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Here’s why Lenovo’s little Duet Chromebook 2-in-1 is a big deal

Lenovo and Google put together an inexpensive 10-inch Chrome device that’s part mini-laptop and part Android tablet.

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  1. alright hash

    May 11, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    he seems tired

  2. NileshR12

    May 11, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    Chrome OS makes more sense on a tablet than it does on a laptop

    • Trevor BMG

      May 11, 2020 at 9:36 pm

      Why do you say so

  3. Jonathan Figueroa

    May 11, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    @5:41 I don’t think it’s the mic. Just might be you. Unless your using the Lenovo mic to record this review.

  4. Mohamed Hazem

    May 11, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    Here is why it’s a big deal. The 128 GB costs $300 and Lenovo includes a cover and keyboard in the box. You also get stylus support. They are showing us that we can get a good deal on convertibles without paying so much for the likes of iPad pro and surface devices. They are amazing devices but to use all what they have to offer you have to pay close to the price tag of a premium PC or Mac

  5. craig2web

    May 11, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    Looks pretty nice. And frankly, for most consumers, I think it could easily serve as their main computer. I’ve been using Chrome OS devices as my main computers since 2014 with no problems. They do everything most people need. They may not have everything a “power” user wants or needs, but very few are in that category.

  6. Vivek Roy

    May 11, 2020 at 8:38 pm

    You left the most important information for the last line of the review

  7. lw216316

    May 11, 2020 at 8:59 pm

    Since this is portable – how would I connect to the internet ?
    I would like to have my financial apps available on it and I would not trust free retail wi-fi to be secure.

    • Trevor BMG

      May 11, 2020 at 9:37 pm

      Mobile hotspot with your phone?

    • matthew s

      May 11, 2020 at 10:33 pm

      it can run ANDROID apps and people run financial apps on there Android Phones / Tablets

    • lw216316

      May 12, 2020 at 1:25 am

      @Trevor BMG I have a tracfone cell phone service – but does this Chromebook have a sim in it that tracfone cell towers would work with ? I’ve never had a tablet before and don’t know how this stuff works. Maybe you have to buy a monthly service with some certain company to have internet access on the Chromebook – I don’t know

  8. Trevor BMG

    May 11, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    You still haven’t said why this is a big deal

  9. GTNOfficial

    May 11, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    His gameplay looks like he has never touched a video game controller before

  10. Caio Raz

    May 11, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    I know he’s made this video from home but it feels very underwhelming and unorganized. You can definitely tell he didn’t care at all. I would’ve made a better reviewer.

    • Trevor BMG

      May 11, 2020 at 9:42 pm

      My grandmother would have made a better video

    • Caio Raz

      May 11, 2020 at 9:56 pm

      @Trevor BMG Trevor, your grandma would get millions of views and sell so many products compared to this guy.

  11. Doug Stevens

    May 11, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    You looked stoned right?

  12. Joseph Preston

    May 11, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Good video but damn that mic quality ain’t great

  13. James G

    May 11, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    Click bait. There is no big deal.

  14. Max

    May 11, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    I use Samsung Dex… 😏

  15. James M

    May 11, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Well, I still see that Chrome is still worthless on a tablet as ever. What a laggy POS that thing was.

  16. foxroano9t

    May 11, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    So it’s a Surface device?

    • matthew s

      May 11, 2020 at 10:58 pm

      its a TABLET Chromebook,, with optional keyboard & USI stylus support,

  17. Junior Rivera

    May 11, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    I wonder if it works like an Android tablet, since it has a Google Play Store App. 🙄🤔

    • matthew s

      May 11, 2020 at 10:56 pm

      it should be similar to an android tablet,, a comparison would have been useful,, maybe another video?

  18. vladimir gertsik

    May 11, 2020 at 10:47 pm

    It is not a big deal. It is crappy tablet, and is too small for a laptop. Can be useful for light use on the go, or with monitor attached.

  19. Tim Lawless

    May 11, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    What it matters is that it is hard to find an andorid tablet with 4gb of ram in this price range.

    • matthew s

      May 11, 2020 at 10:54 pm

      what about the 2018 ACER Chromebook Tab 10? and the ASUS version?
      or the Lenovo Rugged Sibling 10e Chromebook Tablet of the DUET

  20. Brandon Lim

    May 11, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    So why is it a big deal

  21. Kevin Barry

    May 11, 2020 at 11:16 pm

    Unfortunately, what you did not just get is a good microphone.

  22. AIintel Intel

    May 11, 2020 at 11:19 pm

    I had 3-4 Android tablets sized 8″ including Lenovo brand. It’s the Lenovo that had battery problem while the other brands didn’t..

  23. Michael

    May 12, 2020 at 12:23 am

    Chromebook? END OF THE STORY!! WINDOWS 10 RULES, CHROMEBOOK IS NOT USING WINDOWS 10!! END OF THE STORY!!

  24. Jon Chan

    May 12, 2020 at 12:36 am

    “And because someone out there cares” haha

  25. Zack

    May 12, 2020 at 1:23 am

    This is the shittest video I’ve seen in a while. Dude could have tried a bit harder.

  26. Daniel Sanchez

    May 12, 2020 at 5:27 am

    This tablet looks cheap. It’s looks like it was made to last one year at most….

  27. Jari Ristiranta

    May 12, 2020 at 5:47 am

    3:56 Only mirroring?

    • Michele Guidone

      May 12, 2020 at 6:35 pm

      3:45 seems to sopportà also dual screen, you can see a blue corner on the connected monitor displaying what looks like the app drawer/desktop while using browser on the tablet

    • Michele Guidone

      May 12, 2020 at 6:35 pm

      *support

  28. winter roll

    May 12, 2020 at 5:57 am

    Mic testing

  29. Francisco Susana Canela

    May 12, 2020 at 6:14 am

    In the video I sense that is quite slow for multiple windows management, but for the price and the accessories included is worth it.

    • Liam Duffy

      May 12, 2020 at 6:01 pm

      Did you see the initial Pixel Slate reviews? This is practically buttery smooth by comparison.

  30. Gabriel Leung

    May 12, 2020 at 6:41 am

    this dude speaks sooooo slowly i put it on 1.25x and he’s still slower than normal people lmao

    • MarchOf TheLorex

      May 12, 2020 at 9:59 am

      Do not watch while high he is speaking at normal human speed.

  31. Dhiliphan Madhav M C

    May 12, 2020 at 7:09 am

    Does it support HD streaming in Netflix and Prime?

  32. THUNDER LIPS THE ULTIMATE MALE

    May 12, 2020 at 7:22 am

    Very good product I’ve owned this Chromebook for all most two weeks now very satisfied, also it makes My Muppet stand up at Attention long and strong all day long. 👍👍

    • Pavel Konovalov

      May 12, 2020 at 5:52 pm

      i’m almost sure that MediaTek processor will make it hard to enjoy working with this chromebook. What do you think about it, what’s your impressions?

  33. Mortino Canoo

    May 12, 2020 at 7:32 am

    Fake news!

  34. LeftPinkie

    May 12, 2020 at 7:45 am

    So why is it a big deal?!?! You never answered the question. Everything about this device is middle-of-the-road or compromised so nothing about it is a big deal. Please stop putting up click-bait titles.

  35. Love sucking candy: TAP ON MY PHOTO

    May 12, 2020 at 8:21 am

    😛 😹 🤙

  36. Trevor BMG

    May 12, 2020 at 9:32 am

    The only problem with this is it’s made by a Chinese company

    • Gabriel Leung

      May 12, 2020 at 10:23 am

      exactly.

  37. Hector G.

    May 12, 2020 at 9:49 am

    I was going to buy this thing, but they lost my business as soon as I heard there is no 3.5 mm jack or SD card slot. What is their excuse? There is plenty of space.

    • Luis Russell

      May 12, 2020 at 4:35 pm

      Hector G. It’s $300. That’s why! Lenovo saved money so it could keep the cost down. Most of us use Bluetooth devices anyhow.

    • Steve Weinberg

      May 12, 2020 at 10:46 pm

      Dude! It comes with a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle. Does Apple include those?

  38. hasibk56

    May 12, 2020 at 11:55 am

    Very poor review and the thing is pure crap

  39. Clement Kheng

    May 12, 2020 at 12:57 pm

    Hi, once connected to a larger monitor display, can u still click on whatever’s projected on the monitor? Or u gotta be doing it from the tablet screen?

  40. theHPrendition

    May 12, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    This looks like theres some lag compared to the pixel slate

  41. Novel Nouvel

    May 12, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    i need phone that runs chrome os

  42. Lights Camera ACTION

    May 12, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    That looks so laggy. Better of getting iPad 10.2

    • 3165dwayne

      May 13, 2020 at 3:20 am

      not if you want to do work

  43. Neil Carvalho

    May 12, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    The screen size is too small. The ram is peanuts.

    • 3165dwayne

      May 13, 2020 at 3:22 am

      yeah… Chrome doesn’t need that much. What are you doing on a 10 inch tablet that needs more b ram?

    • Neil Carvalho

      May 13, 2020 at 8:48 am

      @3165dwayne I want to run a vm of windows for fun…

  44. Neil Carvalho

    May 12, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    16:10 is good.

  45. salocin911

    May 12, 2020 at 7:36 pm

    Anyone know the dock he is using? Any usb c docks should work on amazon? thanks in advance.

    • Josh Goldman @ CNET

      May 13, 2020 at 2:14 am

      It’s an Anker 7-in-1. I normally use it with my Lenovo Yoga, but worked fine with Chrome, too.

  46. seno bayu r w

    May 12, 2020 at 7:59 pm

    throw the accessories like someone who allergy with not fancy item

  47. faheem ahmad vlogs

    May 12, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    this is better than ipad and surface go 2

  48. Dimitri Schestakov

    May 12, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Hi I have a question about Performance On this Tablet, Is this processor okay if you do surfing, watch videos and then Office? And how does the system run? He have laggs?

  49. Jeff Wulf

    May 13, 2020 at 12:54 am

    10.2 – too small. Non standard KB – fail. 16×9? on a productivity chromebook? Kickstand? yeah, right. Nope, nope, nope infinity nope.

  50. Simon5005

    May 13, 2020 at 1:08 am

    Too bad it can’t be found anywhere. Neither Amazon OR the Lenovo WebStore!

    • Charlee Gonzalez perez

      May 13, 2020 at 9:43 pm

      Simon5005 it hasn’t came out yet

  51. Dhruv Halwasiya

    May 13, 2020 at 2:38 am

    Does it only mirror the chromebook display when connected to an external monitor or can it also work as an extended separate display for multitasking?

    • 3165dwayne

      May 13, 2020 at 3:19 am

      he answered that…

    • Dhruv Halwasiya

      May 13, 2020 at 4:18 am

      @3165dwayne well, he said that the display can be extended but in the video I could only see the Chromebook being mirrored.

      Wanted to confirm.

    • Josh Goldman @ CNET

      May 13, 2020 at 11:16 pm

      Yep, it can be extended, it just wasn’t shown. Thanks for watching!

  52. Jado

    May 13, 2020 at 6:35 am

    can you test with any pen?

  53. Liery

    May 13, 2020 at 7:14 am

    There aren’t much space left in the tablet market now that iPads are in every price category. What can this do that the iPad can’t? Files, keyboard, and mouse are supported, plus there sure are lots of iOS apps in favour of iPads. The problem with cheap Android/Chrome/Windows tablet is that they are slow and stutter quite a bit, in comparison to Apple’s smooth experience thanks to software-hardware integration. If you value traditional desktop experience, it makes more sense to get a laptop with better performance, instead of a compromised middle-of-the-road machine that gives you mediocre experience on both tablet and laptop sides.

  54. Aryan Agarwal

    May 13, 2020 at 7:53 am

    This chromebook has better features and is pretty affordable as well. will be a good option for anyone who wants to get a decent laptop/tab.

  55. Ragnvald David

    May 13, 2020 at 9:32 am

    What a dolt! Complain complain complain! It’s less than $300 and you’re never ever grateful and appreciative for technology as they come!

  56. ankit gupta

    May 13, 2020 at 10:21 am

    What MediaTek processor is present in the Chromebook? I have been looking for it but no luck.

    • Solidcancer07

      May 13, 2020 at 11:11 am

      4:08

  57. harmless carrot

    May 13, 2020 at 10:24 am

    Please buy a real mic!

  58. tushar sharma

    May 13, 2020 at 11:21 am

    What’s the difference between MediaTek helio P60 and MediaTek helio P60T processor that this Chromebook contains?

  59. Stephan Davis

    May 13, 2020 at 11:47 am

    Like others, I watched till the end hoping to learn “why it is a big deal”. Wasted my time :>(

  60. akshat kumar

    May 13, 2020 at 11:53 am

    lenovo chromebook duet is an affordable and compact option with the reliable processing of mediatek platform

  61. Femi Omomo

    May 13, 2020 at 11:56 am

    I dont understand Lenovo, they have some of the most versatile tablets in the world i.e tab 3.
    But they insist on skimping on
    Ram
    Memory expansion
    Sound Quality.
    Good screen is only half of the experience because we have two ears as well!
    With the world on lock down and working from home being more popular power and versatility are important to win this market, which Lenovo could do with ease.

  62. pallav mohan

    May 13, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    Lenovo chromebook is duet is a great option, what’s the price?

  63. Average Joe

    May 13, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Nice little media consumption device at a reasonable price.

  64. CurbsideTech

    May 13, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    That”s alot of value for $300! I would not have expected to get a keyboard at that price.

  65. Mark Van Patten

    May 13, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    Ta Da. Such excitement

  66. Evgeniy Mironov

    May 13, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    Oh, this thing is laggy.

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