Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook - Celeron 867, 16GB SSD

The Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook is packed with 12.1-inch LED-backlit SuperBright display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 300-nit brightness and matte screen; 4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz maximum); Built-in 4-watt stereo speakers (2 x 2W); Built-in 1.0MP webcam and microphone; up to 6 hours of battery life with 6800 mAh battery ;and 4-in-1 memory card reader for SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC.

Under the hood, this Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook comes equipped with 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron 867 dual-core processor with 2 MB cache. This Celeron 867 processor has a CPU PassMark of 1255. This rating is higher/better compared to AMD E-450 which has a rating of 743 and Atom N2800 with a rating of 723. But much slower compared to Intel Core i3-2367M which has a rating of 1884 and AMD A8-3520M with a rating of 2014.

This Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook has an integrated graphics controller called Intel HD Graphics 3000 which is capable of playing HD movies with ease. With this powerful GPU you can use several applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, photo editing and creating/editing video. You can store your digital files with 16GB ultra-fast solid state drive.


For connectivity, this Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook can provide you with 2 high-speed USB 2.0 ports – much better if it has at least 1 USB 3.0 port; Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g/n); Embedded mobile broadband technology; Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN and DisplayPort video output.

This Samsung Series 5 550 XE550C22-H01US Chromebook is powered by Google Chrome OS. It measures 11.5 x 8.5 x 0.83 inches (WxDxH) and weighs about 3.02 pounds. It costs at about $550.