Lenovo is one of the biggest makers of affordable laptops running on Google’s Chrome OS. Today, the company has just announced the Chromebook 3 affordable laptop with an 11-inch display, a low-end Intel CPU, and Google Chrome OS. The Lenovo Chromebook 3 11-inch costs only $229.
The 11-inch Lenovo Chromebook 3 actually has a few upgrades over the 14-inch model. This laptop has a slightly better display rated at a maximum brightness of 250 nits, though it is only 1366×768 in resolution. The 11-inch model also has more storage with 64GB onboard (32GB is pretty standard for Chrome OS devices in this price range, so it’s nice to see double the storage). The laptop has 4GB of RAM as well. In terms of ports, the 11-inch Lenovo Chromebook 3 has 2 USB-C ports (3.1) and 2 USB-A ports (3.1). There is also a 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack and a microSD card slot. The processor is an Intel Gemini Lake-R N4020 Celeron. The laptop also supports Android apps. As mentioned, this is a very affordable Chrome OS device. That means it doesn’t have any of the fancy 2-in-1 or hybrid features. The display can be folded flat (180-degrees with the keyboard) but it’s not a touchscreen.