Fair warning, we’re entering a season of Chromebook deals that will pop up anytime. We’ll do our best to bring you a weekly roundup of the best deals to save you the most money on the Chromebooks we actually recommend. That said, there are some devices that deserve their own attention, and today, I found two such deals. The first is a great deal on Lenovo’s portable Chromebook Duet tablet, which you can currently get at Best Buy for just $189.
The second deal, on the other hand, is one of the best Chromebooks of 2021, offering just about every premium feature you could buy at its debut. The HP Chromebook x360 13c is just a consumer-branded version of the Elite C1030 that HP is launching for businesses in late 2020. Best Buy’s consumer model is the same as its enterprise version, and it offers powerful 10th Gen Intel internals, lots of RAM and storage, and one of our favorite displays.
The aforementioned display is rated at 400 nits of brightness, which is what a premium Chromebook should be, and it also has a 3:2 aspect ratio, which many people want for their taller screens. Best of all, you get a built-in fingerprint reader, ample ports, and a premium aluminum chassis that’s sleek and easy to use. The only arguable downside to the Best Buy model is the $949 price tag. Not that it’s not worth mentioning, but that’s a high MSRP when you consider that devices like the Acer Chromebook Spin 713 offer a similar experience for $699. Acer also offers an 11th Gen Intel CPU, which is noticeably more powerful, and gives you Iris Xe graphics.
Now, if the price drops, say, $400, the whole narrative changes. That’s exactly what Best Buy has done, and you can currently snag this 10th-gen Core i5 convertible with 8GB of RAM, 256GB of NVMe storage, and a crisp 13.5-inch display for just $549. That’s more than 40% off the retail price, and this Chromebook will get updates through June 2028. Thanks to Chrome OS’s seamless updates and lightweight nature, you can bet that this HP will be as fast and smooth as it is now in six years’ time. Get one at Best Buy before this deal becomes history.
HP Chromebook x360 13c (C1030)
- Chromium OS
- Intel® Core™ i5-10210U
- 8 GB DDR4-2666 MHz memory
- 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
- 13.5″ diagonal (1920 x 1280), bezel-less glass display @ 400 nits, 100% sRGB
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (2×2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
- 2 USB-C, 1 SS USB-A, 3.5mm audio
- 1 microSD media card reader
- Audio by Bang & Olufsen; dual speakers
- 2.99 lbs