At $149, Google unveils its cheapest Chromebooks yet: Haier and Hisense 11.6" laptops, up for preorder today | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Emil Protalinski: "If you have $149 to spend, you should probably go with the Haier Chromebook 11. It is slightly smaller, lighter, and allegedly has a better battery life."

Fascinating, Captain! No Intel to be found. I suspect they've been keeping the price of processing artificially high due to a rapidly eroding monopoly position in the market.

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