'A Big Deal'
Taken all together, the features in the Chromebook 11 pack a powerful punch, especially for a device priced where it is, Nathan Toups, coauthor of Embracing Disruption, told TechNewsWorld.
"This is definitely the most advanced low-cost Chromebook yet," he said.
The Chromebook Pixel, Google's flagship, high-end offering, is still the gold standard of hardware, he noted, but it can be as costly as a MacBook Pro.
"This new Chromebook 11 is exciting because it scales many of the fantastic features of the Pixel down to an affordable machine," Toups said.
"I really see this laptop being a big deal in the education market and in businesses that are looking for low-cost production machines for staff like interns who don't need access to tools like Photoshop," he concluded.