Chromebook S330 Laptop, 14-Inch FHD Display, MediaTek MT8173C, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Chrome OS

My middle-schoolers do a lot of work at school on Chromebooks through Google Classroom. I wanted to give them a similar experience at home while keeping the cost reasonable and support overhead very low. The Lenovo Chromebook S330 was just the trick. This thing is fast, the screen is clear and bright and the battery life is awesome with an estimated life of 13 hours. Is it really 13 hours? Who knows, but it last through 6 hours of constant and showed a little over half battery remaining, so it seems reasonable. For perspective, "best" in terms of computer hardware and operating system really comes down to your intended use. You'll get the best value and have the best experience when you buy for that intended use. For what I've described above, this Chromebook is perfect. I could have spent a lot more on a high-performance gaming rig or something with a touchscreen and all the extras, but that's not what was needed. We haven't had it very long, so I'll post back if any of my initial impressions and observations change.

I am technically an author and ive been wanting a chromebook for awhile, I got it late June and this is amazing! The quality is amazing, non laggy and I can get my work done. Early August though, it shut down on me, but I just pressed the refresh and power button and it turned on! I like it a lot :) good price too!!! And the battery is amazing. Plug it in for am hour, come back and it has 14 hours left.

I don't understand all the negative reviews about the screen. It's not the BEST laptop screen I've ever used, but FAR from the worst. And for less than $250? Are you guys kidding me? Are you expecting an ipad pro level screen? The laptop is solid even though it's plastic, I'm not worried about putting this thing in my backpack. While the keyboard is a little stiff for my taste, it works well. I'm just used to my mechanical keyboard on my desktop. I can write and do some coding perfectly fine and that's how I would describe this chromebook: Perfectly fine. Solid. Reliable. Lenovo-quality. I might as well be in one of their commercials, but Lenovo has never failed me. The negatives? The screen can be a BIT wobbly when I adjust it, but that's minor. It doesn't wobble when I type, which would make me want to return it. A couple more ports would be nice as well as an SD card slot that allows the SD card to completely insert. This one, the card sticks out halfway. Battery life is great, can go for hours at the library without needing to be plugged in and I'm using a higher brightness. I'm not doing anything intensive, just chrome tabs, spotify, watching Youtube. If you need a laptop to take care of your internet needs and basic computer needs, this is a solid one for the price. If you need stronger hardware, then spend at least 400-500. However, if you're already spending that much money, it might be better to get a Windows machine, unless you LOVE Chromebooks. I love Chrome OS for what it is. Fast, lightweight, and cost-effective. That's the name of the game. If you buy this laptop, or any laptop a this price, then don't expect a thousand-dollar plus experience and then leave horrible reviews. This is a solid chromebook, especially for the price. I'll be keeping this one for a long while and give it to a family member when it's time for me to upgrade.

I've wanted a Chromebook for years, but could never really justify the purchase...until recently. I've been taking some trips out of town, and needed to be available for work, just in case, but I didn't want to risk taking my work laptop with me on the trips. So, I bought this Chromebook. I use Chrome Remote Desktop to control my work laptop, which is sitting at home, and it's been a great experience. With a good WIFI connection, It feels just like I'm working on the remoted machine. The keyboard feels good, and I'm able to type just fine. I thought I'd be missing having function keys, but there's a system setting to treat the top row of icon keys as if they were F1 - F10, and it works great. If I want to use whatever the icon for that key is supposed to do, I just press the search key (just above the shift key) to use those keys. Apart from needing this for work, most of what I use the computer for is web-related stuff; looking things up, email, watching videos, etc. This works great for that. I'm amazed that a machine for just over $200 can do everything I need to do. The screen is a little washed out, color-wise, but after a couple of days, I don't even notice that any more. The battery life is amazing. I've been working on it now for a couple of hours, and it says I've still got 9 hours of battery left.

This computer overall is an excellent product. I know because I have had one for around three years and have been using it for college without any issues until now. The problem is that when I purchased a replacement, it came in and was not functional during the start-up process. It turned on when I plugged it in, however, it had not been updated for two years, and I had to sit and wait for it to do so. Which is okay, no big deal. Until it finished the update, and had to start over and do it again. Even still I waited and allowed it to update a second time. The issue occurred when I attempted to log in with my Google account. The laptop screen went black and all I could see was the mouse. That was for about three minutes. Then the mouse disappeared, the computer turned off, and would not turn back on again. I called Lenovo customer support, and found out that there was no response to the power cycling efforts we made during troubleshooting. Lenovo had sold this product a few years ago and did not have any information on my laptop when I gave them the product number. I was able to get a refund from Amazon, but I am ultimately very disappointed with this product because I really enjoyed my model and everything that came with it. If you are considering this purchase, I wouldn't risk buying this product through Amazon because you cannot rely on it to run as advertised and it is not connected with Lenovo any longer due to it being manufactured a few years ago.

I really do not understand why all the reviews of this chrome book give a crappy review when it comes the lcd. If you get the 1920x1080? You will not be disappointed. Even with the 4GB of ram; this is snappy responsive and very capable computer if you are getting into the world of Google and the Chrome ecosystem. I did add a 256GB SD card as a side load to be safe, but as of late? I have not used it. With Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote and all the other options out there? There is really no need to do so unless you are old school like me and still feel like you need a backup you can keep in your desk. A really amazing computer for the price. I would by again in a heart beat. Just understand? If you are coming from Windows or Mac? This will be a challenge. If you are coming from Linux and have an android phone? You know what? You will be just fine.

The mobility is great, and the battery life is decent, but the quality of the laptop is just so weak. I guess you get what you pay for, but it feels like my phone performs better and my phone is a budget moto g7. Netflix looks blocky and pixelated on this. YouTube videos seem ok. It lags playing even simple browser games. If you are getting this just for typing or watching youtube, maybe listening to music, ok. If you're getting this to watch movies on or even play the most basic browser games, or run higher end apps, I don't trust it. It's a really, really weak machine which is unfortunate but the cost is very attractive so if you can deal with not being able to do much it's a nice sleek designed laptop that functions pretty well for extremely basic tasks.

Lenovo Chromebook 330S: Excellent value for the money, wanted to replace a capable but heavy Lenovo Thinkpad that I was carrying from school to home. I use an ipad daily in classroom teaching, but was limited by compatibility issues with school's Smartboard and other equipment. For creating and editing documents, compatibility issues abounded with the loathsome Word for ios and Google Docs can't come close to the flexibility of creating documents in standard-version Word. I worried that there is little-to-no storage on Chromebooks, but adding a micro SSD card allows for onboard, sleekly integrated storage, which can supplement cloud storage or an external drive if desired. Solid feel to keyboard, bright crisp picture, very fast internet and processing speed. USB-C can charges in both directions, adapters (to USB-A or other port types) allow charging of other devices without their dedicated chargers. This model came with HDMI. I would add a dedicated 'delete' key and touchscreen capability.