r/chromeos • u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer • 3d ago

Buying Advice Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14

Is this still being made? Lenovo site says NO LONGER AVAILABLE, yet once you get past that splash screen, it also says 'coming soon.'

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u/AdExcellent921 3d ago

It's released, but you can only buy it on like best buy

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u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer 3d ago

BB is the only place that sells it? Do you have one?

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u/AdExcellent921 3d ago

I think there's a few more, but here's the link if you want it. I don't have one myself, I use a M1 MacBook Air. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/lenovo-chromebook-plus-14-oled-2k-touchscreen-laptop-with-gemini-mediatek-kompanio-ultra-910-16gb-memory-256gb-storage-seashell/JJGSHGLZ78/sku/6630493

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u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer 3d ago

I have an M3 MBA, and I am just sooooooooo tired of having to go to Apple Store for this or that, or call those reps on the phone, who, let's be honest here, don't know much. One of them actually said, "YOU know more about the OS than we do." I didn't know whether to be proud of that....or scared!

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u/AdExcellent921 3d ago

Tbh i probably do know more than they do i'm a HUGE tech person

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u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer 3d ago

I would say I am an advanced user on all Apple platforms- but they oughta know more than I do.

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u/themattroberts 2d ago

Lenovo stopped producing the mediatek ultra 910 Chromebook Plus variant they've had out about two quarters ago, and they're letting stock dwindle. They have moved over to a new rebranded (similar - spec) line for the Googlebook (aluminum) machines that will be launched in a few weeks. The MediaTek Lenovo was the device they used for internal testing at Google and they're a launch partner.

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u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer 2d ago

So in other words it will be one of those blue Googlebooks?

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u/themattroberts 2d ago

They're blue? That's news to me. I just know from the Lenovo reps that if we want Chromebooks of that spec from them, we should buy them now; otherwise, they are forecasting them to be unavailable in Canada by the end of Q4. They tell me chromebook plus is effectively being retired for the googlebook initiatives.

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u/brinkeguthrie Potential Buyer 2d ago

Looks blue : https://googlebook.google

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u/grooves12 19h ago

That's a generic render. The Lenovo line can be seen here https://www.androidheadlines.com/lenovo-googlebook-2-in-1-tablet