Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US Chromebook - Intel Celeron 867

The Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US Chromebook is equipped with Intel Celeron 867 dual-core processor that runs at a clock speed of 1.3 GHz 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, AMD E-350 APU with a rating of 725 and Atom N2800 with a rating of 723. But much slower/ less powerful compared to Intel Core i3-2367M which has a rating of 1884 and AMD A8-3520M with a rating of 2014.

The Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US Chromebook comes 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 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.

For connectivity, this Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US 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 with 802.11a/b/g/n standards; Embedded mobile broadband technology; Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN and DisplayPort video output.

This Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US 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 software such as Adobe Photoshop and creating/editing video using Cyberlink Power Director. You can store your digital files with 16GB ultrafast solid state drive – much better if it has a higher capacity for storing more digital files.

This Samsung Series 5 XE550C22-A01US Chromebook runs with 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.