You can get a Chromebook for just $49 — go check your wallet, we're serious about this deal

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Dell Chromebook 3120
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I’ve been covering Black Friday for eight years and testing laptops for the past decade. And in all my time doing this, I never thought I’d be able to say the following words: you can buy a Chromebook for $49.

Normally, the holy grail writers like me look for is the $99 Chromebook. Well, consider my mind blown. Right now, the Dell Chromebook 3120 is just $49 at Walmart. If you just need something cheap for the basics, there’s no better deal available right now on a refurbished laptop.

Dell Chromebook 3120
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Dell Chromebook 3120: was $57 now $49 at Walmart

No, your eyes do not deceive you. This is a $49 Chromebook. It's not going to set the world on fire with performance (Intel Celeron, 4GB RAM and 16GB storage), but it's a 11-inch casual workhorse for dirt cheap.

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Taking me back to my netbook days, this 11-inch Chromebook is every bit of what I appreciated of the tiny laptops of old — a simple, super cheap clamshell system with basic performance to get stuff done and keep yourself entertained while taking up next-to-no backpack space.

Of course, this isn’t going to be for everyone. At such a low price, don’t expect to do anything more than browse the web, watch videos and write documents. With a HD display, Intel Celeron chip, 4GB RAM and a 16GB SSD, you’re definitely not going to set the world on fire with this configuration.

But if these are your only use cases, and you just need something super low cost to tide you over, there’s far worse ways to spend 50 bucks. This is a solid Grade A refurbished device with a durable build quality to withstand knocks, and even some connectivity to plug into other peripherals too.

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Jason England
Jason England
Managing Editor — Computing

Jason brings a decade of tech and gaming journalism experience to his role as a Managing Editor of Computing at Tom's Guide. He has previously written for Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku, Stuff and BBC Science Focus. In his spare time, you'll find Jason looking for good dogs to pet or thinking about eating pizza if he isn't already.

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