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Lenovo N21 is a third generation chromebook for students after Lenovo ThinkPad X131e and Lenovo Yoga 11e. Chromebooks laptops have now established themselves as decent windows PC alternatives if you do all of your work in the web browser. The Lenovo N21 is a chromebook for students offering excellent specifications at a cheap price tag.

Lenovo N21 specifications as reported by chromium netbooks include a 11.6 inch display packing 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, Intel Celeron N2840 processor, 2 or 4 GB of RAM and 16GB of SSD storage. The screen of the Lenovo N21 has been given anti scratch and anti-fingerprint treatment as well.

The company knows that the students often mistreat their laptops and Lenovo N21 can withstand drops up to 70cm. Even the keyboard is water resistant and can withstand penetration of liquid up to a maximum of 330 ml. The touchpad is sealed to protect the underlying components.

The Lenovo Chromebook N21 makes use of haswell architecture which allowed its manufacture to make it completely fanless. This makes it virtually indestructible.

Processor: Intel Celeron Dual Core N2840, 1M cache, up to 2.58GHz
Screen: 11.6 “1366×768 pixel anti-glare
Operating system: Chrome OS
Memory: 2-4GB
Storage: 16GB SSD
Camera: 1.0MP rotatable
Audio: stereo speakers, built-in microphone in the webcam rotates along with it
Ports: 1 x full-size HDMI, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0
Expansions: memory card reader 2-in-1
Networking: WiFi dual-band 7260 AC Wifi 802.11 ac / a / b / g / n 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0
Battery: Lithium Polymer 3-cell 36Wh, range of up to 9.5 hours
Dimensions: 300 x 215 x 22.4 mm
Weight: 1,29Kg

After launching Shuttle XH97V and SH97R6 nettops, the company has introduced world first fan less computer with Intel broadwell processor which represents fifth Intel generation. The new Shuttle DS57U incorporates Intel motherboard and processor socket Broadwell BGA  which means that the processor is soldered to the motherboard. The Shuttle DS57U is launched as successor to the Shuttle DS81 and DS47 which occupied exactly 1 liter volume. Its exact dimensions are 20 x 3.95 x 16.5 cm in case someone wants to double check.

Shuttle DS57U specifications

The  Shuttle DS57U specifications include Intel Celeron 3205U dual-core processor that runs at 1.5 Ghz with two SO-DIMM sockets to install up to 16 GB of RAM DDR3L memory and a bay which is used to install an SSD / HDD 2.5 “drive with SATA3 interface. The Intel Celeron 3205U is manufactured using 14 nm manufacturing technology and consumes just 15 watts of power.

And since this Intel Broadwell Celeron 3205U CPU does not require active cooling, it runs very quite. is delivered as barebone computer. The retail price for the Shuttle barebone DS57U is about 232 euros (VAT included).