{"id":991,"date":"2022-07-01T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/need-a-cheap-laptop\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:03:46","slug":"need-a-cheap-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/need-a-cheap-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a cheap laptop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"featured-image\"><\/div>\n<p>Here at Chrome Unboxed, we talk a lot about \u201cflagship\u201d and premium devices.  Over the past couple of years, the options for a powerful but affordable Chromebook have expanded immensely and shoppers can get a high-end ChromeOS laptop with a ton of bells and whistles for as little as five hundred dollars.  That said, there are plenty of reasons to buy a \u201ccheap\u201d laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe your budget simply doesn&#8217;t allow for a $400+ laptop at the moment.  (Seriously. With gas prices, you are not alone.) Perhaps, like me, you have some littles around the house, and you just don&#8217;t want to drop a ton of cash on a device that is likely going to get treated like a kickball.  If you need a laptop for simple tasks like surfing around the web, perusing social media, daily tasks like email and banking, or even playing a rousing game of Roblox, a cheap Chromebook is actually a really good option.<\/p>\n<h2>Lenovo IdeaPad Chromebook 3<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly two years ago to the day, I reviewed Lenovo&#8217;s budget-minded Chromebook 3. Back then, I was impressed with the overall build quality and performance of a device that retailed for well under $200.  That model had a scant 32GB of storage but for $169, it was an easy recommendation for anyone that wanted a very affordable but surprisingly capable Chromebook.  Whether for the kiddos or just as a tote-around device, the Lenovo Chromebook 3 was one of the very few devices in this price range that I would actually give my blessing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lenovo Chromebook 3 Review: $169 And Worth It\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xi_gRxpmazQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Two years later and the Lenovo Chromebook 3 is still a solid choice if you&#8217;re on a budget.  Right now, the 64GB model at Best Buy is on sale for a low, low price of only $99.  To add some icing to the cake, Google&#8217;s updated EOL policy has extended updates for this Chromebook through June of 2027. That means you&#8217;ll get five more years of OS and security updates on a Chromebook that gets around just fine for just under $100.  If you just need a cheap laptop for general use, this is just about as good as it gets.  Check it out over at Best Buy before this deal ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Chrome Unboxed, we talk a lot about \u201cflagship\u201d and premium devices. Over the past couple of years, the options for a powerful but affordable Chromebook have expanded immensely and shoppers can get a high-end ChromeOS laptop with a ton of bells and whistles for as little as five hundred dollars. That said, there &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/need-a-cheap-laptop\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Need a cheap laptop?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/chromeunboxed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LenovoChromebook3CheapAffordable169-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}