This is the killer back-to-school Chromebook deal we hoped for

Unfortunately, retailers nonetheless use back-to-school gross sales to dump subpar {hardware} at engaging costs. Not this deal. Best Buy is promoting a superb Chromebook for virtually half off, and there’s actually no motive not to purchase it.

If you’ve adopted our virtually every day roundups of the finest back-to-school offers on laptops, Chromebooks, MacBooks, and different {hardware}, you already know that bargains are sometimes about compromise: Maybe the discounted merchandise makes use of yesterday’s {hardware}. In the case of Chromebooks, that’s widespread, and the Pentium Silver N6000 chip inside the Lenovo Flex 3 on sale for $249.99 (48% off!) is nonetheless higher than most. But from what we can see this Chromebook has no gotchas in any respect.

We usually warn customers to keep away from Chromebooks with 4GB of RAM and a 768p display. But the Flex 3 boasts 8GB RAM and 64GB of storage. The latter’s possibly somewhat skimpy, however this is a Chromebook — this machine is simply for primarily engaged on (and storing) stuff on-line. But a pleasant massive 15.6-inch 1080p display? And a Lenovo-quality keyboard? We’d advise you to seize this deal now, as a result of we haven’t seen something this good but for this yr’s back-to-school gross sales.

We even double-checked Google’s help window. According to Google, it seems that the Flex 3 line will obtain patches till June 2028. As far as we can inform, this is a unbelievable deal whose solely concern is how lengthy it should final.

Get the Lenovo Flex 3 15.6-inch Chromebook at Best Buy for $249

Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor