Top 10 Best Chromebooks For Back To School 2020
School is nearly back in session and that means it's time to sift through the top available Chromebooks to find a great new device, whether for students or educators.
Under ordinary circumstances, that's going to be a fairly straightforward process. But with ongoing work- and learn-from-home trends, finding a Chromebook that's worth the cash can be a challenge. Not only are OEMs continuing to release new devices at a relatively rapid clip. Those that are released are also selling out quickly.
Chrome OS itself doesn't necessarily make matters easier either. To begin with, advancements in the operating system have created a divergence among top Chromebooks — for school, students, or otherwise. Summarily, there are more choices across more form factors than ever before. So choosing the best device is going to depend quite a lot on what it will be used for.
To help with that decision, we've compiled a list of our top ten choices for consideration. This list includes everything from devices that are a bit more expensive to those that should fit just about any budget and from standard clamshell laptops to tablets.
Top 10 Best Chromebooks for Back to School 2020 SummaryNow, there is a wealth of Chromebooks to choose from for school, especially when it comes to top devices for students and educators. Chrome OS has continued to evolve and so have devices available. Choosing the 'best' devices among those can be and often is a challenge. And some of the best available devices are going to be specifically available through educator-only platforms and storefronts.
Moreover, the term best can be extremely subjective. There are a lot of gadgets for purchase fitting into just a handful of easily-discernable categories. When it comes to schooling, power isn't going to be the biggest determining factor for most of the devices on this list. For obvious reasons, neither students nor educators will likely need the latest, top-tier processors. Or the most RAM. Far more important are the form factor, battery life, durability, reliability, and the like.
That doesn't immediately reduce the options buyers have to choose from either. But it does provide a focus for the decision-making process. And, fortunately, here at Android Headlines, as a matter of course, we spend a lot of time conducting reviews and engaged in research regarding Chromebooks. And that provides a deeper insight to provide a list of to Chromebooks that should be better suited to a school environment for students and others.
So, without further regress, here's our take on the best Chromebooks currently available to that end.
Price Buy RAM/Storage Processor Google Pixelbook Go From $649 Google Up to 16GB/256GB Up to Intel Core i7 ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 From $561.66 Amazon Up to 8GB/64GB Up to Intel Core i7-8500Y Google Pixel Slate From $799 Google Up to 16GB/256GB Up to Intel Core i7 Samsung Chromebook 4 From $229 Amazon Up to 6GB/64GB Intel Celeron N4000 ASUS Chromebook C523 From $338.49 Amazon Up to 8GB/64GB Intel Pentium N4200 Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook From $409.99 Amazon 4GB/64GB Up to Intel Core i3-10q10U Acer Chromebook Spin 713 From $629.99 Amazon Up to 16GB/256GB Up to Intel Core i7-10610U Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14 2-in-1 (7486) From $494.99 Amazon 4GB/128GB Intel Core i3-8130U Acer Chromebook Spin 512 From $499 Acer Up to 8GB/64GB Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Lenovo Chromebook Duet From $279 Best Buy Up to 4GB/128GB MediaTek P60T Best Chromebook overall for educators.
