13" Chromebook, refurb, with Haswell Celeron $131 after rebate with visa (Toshiba)

[Roland00Address]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834216790

Refurbished
Intel Celeron 2955U (1.40GHz) Processor
2GB DDR3 Memory
16GB SSD + 100GB Google Drive (Cloud Storage)
13.3" LCD (1368x766) Display Glossy
Intel HD Graphics
2x USB 3.0 + HDMI
WiFi N + Bluetooth 4.0 (5 ghz wifi)
4-Cell Battery (up to 9-hours)
Google Chrome Operating System
SD Card Reader

Notebook check review
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Toshiba-Chromebook-CB30-102-Notebook.113401.0.html

189.99 Price
Currently there is a promo code VCO which takes 10% off if you use visa checkout
170.99 after 10% off
-40 MIR
=130.99 with free shipping.

The ram is not upgradeable
This uses emmc flash so you can not upgrade the internal storage

Battery life according to notebook check is 7:07 hours doing their wifi surfing test, the Toshiba does very well here. Only Acer's C720 (45 Wh, 9:04) and Microsoft's Surface 2 achieve better results

 

[Crow550]

Add in FatWallet and get 2% off: http://www.fatwallet.com/Newegg-coupons/

Mail in rebates are usually fine they just take awhile to process.

Seems like a great deal. I have heard some people say that NewEgg doesn't handle refurb exchanges and returns very well? So you may want to look into that and maybe ask NewEgg about it before jumping on this just to make sure. I was reading through the Slick Deals thread.

As far as the 11", 13" vs 14"..... It all depends on the user as you can increase the text size and make the 11" work. I have heard the 11" being sharper as the pixels are more dense since the 13" & 14" have the same screen resolution. Also Gloss vs Matte screen but everyone has there own preference on what they find looks good to them. However any Chromebook deal is great. Plenty of reviews on all of them.

In the end if you want a affordable portable PC for web surfing you can't really go wrong whichever you pick.