While tablets provide an excellent alternative to Netbooks of the past, Google has had their own affordable solution, the Chromebook. For those unfamiliar with the devices, they usually sell in the ...

Performance: Overall this desktop's performance was good, below that of many other models but still powerful enough for tasks such as email, word processing, web browsing, and streaming movies.

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