Lenovo’s latest Chromebook Plus 14 is an Arm-based thin-and-light with good specs, excellent battery life, a great keyboard, all-around solid build, and a fantastic OLED screen. But the best part is that its bright and punchy 14-inch panel comes standard on the base $649 configuration or as a touchscreen for $749.

There are many high-quality laptops for under $500 that don’t necessarily skimp on power, memory or screen size.

Chromebooks are getting more capabilities thanks to Gemini, but the MediaTek in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 means it gets some of them first.

Google's Pixel Chromebook has a much more powerful processor inside and thus doesn't have the same performance issues, but that laptop also costs north of $1,000.

Hewlett-Packard's new Chromebook 11 is a laptop at heart, but it's light and portable enough to work well in places where you'd normally prefer a tablet.

Google’s Chromebook Plus laptops now feature Gemini AI tricks for image editing and creation, as well as writing and summarizing tools.

In the fight between a Google Chrome OS-powered Chromebook and a Microsoft Windows laptop, it boils down to cost versus convenience. By Mark Hachman Jun 16, 2025 6:00 am PDT

Laptops have not been Amazon’s Prime Day priority this year, so it’s some searching to uncover a true gem.