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The Chromebook x2 11 is constructed from CNC machined aluminum and Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It’s a solid device with no flexing, bending, or twisting. The Surface Go 3 is crafted from CNC machined ...

The Chromebooks Plus and Pro utilize a 360° folding hinge, similar to Lenovo's Yoga series. The Surface Pro 4 is a detachable: tablet with a built-in kickstand and snap-on keyboard. Placed in ...

Microsoft launched the Surface Go clearly as a response to Apple's and Google's stronger push into the education market. Specifically, it's meant to battle the 2018 iPad and Acer Chromebook Tab 10 ...

Microsoft's new Surface Laptop -- a conventional clamshell -- is aimed at Google’s education-centric Chromebook and a longstanding student favorite, the MacBook. But the Surface Laptop may be a tough ...

The Microsoft Surface RT and the Samsung Chromebook are quite different machines--and neither are traditional laptops. Both point (reluctantly in the case of the Surface) toward a world where a ...

If a low-cost Microsoft Surface with a cloud-based Windows operating system sounds a lot like a Chromebook, that’s probably no coincidence. Windows PCs have lost ground in the U.S. education market to ...

Chromebooks are taking over, and Microsoft's new Surface Go aims to halt that. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When a company ...

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In the wake of Microsoft’s launch of the Surface Laptop Go, many have opined that it could be a perfect direct competitor to the rise of the Chromebook. And that’s understandable upon a surface level ...

Sure, there have been premium-priced Chromebooks. I own two of them, the 2013 and 2015 Chromebook Pixel. But, you know what? The vast majority -- 90 percent plus -- of Chromebooks cost less than $300.