Lenovo Chromebook S330 Laptop, 14-Inch FHD Display, MediaTek MT8173C, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Chrome OS

Compre esta chromebook hace ya casi un año, estoy mas que satisfecho con el producto, tiene todo lo que buscaba, aclaro es mi primer chromebook, para mi trabajo uso exclusivamente el equipo que me proporciona mi trabajo, mi chromebook es exclusiva para mi tiempo libre, hablo de una ‘computadora’ que para iniciar o apagar no tarda mas de 5 seg, uso exclusivamente Chrome como explorador el cual se sincroniza con mis otros productos android, no guardo informacion en la chromebook mas que en drive, la bateria le puede durar hasta 10 hrs si usas el minimo de luz en la pantalla, no tiene ranuras de ventilador asi que no esperes que se caliente, si corre aplicaciones de celular e igual programas sobre linux, algo limitados por parte del procesador, pero si hablamos de libre office, gimp corre sin ningun problema. si buscas un equipo solo para usar el explorador, ver documentos, peliculas o hasta para escribir es lo mejor que puedes conseguir por el precio (cuando la compre se encontraba en menor precio).UPDATEes cierto hay forma que una actualizacion salga mal, provocando que no muestre imagen. pero parece mas culpa de uno como usuario por no reiniciarla seguido (tarda segundos el proceso).se puede conectar un monitor hdmi para ver el escritorio, se soluciona usando el comando rollback en la terminal para revertir la ultima actualizacion.ctrl+alt+t y escribir ‘rollback’ lo soluciona.la sigo usando, es mala para discord video, pero no falla en zoom.

A steal at $150. I purchased one of these Chromebooks in January, 2023. At the time, it was on sale for $150. At that price, I just wanted to see what it could do.TLDR SUMMARYFor the price of a couple of dinners out, this thing is a steal. It’s completely silent, comfortable to type on, and because it is powered by an ARM processor, the battery life is excellent. I’m getting 10 hours or more of general use.SCREEN QUALITYThe Chromebook S330 has a HD (1366×768) 14″ screen. It’s decent but not great. For the price, I think it is more than adequate.AUDIO QUALITYThe audio is minimal. It’s fine for listening to podcasts but for a good music or movie experience, I’d recommend a good set of Bluetooth headphones.BUILD QUALITY AND TYPINGThis Chromebook feels cheap but not flimsy. The monitor holds firm during normal use. No shaking that I can see. The keyboard is comfortable to type on and pretty quiet. Again, for the price, its hard to complain.EMAIL AND OFFICE APPSChromebooks rely on web apps, so you can’t install Microsoft Office. You can, however, use Office Online, which is very good and gets better every year. It’s also free to use. GSuite apps include Google Docs and Google Sheets, which I also like. Those also work offline. Ironically, Google Docs is an app that seems challenging for cheap Chromebooks. The S330 still runs it, but it takes around ten seconds to load fully. This is annoying but not a deal breaker for me.STREAMINGI’ve tested Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify on this Chromebook. They all work as expected but, again, I’d recommend a set of headphones. The picture isn’t especially vibrant but its good for the price.GAMESChromebooks can run web games and some Android games from the Google Play store. I played a few retro arcade games and the Android versions of Baldur’s Gate and The Banner Saga. They all worked well. I did not try any of the game streaming services because I don’t have a subscription to any of them.LINUX APPSMost Chromebook users probably don’t mess with this feature, but I enabled Linux and installed VS Code. It worked surprisingly well. This laptop would be perfectly adequate for basic web development or learning to code. I didn’t try Android Studio but I suspect it wouldn’t run very well. The Android emulators can be resource-intensive, and this device just doesn’t have a lot of muscle. I’ll give it a try eventually and update this review if I find anything surprising.I hope this review was helpful! It’s amazing what you can get for $150 these days.It’s a good device for browsing the web and runs Chrome well. Office productivity depends on either the GSuite apps (Google Docs, Sheets, etc), which can work offline or else Office Online. Both work well, but they take a few seconds to load before they become responsive enough to type on. Ironically, I find that Google Docs is one of the apps that challenge cheap Chromebooks the most. Email and the like all work well.Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, etc, all work well. Again, I recommend headphones.I tried connecting to my office Slack channel, and it worked, but I wouldn’t describe it as performant.Chromebooks connect well with Android Phones, and this functionality seemed solid with my (also cheap) Moto G5. No complaints.