Google Chromebook: $250 laptop

Google has created the $250 laptop. Why do I see these as important? Well when a school is choosing whether to buy tablets (iPad) for $400 vs a laptop which has more functionality for $250, they are going to be getting full computers.

Features of this computer:

    • 11.6” display
    • 0.8 inches thin and 2.5 lbs
    • Over 6.5 hours of battery
    • Boots up in less than 10 seconds
    • Dual band Wi-Fi
    • Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Processor (meaning processor was built for tablets not a computer)
    • 100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage (free for 2 years) with Solid State Drive (16 GB built in)
    • Built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
    • VGA Camera
    • 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0
    • HDMI Port
    • Bluetooth 3.0™ Compatible
    • 2 GB Ram

Link to website with more info on the computer