Chromebooks reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 168 Reddit reviews across 5 subreddits and 38 posts to rank the best Chromebooks brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/chromeos, r/k12sysadmin, r/edtech, r/solotravel, r/TechPop. Top-rated brands include Acer (4.3/5), Lenovo (4.1/5), Dell (3.9/5).

Stats

Reviews168

Subreddits5

Posts38

Brands26

Products82

Top communities

r/chromeos91 r/k12sysadmin66 r/edtech9 r/solotravel1 r/TechPop1

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Acer

4.3

(43)

"I own an Acer Spin 513 and couldn't be happier with it."

"I use a Samsung Chromebook Plus (new version), an Acer 714, and a Pixelbook Go on the Go. All three are fantastic."

"I have this one: "Acer Plus 514 Chromebook 14" 256GB AMD Ryzen 7320C 2.4GHz" which I bought new for $300."

"This is $318 and has a 2560x1600 120Hz screen, along with i5-1245U CPU."

"I feel like Acer makes the best keyboards overall."

"I have both and love both. The Acer are bigger screen and heavier, the Asus is more modern and looks better."

"Acer and Lenovo ftw"

"$160 Acer 514 deal at Costco makes it the best Chromebook 11/26/2024."

"I love my Acer 714."

"My Acer Spin 713 is my BYOD 'everything device' for everything else."

Lenovo

4.1

(31)

"Lenovo Gaming Chromebook for $188 on amazon, refurbished. Best $200 laptop ever for my kid. 2.5k screen! 120hz! intel chip that's fast enough for programming and gaming."

"I have the Duet 5 with 4 gigs. The battery last 14 hours. Screen is very good."

"I love my OG Lenovo Chromebook duet for everything, drawing, writing, media consumption."

"Yeah I have the 8gb duet 5 and REALLY like it"

"They’re great, haven’t had any complaints from students nor teachers."

"Lenovo 100e are by far my favorite at the moment."

"Lenovo Duet 5 is on sale for 320 down from 500. I got this on sale price a month back and love it."

"It is a really solid chromebook and have had zero issues."

"Lenovo Duet 5 with 8GB ram has a very good battery life, it's a bit slower though Snapdragon ARM chip, and is a keyboard detachable tablet, and cheap."

"Second the 500e."

Dell

3.9

(20)

"I really recommend the Dell Latitude 5400. Make sure its the chrome version and not the windows version. Also, make sure its the 1080p screen and not the low resolution."

"The Dell 3100 2-in-1 can be picked up on the refurb/grey market and still have ~4 years."

"We have several hundred C734 and C736 Chromebooks and they have been rock solid so far."

"I love that the lcd can be swapped with minimal tools. Bonus points for a replaceable keyboard."

"I buy the basic 11.6" clam shell low cost chromebook. I have had Lenovo HP and now Dell. The 3100 line. They are easier to work on and the parts are less costly."

"Dell 3100 fleet has been really good for us."

"Used Dell Latitude 5400 Chromebook. These are real 2-in-1 computers with touchscreen and upgrade-able RAM and SSDs."

"We moved to the Dell 3110 and it is over-engineered."

"We'll stick with Dell going forward as their support and overall quality seems unmatched."

"Dell 3100s were very solid for us, probably the best Chromebooks we have had."

HP

3.9

(14)

"HP Elite C1030 Chromebook i7-10610U."

"HP has been very strong from the 11" G3-G5 and then again for the G8-G9 series."

"We moved from using Dells for 8 years to HP Fortis. Sole reason is the replaceable second USBC port."

"Hp x360 14c, with i3 and 8gb RAM, can find some good ones on eBay."

"I have HP 14c (2020) with i3 and HP X2 11 with snap 7c."

"There are even cheaper HP C640s over there including ones with 16gb ram and 128gb ssd's for like $75 shipped to your door."

"We ended up going with HP C640s with i7s and 16Gb of memory."

"We use HP C640 chromebooks."

"We're currently working through a purchase of 14" i3 HP c640 G2 units as an upgrade for them."

"We went to staff having HP C640 Chromebooks. They’ve got an i5 where the student systems are all Celerons."

Asus

4.3

(12)

"I have an Asus Chromebox that I have had for years. Works fantastic."

"Personally, I bought my Chromebook cx34 open box and it was great."

"My first and favorite little Chromebook was the Asus C100PA."

"Asus CX5 units this year, great device."

"I get by just fine w the Asus CX54 Chromebook Plus w 8 gigs DDR5X RAM, 14" 2K display, 500 nits brightness and Intel Core Ultra 5 115U CPU."

"We are looking at ASUS now with a 12.2 inch screen. Seem to be pretty solid with our demo units."

"I just retired my Asus 302C, which I loved."

"I love the keyboard on my Asus 302C."

"I've always had better experience with Asus than Acer. Build quality on Asus machines seems better to me."

"I ended up deploying Asus C536 units as the primary device for teachers."

Chromebook

4.2

(11)

"We use Chromebooks for testing which is very easy to set up."

"Chromebooks are boomer proof. Would recommend over windows."

"I bought mine this year and I must say that I'm very happy with it."

"Just get them a current gen chromebook, or even a chromebook pro/plus or whatever they are called."

"I recommend looking at cloud based IDEs, like Repl.it, Codespaces, Gitpod, among others."

"90+% of the time in in a browser so chromebook shines there."

"Get a cheap one and have fun."

"You want to avoid the bottom end Chromebooks that students get and go for 14" i3 or i5 with 8GB RAM and an NVMe drive."

"Our district has 2 schools where 95% of teachers use chromebooks exclusively."

"I use chromebook + Krita (linux version) for prototyping graphics in my board game designs."

Google

4.3

(9)

"I use a Samsung Chromebook Plus (new version), an Acer 714, and a Pixelbook Go on the Go. All three are fantastic."

"Looks great and I'm always surprised by its performance."

"The Pixelbook Go is fantastic."

"Have you considered a Pixelbook Go? They meet everything you have mentioned."

"You can get a PixelBook Go for that with support to 2029."

"Get an 8GB RAM Pixelbook Go off Ebay that should do the trick."

"I have a Duet 5, and I can do that pretty well."

"A Chromebook an ideal, affordable device for everyday use and IT management."

"We do the i5 Pixelbook Gos for $849. We usually catch them on sale and buy a large batch."

Samsung

4.5

(4)

"I use a Samsung Chromebook Plus (new version), an Acer 714, and a Pixelbook Go on the Go. All three are fantastic."

"The new Samsung Chromebook Plus looks very nice for a Chromebook with that nice AMOLED display and 2024 Core 5 chip."

"Got a galaxy Chromebook off r/hardwareswap for right at 150."

"I got a refurb Samsung Chromebook 4 a little over a year ago and it’s been great."

CTL

4.3

(3)

"CTL - we've used about every brand out there and ctl is the best of the bunch."

"Ctl has some rugged ones for students, and even ones with an integrated carrying handle."

"CTL’s NL72s have held up better than our previous models."

#10

ASUS

3.7

(3)

"Honestly, I currently use Asus VivoBooks exclusively. And specifically the AMD based models."

"Maybe the ASUS CX9? Have never tried it myself but it looks sweet."

"We give out ASUS CM5s to our staff and it's fine."

#11

Chromebooksrus

4.5

(2)

"The Chromebook I got has been great for my daughter’s schooling, no issues so far!"

"Are you okay with refurbished? If yes, Chromebooksrus is for you! Bought from them before. It might be worth checking out."

#12

Chromebook Plus

4.0

3.0

(1)

"We had Pixel books for paras and this year we pulled them back and gave them Windows laptops."

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