Lenovo Chromebox Micro - Intel powered fanless Chrome Mini PC
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Find one at B&H : lon.tv/krxza (compensated affiliate link) - Lenovo'c Chromebox Micro is a neat ChromeOS powered mini PC. It's currently priced a little high for what it has under the hood but it performs well for its designed tasks. See more ChromeOS: • Reviews of ChromeOS De... and subscribe! lon.tv/s
VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Price
01:08 - Use Case
01:41 - Tech Specs
02:09 - Ports
03:47 - WiFi
03:59 - Web Browsing & UA-cam
05:30 - Browserbench Speedometer Test
06:01 - Android Games & Apps
06:50 - Game Streaming
07:25 - Linux
08:44 - Conclusion
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UPDATE: The B&H listing was updated right after I published the video (of course). The $389 price point includes a Google Management Console license. Without the license the price is $249 which is a little more reasonable. I have updated the affiliate link in the video description : lon.tv/krxza
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Or you can purchase a GMKTec G3 with an actual SSD and N100. Upgrade the memory and it's still far cheaper. The Windows 11 pro license is thrown in (Ubuntu is very good).
Good I'm sure for business use, but really not attractive from a consumer point of view.
Even at that price, an old celeron isn't good.
Even that price is a joke. They are not Apple or Sony; they are a cheap Chinese company. The price should have been somewhere around $100. I recently ordered an N100 + 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD mini PC for about $92 on Ali. I used the $8 coupon code that I found by searching the web, and coins for $2.
@@typingcat little sonnygirl. WRONG. downgrade YOUS ram.
379$ for those specs is out of this world
Agreed, the price is nuts. $379 for an N4500?! What were they thinking? 150 max is what it should cost.
WRONG 160.
I would imagine with non-upgradable 8GB RAM and non-upgradable 32GB of storage, they could sell a lot of these at $65 or so... I had a $100 Chromebook. The only advantage it had over this was the fact it had a display. Losing that display and shoving the guts into this Chromebox format should've made it even cheaper than my Chromebook. Certainly cheaper than $379. That's ridiculous...
For over $300 I would at least want to see an N100 (Alder Lake-N) instead of the N4500 (Jasper Lake). I know that this is an enterprise focused device and the prices are higher for such devices, but Jasper Lake is pretty old at this point.
You don’t get the lake with it. You just get a generic body of water often from the Arctic featuring a beluga whale.
Lon, Thanks for posting this video
Please call him Lonathan Plus. He glued a plus sized iPhone to his abdomen.
A few years ago HP had an entire all-in-one system with a 21.5-in touch screen that could swivel and it was only like 400 bucks at the base model.
It won’t swivel or twerk without getting paid the royalty, right?
Nice on i would need to consider this one.
What’s great about this is it has an intel pentium with MMX technology from 1997. So it still thinks the Spice Girls are relevant.
Spice Girls are forever relevant!
Thanks.
I have 2 Lenovo Chromebooks with 32gb and 64gb storage. I use micro sd cards for expansion which works fine. I store my music collection on them. I have heard Lenovo didn't expect that chromebox to be popular with consumers, but it is, so hopefully they expand the onboard storage at some point. I also think 8GB of ram is fine for ChromeOS.
WRONG. nobody stores music. This is not 2000.
love the concept! fanless means low heat means more reliability, especially in pro environments!
Fanless means it harbors no Met’s fans.
It's just 3x more expensive than it should be with that hardware.
@@Droogie128 because it's a niche product and fanless approved hardware must be tested and improved for this specific type or use. it means you can operate 24/7/365, without any heat of noise, useful per example for a webradio (sorry i don't have other example in mind 😂)
@@Housestationlive it's still old slow hardware. Should have an n100 at that price. It isn't worth it
@@Housestationlive I mean, super niche is one thing. That is niche niche. They have to actually sell this thing. You aren't even paying for a windows license.
It's a 3 year old 2 core/2 thread celeron. It was slow when it came out.
Interesting box, yeah the price is high, but if it's geared towards enterprise level firms $389 bucks is nothing (especially compared to the cost of a normal desktop PC that an IT department is used to buying). I can see companies getting these to run digital signs, knowing that this stable platform will just run rock solid, and wont tax the IT department in terms of IT $$$/hours
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Hmm. Wonder how it would do as a 2D gaming box? Can you run Steam in Big Picture mode 24/7 on a TV on a ChromeBox?
doesn't look like it will sell much at this price point while you can get a laptop on sale with more for same of less
I have a Brother Hl-2040 laser printer. Can't print from Chromebook . Any help is appreciated
My Lenovo Chromebox Micro gets quite warm when in use. How has your unit been with thermals? Have you noticed that your Lenovo Chromebox Micro is quite warm to the touch when it has been in use for a while?
Fanless PCs do warm up by design - the heat is transferred to the case - nothing to be concerned about - although I do think it’ll do some thermal throttling under load as many of these do.
What about AUE (Auto Update End Date)? How many months or years of updates it has?
10 years is the standard now… for the software part.
Don't expect the hardware of that garbage to last that long except if you're planning to bang your head in the wall maybe
Even at $249 not good value. We've had two Samsung & two Acer Chromebook laptops. They keep getting better for the same cost. We've had no hardware problems except reduced battery life. We only replace the Chromebooks because of EOL (no updates) however Google has extended EOL from 5 to 10 years. My latest Acer came with many different processor options, there are online benchmark tests that help with that decision, some had really poor performance. I went with an AMD Ryzen 3 processor that had good performance vs cost. HTH.
I've been curious to try ChromeOS and got excited about that if this is my possible future test box. Then checked the price and exitement disappeared immediately.
Exited? LEARN TO SPELL PAL.
Just install chrome flex on an old laptop.
@@ericB3444 Happy now PAL?
@@JohnPob I've tried it, but it's nothing like actual ChromeOS. There isn't even Android support.
@@jothain my team is satisfied but the $2k fine stands.
Seems expensive for what you're getting. I've seen small PC's less expensive than this, and can do more.
WRONG. expensive is gas in cali. Or expensive is grass in Maui. Or expensive is glass on the moon.
I do like to see more mainstream brands putting out chrome devices so we can get support with updates, instead of all the cheap malware infested devices that will never get a security patch. $250 way too overpriced when you can get a N100 pc for 150$. Even a Nvidia shield is even cheaper.
Is there a gaming system like this?
There are mini PCs out there in similar form factors
aluminium is still better disperse heat. this cheap plastic will results in cpu underclock to keep it fresh.
The best way to disperse heat is to have a cool chick sit on your radiator.
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out of stock already? video was posted an hour ago. Not Lon's fault but wow.
Lons power is huge. Lon is viral
Anyone know if it supports PoE
This one does not
Wow, you weren't lying about the price for what you get. That is a laptop spec and price but no display, keyboard, portability, etc.
So sad that they would make such a swing and a miss.
You could take it with you just need to crane and you need to have the rock carry it for you because it weighs probably more than 2 pounds.
Libre Office. As in Libre = French for free, pronounced as Libruh, not Libree.
Libre is like a drug lord name. Office is a boring cubicle
Old used Chromebooks 100 bucks cdn
WRONG. 97.34 and less.
The end of life will be closer, and I don’t want a laptop plugged into my TV (too messy).
A useless device to be honest. 1/2 the performance of N100?
A N100 with Windows 11 PRO + 16G DDR5 + 512GB (Expandable) PCIx/SATA SSD is available for < $200.
I just do not know what sometimes these OEMs are thinking.
A Snapdragon X-Elite Plus would make far more sense in this form factor.
Useless wrong. Play pong.
Lenovo overprice everything. For years. Maybe £180 makes more sense.
That’s because they bought IBM computers several years ago and they thought that gives them license
@@ericB3444 Yoga stuff used to be good value
@@russc788 them gadgets don’t do yoga. Them gadgets are lazy. My Nintendo just sits in the basement.
32GB of eMMC 5.1 Storage = No thanks.
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$379!??? *Stops watching* (JK) that is ridiculous however
See my pinned comment above - it's actually around $249 without the enterprise license. Still a little high but not as bad :)
You can get a chromebook for the same price or a much more powerful mini PC. I won't be buying one.
what a rubbish device for the price. And as you said the chrome OS still lack widevine L1 when using android apps.....come on Goggle why just can't try to fix this.....
terrible device.... extremely overpriced....rippoff
excellent device…. extremely underpriced….deal
Way overpriced
WRONG.
@@ericB3444 old, slow hardware. Should be an n100 at that price.
@@Droogie128 may I remind you that a basic computer cost $3k in 1997. This is faster and cheaper. 1997 wasn’t even a millisecond ago using cosmic time standards.
@@ericB3444 that was 1997. Not really an argument. This is priced way too high for its hardware today.
Old hardware that was crap when it came out. It's only a dual core celeron. Only 32gb of storage. You're not even paying for a windows license. This shouldn't be over $200.
@@Droogie128 you don’t need these products. You just need Apple to allow the iPad to be more of an actual computer this year hopefully when they announce on May 7. Standard computers are completely outdated and annoying and no one ever liked them. Maybe They’ll let the iPad take on computer tasks more easily.
Too expensive. Take a look at Mele mini PCs.
e.g. MeLE Mini PC Quieter 4C - 12th Gen N100, Fanless PC, 16GB RAM, 512GB ROM, Windows 11 Pro, 2.4/5G Wi-Fi, Full-Functional USB-C, 4K Triple Display.
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