- Chrome OS
- Intel Celeron 2955U 1.4Ghz
- 2GB Memory, 16GB Storage
- 13.3” Display
Sweet little computer for the right uses.
05/24/2015
This review is from: Toshiba CB35-A3120 13.3” Chromebook Celeron 2955U 1.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD
Pros:
Picked this thing up for a song on shell shocker. Its a great little package. For the money, I'm very pleased. Great battery life, very light, and certainly snappy for what you should be using it for. Namely browsing, watching netflix, and working in the google apps sphere. The keyboard is nice, it's a great size overall and does just what I wanted it to do. I'm very pleased with my first introduction to the Chrome OS. It is what I expected.
I also added a 32GB SD card into the side, that I've loaded with files, from Text documents and PDFs to Movies that were ripped from a variety of sources. There have been some quirks, but overall it works just fine.
Cons:
The screen is pretty terrible compared to what I'm used to. The viewing angle is pretty awful, and the screen is INSANELY blue.
Really blue. I'm a photographer and work from color calibrated screen. I'm not a snob about this stuff but I'm sensitive. My wife commented however. She noticed how blue it was immediately, so it is indeed quite noticeable. From what I can tell, there are some pretty crummy workarounds, and apps that'll change the color of an open window, but nothing to actually change the screen colors. If you can live with it, its fine, you kinda sorta get used to it, a month later. If you like a nice white display, and a great viewing angle, and excellent blacks, or want it to look akin to your retina macbook screen, you are gonna be disappointed. When you keep in mind how cheap the entire computer is however, you can give it a pass.
The whole rig feels plasticy. Because it is. You get what you pay for here.
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- David C.
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Verified Owner
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Owned For:
1 month to 1 year
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