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CHERLYNN LOW: The next
time you get a laptop

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from your office's
IT, people you

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might be getting a Chromebook.

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Now not that you couldn't
already get a Chromebook

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from your office before,
but this time around,

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thanks to a partnership
between Dell and Google,

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you'll be getting something
that has a more complete suite

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of services and software
for an IT professional,

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so they might feel better
about deploying these

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out across an organization.

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The result of this partnership
is two new laptops.

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The Dell Latitude
5300 2-in-1 Chromebook

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Enterprise, as well
as the Dell Latitude

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5400 Chromebook Enterprise.

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These are basically
existing versions

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of Dell's Latitude notebooks
that are used pretty commonly

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across organizations
in the world,

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but now tweaked so that
they offer Chrome OS,

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as well as Dell's VMware
Unified Workspace.

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Normally at EndGadget,
we don't really

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cover these
business-centric devices,

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but this partnership is notable.

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For one thing, Chrome
partnering with Dell

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means that people who
want to use Chromebooks

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for the workplace get
access to Dell's really

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complete set of services.

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For example, a
Unified Workspace,

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which lets IT
managers better set up

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and track and monitor
devices that they've deployed

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across large organizations.

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Now think about this.

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If your workplace
has 500 employees

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and you have some of them
using Windows laptops,

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some of them using Mac laptops,
and some of them using now

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Chromebooks, you'll want
an easy control panel

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with which to keep a lookout
for things like software

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or security updates, as well as
whether or not a certain user

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has returned their device.

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And that's what stands out
about Unified Workspace, which

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was first launched
in April this year,

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and now is being updated
to feature these Chrome OS

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services embedded.

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As for the laptops
themselves, like I said,

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there are two options.

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The 13" 2-in-1 and
the 14" clam-shell.

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They both have up to
quintiles eighth generation

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Core i7 chipsets,
as well as 32 gigs

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of memory, which
seems like a lot,

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and possibly even overkill.

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But if you think about
enterprise solutions,

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you only want the
best of the best.

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So these guts make sense.

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You can also get
these with LTE options

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for up to 450 megabits
per second speeds.

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So when you're traveling
for work, for example,

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you can still stay
connected to the internet.

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As for the rest of the
laptops, their specs

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are pretty much
what you'd expect

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for a mid-range work laptop.

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You get up to full HD displays,
comfortable laptops, relatively

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responsive track pads.

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But the design here leaves
a lot to be desired.

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I didn't think that these
were the most gorgeous.

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They're pretty
much Dell Latitudes

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that you see across your
office already, except for they

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have Chrome inside.

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So don't get too
excited, unless you're

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a hardcore Chrome OS fan.

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These will be available for
orders starting tomorrow,

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but Dell hasn't told us how
much they will cost yet.

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It's not like you can
go and buy them anyway.

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It'll probably be a little
while longer before you

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get your hands on one of these
through your company's IT

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program.

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So hey, at least if
nothing else, there's

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more options for you to
choose from next time

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you're reconsidering
your work laptop.

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For more news about the
wonderful world of Chrome OS,

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stay tuned to engadget.com.

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