Lenovo Chromebook C340-15, Pentium Gold 4417U
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Reviews for the Lenovo Chromebook C340-15, Pentium Gold 4417U
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If you like a big screen on your Chromebook, Lenovo makes the most reliable one around. While the C340-15 may not look like much on paper, the i3 model will make a reliable workhorse for students, teachers, and regular users, too.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/12/2020
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Intel UHD Graphics 610: Integrated GPU (GT1) with 12 EUs found on some low-end Pentium Gold CPUs (e.g. Whisky-Lake based 15 W ULV series). Same performance as the old HD Graphics 610 and 510.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Pentium 4417U: On the Kaby-Lake architecture (Kaby Lake Refresh series in 14nm+) based dual core SoC clocked at 2.3 (no Turbo Boost) with HyperThreading (4 Threads) and an integrated UHD Graphics 610 graphics card clocked at up to 300 - 900 MHz.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.