Chromebook S330 Laptop, 14-Inch FHD Display, MediaTek MT8173C, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Chrome OS

Had this laptop for 5 years and it gave out on me yesterday (3/20). Not complaining, it was the best 5 years with it.

My middle-schoolers do a lot of work at school on Chromebooks through Google Classroom. I wanted to give them a similar experience at home while keeping the cost reasonable and support overhead very low. The Lenovo Chromebook S330 was just the trick. This thing is fast, the screen is clear and bright and the battery life is awesome with an estimated life of 13 hours. Is it really 13 hours? Who knows, but it last through 6 hours of constant and showed a little over half battery remaining, so it seems reasonable. For perspective, "best" in terms of computer hardware and operating system really comes down to your intended use. You'll get the best value and have the best experience when you buy for that intended use. For what I've described above, this Chromebook is perfect. I could have spent a lot more on a high-performance gaming rig or something with a touchscreen and all the extras, but that's not what was needed. We haven't had it very long, so I'll post back if any of my initial impressions and observations change.

I don't understand all the negative reviews about the screen. It's not the BEST laptop screen I've ever used, but FAR from the worst. And for less than $250? Are you guys kidding me? Are you expecting an ipad pro level screen? The laptop is solid even though it's plastic, I'm not worried about putting this thing in my backpack. While the keyboard is a little stiff for my taste, it works well. I'm just used to my mechanical keyboard on my desktop. I can write and do some coding perfectly fine and that's how I would describe this chromebook: Perfectly fine. Solid. Reliable. Lenovo-quality. I might as well be in one of their commercials, but Lenovo has never failed me. The negatives? The screen can be a BIT wobbly when I adjust it, but that's minor. It doesn't wobble when I type, which would make me want to return it. A couple more ports would be nice as well as an SD card slot that allows the SD card to completely insert. This one, the card sticks out halfway. Battery life is great, can go for hours at the library without needing to be plugged in and I'm using a higher brightness. I'm not doing anything intensive, just chrome tabs, spotify, watching Youtube. If you need a laptop to take care of your internet needs and basic computer needs, this is a solid one for the price. If you need stronger hardware, then spend at least 400-500. However, if you're already spending that much money, it might be better to get a Windows machine, unless you LOVE Chromebooks. I love Chrome OS for what it is. Fast, lightweight, and cost-effective. That's the name of the game. If you buy this laptop, or any laptop a this price, then don't expect a thousand-dollar plus experience and then leave horrible reviews. This is a solid chromebook, especially for the price. I'll be keeping this one for a long while and give it to a family member when it's time for me to upgrade.

Bought it for my wife for Christmas. She loves it. Lightweight and works great for web surfing which is just about all we do with them.

I purchased this Chromebook after my 4 year old Toshiba Chromebook 2 finally started having issues. I paid almost the same price back in 2015 for the Toshiba that I did for the Lenovo. I was hoping to find a similar quality machine and boy was I wrong. Here are the main issues with the Lenovo. Screen Quality - I have no idea what Lenovo was thinking with this screen. You have to have the perfect angle to see anything, and even once you find that angle, it still looks like garbage. The colors are always washed out, black text on a white background looks almost grey. This is embarrassing for a lcd screen made in the past 10 years. Speakers - I listen to a lot of videos and music on my chromebook. My old Toshiba had amazing sound for a chromebook, and I was not expecting to find the same quality without paying for it. But the “speakers” that the Lenovo have are hilarious. I can’t believe how bad they are. Not only are they very flat and hollow sounding, you can barely hear them at max volume. I even tried using the “Audio EQ” extension, that allows you to boost the preamp and increase volume. Even with that it truly sounds like you have headphones plugged in, sitting on the desk with the volume max. Terrible! Wifi - I have plenty of devices in my home running on a 5Ghz connection with 100+ mb/s internet. Everything works fine...But the Lenovo. Sitting 5’ away from the router shows a “medium” connection strength. This translated when trying to watch videos and every new video had to “load” for a second, before dropping the quality down for a minute or two while the computer tried catch up. The battery seemed to hold up after a day of "Using it". Mainly trying to find if some setting was causing all of the issues and poor quality. The keyboard felt fine. Trackpad was fine. I ended up returning this and buying the Acer Chromebook 14. These two should not be within $300 of each other. If the Lenovo was a $150 chromebook, I could argue that for the price, at least it kind of works. But when they are asking the same price as some of the other brands that are much higher quality, I had to leave a review to warn others. I use a $2500+ Lenovo workstation laptop everyday as an engineer and I have nothing bad to say about it. But this Chromebook is garbage. Don’t buy it. Find other options.

El preducto llego a tiempo y en buen estado.

I purchased this for my child for use at school. It has been a great computer so far. For a first time Chromebook purchase, I enjoyed the layout and accessibility. If you are going to use this strictly for school, writing, or internet use, this laptop checks all the boxes. The battery has more than enough juice to make it through a school day, and even with a protective case on, it weighed no more than a textbook. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a laptop for school or basic home use.

El producto es viejo, sin garantía, dejó de funcionar después de unos días. Amazon no se hace responsable, Lenovo tampoco, me estafaron. Eviten comprar de este vendedor y de amazon

Home use

The computer was delivered extremely punctually from United States, but some of the gloss was lost when the charger cord would not fit. It is presumably for US power points, having - two parallel mains prongs, and a round earth pin. It is useless here. Fortunately, I had another cord, and so can use the computer. It is not clear to me how to obtain a new one from Amazon, but if I can't, will ask Choice to see what can be done.