Google announces Samsung Chromebooks budget price of $249

Google just disclosed a new $249 Chromebook manufactured by Samsung. Starting thursday, the new Samsung Chromebook will be available for pre-order online from Amazon, Best Buy, PC World and other retailers. Next week it will be available for sale from these same online retailers as well as the Google Play store. You can also buy them at over 500 Best Buy stores across the U.S and over 30 PC World and Currys stores in the U.K.

It weighs around 2.5 pounds and is 0.8 inches thick. Holds around 6 hours of life for a typical user. Also, with 100 GB of free storage on Google Drive(For 2 years, starting on the date you redeem the offer on eligible Chrome devices.),get to all of your stuff anytime, anywhere.

Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president for Chrome and Apps, said, ” the goal was to create a thin, light, portable computer which is great quality.” He said the team sees this as a second device people use at home, as a complement to their desktop computer or a more powerful laptop.

He also adds, “Even with its compact design, it’s packed with performance—it boots up in less than 10 seconds and resumes instantly. High-resolution videos (in 1080p) are beautiful to watch and when using the touchpad, you’ll notice smooth scrolling due to a hardware-accelerated user interface. And as you‘d expect from a Chromebook, it’s easy to share with others. Everyone—mom, dad, grandparents, tech lovers, tech haters—can have separate accounts where all of their stuff is kept safe. Finally, if you’re an active Google user of products like Gmail, Drive, Search, Maps, YouTube, Play or Google+ Hangouts, everything just works seamlessly”.

Lets wait to see how much ‘the computer for everyone’  is welcomed!