Best Chromebooks for the Best Web Browsing Experience in the UK

The ASUS C434 makes the entire experience comfortable and efficient, from top to bottom. This model matches stylish contemporary aesthetics with compact portability as well as pretty decent specs, making sure that you can always get things done with no fuss. Where everything starts is with the precision-crafted aluminium-alloy finished body with elegant diamond-cut anodised edges. The refined footprint will be appreciated not just by those customers who appreciate sturdy and good-looking gadgets but also those who require on-the-go versatility that the model combines with its peerless design.

Aside from its polished appearance, the Chromebook is slim and light, measuring 15.7 millimetres thin and not even reaching 1.5 kilogrammes in the weight department. To add more, the improved NanoEdge design makes the model's bodywork even more petite, bringing you a 14-inch laptop that's more compact than most 13-inchers.

With practically nonexistent bezels, this 'book makes the on-screen visuals even more impressive, delivering a staggering 87% screen-to-body ratio. Furthermore, the ErgoLift hinge enables 360-degree rotation, so you can use this device both as a laptop and as a tablet. Its silky-smooth action can secure the screen at any angle, with the dual-action mechanism letting you lift and hold the keyboard. As you would expect, the touchscreen display facilitates that, with the Full HD (1920 x 1080p) resolution making the visuals look stunning.

With most lower-end laptops, in which the vast majority of Chromebooks fall, there is almost always a trade-off between several factors. Two of the most important ones in this case are a very light weight along with durability, and it is often rare to find a Chromebook that has both of these characteristics. The Acer (CB514-1HT) 14" Chromebook, however, proves that it is definitely possible to be both durable and lightweight. This 14" Chromebook comes in at a very light weight of 1.5 kg, which puts it right in line with the other models on this list. Along with its low weight, though, is also a good measure of durability that comes thanks to its Aluminum-alloy chassis, ensuring that this system should hold up well to the rigours often experienced by laptops.

Of course, being durable and lightweight doesn't mean it has to make serious trade-offs in other areas. For instance, this system comes with a heavy-duty built-in battery that is able to last for up to 12 hours of use before needing to be recharged. This ensures that you're able to go more than a full workday with this system without needing to be near a power outlet, which greatly adds to the system's overall portability. Needless to say, no one should have any complaints in these areas!

The HP Chromebook 14-db0003na does more with less. Some day, the company will start giving their laptops decent names but, for now, we'll have to contend with what we're offered. Apart from HP's staple terrible name, what plagues this product is a clunky base, a mistake that we seldom see the company make. More often than not, HP laptops are sleek and elegant, but these are not the words you can describe this model with. No, the word we would use is efficient.

Before anything else, this device is efficient. Its efficiency stems from the AMD dual-core A4-9120 APU (accelerated processing unit) that delivers a 2.2 GHz base, a <2.5 GHz boost, and 1 MB cache. This is not the craziest processing unit we've seen on a Chromebook but, considering that the model costs around 200 quid, this little fellow is one capable specimen. With its help, you'll have no problems running multiple Chrome tabs, answering emails, and watching YouTube at the same time. The APU enables seamless multitasking without lagging, which is not something that most laptops twice its price can give you.

Again, we're not crazy about the base but there's not much wrong with the model's overall profile. It is made from sturdy plastic. The 180-degree hinge aids collaboration projects, letting you share the screen with multiple people without moving the laptop around. The webcam is decent, not necessarily thriving in low-light environments but getting the job done where it counts. The bezels are a little fat, sure. On the plus side, the Bang & Olufsen dual speakers are no joke, delivering distortion-free highs and punchy mids.

The process of evaluating different Chromebooks can be a bit difficult, considering that they can be a little harder to compare to each other than ones that run Windows. For one, most Chromebooks tend to use low-end hardware, considering that Google's ChromeOS does not require a powerful system to run optimally. This means that comparing many of the other aspects of a system, such as its weight, build quality, ergonomics, and other features tends to be far more important. With the ASUS 15.6" Full HD Touchscreen Chromebook, you can be sure of getting some of the most important features that any Chromebook can have.

To start with, the system has a slim and lightweight design that gives it plenty of portability, which is aided by the 10 hours of battery life that you can expect from a full charge. While this doesn't quite compare with the longer-lasting battery of some other Chromebooks, it is still quite good and plenty enough to get you through a full working day before you need to charge it up. The Aluminum-alloy NanoEdge design also gives this Chromebook a sleek appearance along with plenty of durability, so slight bumps or even a drop from a low height should not cause any significant damage to the system.

One of the biggest benefits of getting a Chromebook is that you typically pay less than you would for an equivalent laptop running another operating system. This is because the cost of the OS isn't included in the total sale price of the system, so you get more bang for your buck. This is even true with the lower-end Chromebooks out there, and this 14" Chromebook from Acer is a perfect example. Although the hardware of this system is relatively modest, it is still much better than what you could expect to find on a laptop running Windows at the same price (if you can even find one, that is!).

First, let's take a look under the hood to see what you are getting for the low price of this Acer Chromebook. The system features an Intel Celeron N3350 running at 1.1 GHz, which is a bit on the slow end but still able to give you the performance you need for most basic tasks. Along with this, you get 4 GB of RAM for running all of your different tasks without having to worry about slowdown, and the 32 GB of internal eMMC storage provides a modest amount of space for storing your files. All in all, while this is far from a high-end system, the hardware specs are still good enough to give you what you need for performing basic home and office tasks, which is all most people expect from a Chromebook anyway.