2GB Ram
16GB on board storage
Fast Wireless Network Built In
1 x USB 3 Ports
1 x USB 2 port
11.6" Screen
HD Graphics
1366 x 768 resolution
UK Keyboard
UK Mains Charger & Cable
Fantastic Build Quality
Touchpad
1 year guarantee
The Acer 720 Chromebook for example can be had for around £70 off Ebay and that has the better performing Haswell generation Celeron as well as M.2 SATA etc
I recommend waiting for the new generation CBs with Android support. 4GB RAM is minimum requirement.
Doesn't seem a good deal
2012 chromebook
Dual Core ARM CPU
eMMC storage
updates expire in Oct
newer, faster Intel chromebooks with SSDs can be bought cheaper
This was only ~£220 on release in 2012
Guess no one reads the comments or does any research anymore
edit: just found a pretty good review from 2012
"New software updates may be received later than the AUE date published, but will never be stopped sooner than listed. For Chrome devices this will be at least 6.5 years from launch of the hardware platform(2) (or in some legacy cases at least 5 years launch of the device itself)."
At the end of the day, I don't think it matters too much. In the 4 years that I've owned a Chromebook, only very small incremental changes have been made to ChromeOS so if no more updates come, its not that big a deal because they haven't done much to the OS since launch! (The Android update should be interesting though if they can get it to work).
Lenovo N22. £99 new. 2GB RAM. Can happily have 10 tabs open without performance issues.
http://www.techyteam.co.uk/samsung-x303c-chromebook-laptop-discounted.html