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I used a Samsung Chromebook with an Exynos 5, 2gb of ram, 16gb ssd for like two years with no trouble. Video playback was lovely if you didn't let it buffer first, but aside from that it was fine. It was 330 burgertokens and had a 3g modem. I took it with me on all my motorcyclin' adventures and it held up well. An i7 and 16GB of ram for ChromeOS is pants-making GBS threads retarded. An i3 with 8gb of ram would have been quite adequate for the usage. Aside from trying to give Apple the D in market share, I can't think of a single reason why this makes sense.
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Tactical Lesbian posted:I used a Samsung Chromebook with an Exynos 5, 2gb of ram, 16gb ssd for like two years with no trouble. Video playback was lovely if you didn't let it buffer first, but aside from that it was fine. It was 330 burgertokens and had a 3g modem. I took it with me on all my motorcyclin' adventures and it held up well. An i7 and 16GB of ram for ChromeOS is pants-making GBS threads retarded. An i3 with 8gb of ram would have been quite adequate for the usage. Aside from trying to give Apple the D in market share, I can't think of a single reason why this makes sense. didnt read!
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Tactical Lesbian posted:I used a Samsung Chromebook with an Exynos 5, 2gb of ram, 16gb ssd for like two years with no trouble. Video playback was lovely if you didn't let it buffer first, but aside from that it was fine. It was 330 burgertokens and had a 3g modem. I took it with me on all my motorcyclin' adventures and it held up well. An i7 and 16GB of ram for ChromeOS is pants-making GBS threads retarded. An i3 with 8gb of ram would have been quite adequate for the usage. Aside from trying to give Apple the D in market share, I can't think of a single reason why this makes sense. well said honestly even 8gb seems like overkill, 4gb is typically the high end for chromebooks
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maniacdevnull posted:well said Thanks. I did consider 4GB, but memory is getting to be pretty inexpensive. Though, 4GB would definitely be adequate.
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why get a chromebook rather than a 10 inch linx tablet with a keyboard and windows 8.1
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Valeyard posted:why get a chromebook rather than a 10 inch linx tablet with a keyboard and windows 8.1 microsoft makes a product so lovely people consider it a positive that overrides every other concern that it be absent oh this laptop cant do anything but browse the web? that seems limiting... oh it lacks windows okay then thats fine
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LastInLine posted:because the best thing about a chromebook is it not having windows i mean i know this is yospos, but do actual real normal consumers realyl think windows is that trash?
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Valeyard posted:why get a chromebook rather than a 10 inch linx tablet with a keyboard and windows 8.1 A desktop browser agent with native flash I guess. I can't really think of anything else. You can also put the chromebook into dev mode and this allows you to chroot into like, ubuntu I guess. I don't know $dick about tablets -- ever since I got a Motorola Xoom back in the day, used it for a while and then sold it after deeming that tablets are stupid. Oh, I assumed you meant "10 inch Linux tablet" but then I Googled Linx tablets. Chromebook wins by simplicity in design, the tablet gives you... Windows. Aside from that point, the only major difference is in end-user interaction. Trackpad & keyboard built in, or a touchscreen with a (bluetooth?) keyboard. To answer your question: probably user preference. If you just want a slim laptop for just a web browser with a suuuuper long battery life, Chromebook owns. If you want more multimedia, probably the tablet. I really enjoyed having the Chromebook with me on my trips last summer. I'm basing these points on the 300 dollar Chromebook, not the Pixel.
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Tactical Lesbian posted:A desktop browser agent with native flash I guess. I can't really think of anything else. You can also put the chromebook into dev mode and this allows you to chroot into like, ubuntu I guess. I don't know $dick about tablets -- ever since I got a Motorola Xoom back in the day, used it for a while and then sold it after deeming that tablets are stupid. I picked out that Linx tablet in particular just because it was similarly priced to the low end Chromebooks except its actually higher spec but less money. I mean you could just use Chrome on it and then its essentially a Chromebook anyway
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Valeyard posted:I picked out that Linx tablet in particular just because it was similarly priced to the low end Chromebooks except its actually higher spec but less money. I mean you could just use Chrome on it and then its essentially a Chromebook anyway Right, but again, I did say the only major difference was in end-user interaction. The specs are slightly higher, but it's also running a larger OS, and a lovely one at that. Probably evens out, but that's just speculation on my part -- I don't know the particulars of 8.1 or how it's optimized for tablet use. Is that battery life of 6-8 hours standby? I'd usually go like a week without charging the Chromebook.
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Mar 15, 2015 21:07
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Valeyard posted:i mean i know this is yospos, but do actual real normal consumers realyl think windows is that trash? no they do not. that's why windows is well over 90% of the computer market just like its been for 20+ years
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Mar 15, 2015 21:08
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Nintendo Kid posted:no they do not. that's why windows is well over 90% of the computer market just like its been for 20+ years
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Mar 15, 2015 21:09
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no they will not
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Mar 15, 2015 21:09
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spankmeister posted:no they will not DAYUM A+ rated 5
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Mar 15, 2015 21:17
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regular users just think computers in general are trash
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Mar 15, 2015 21:26
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;Maximum Leader posted:regular users just think computers in general are trash They're right
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fuckin' lusers
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reminder that chromebooks are set to have a record year of sales in 2015 with a whole 9 million devices. with windows being set to sell like 300 million. and macs to be like 20 million
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Mar 15, 2015 21:40
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Valeyard posted:i mean i know this is yospos, but do actual real normal consumers realyl think windows is that trash? yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihorvo2tEuA
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lmao if that was actually real and not staged then people are retards
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Mar 15, 2015 23:37
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you could do the exact same thing with yosposters and android, except instead of saying "huh i need to get me some of that Android!" they would kill themselves at the revelation
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Mar 15, 2015 23:38
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yeah except theyd instantly know when you hand them some giant lovely plastic clownphone
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Mar 15, 2015 23:41
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Valeyard posted:lmao lmao windows vista they even made their staged video terribly
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Mar 15, 2015 23:46
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Maximum Leader posted:regular users just think computers in general are trash yeah that's why i still think an android or ios laptop would sell like gangbusters but until then chromebooks are super great
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maniacdevnull posted:yeah http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/21/hp-slatebook-14-review/ here ya go buddy
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Mar 16, 2015 02:21
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$430 dollars 
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lol
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maniacdevnull posted:$430 dollars $236.77 on amazon now, almost half price in only 6 months 
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i wonder if anyone that was shown that said "umm thats windows vista" and the horrible windows ad person kept insisting "no this is windows mojave its different"
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lol beats audio
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I think MS cutting the price of windows to the bone for netbooks (hp stream 11) will curtail chromebook growth quite a bit. How many people bought a chromebook because oh no janitoring or virii or anything, and how many bought because "OMG $200 laptop"
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SYSV Fanfic posted:I think MS cutting the price of windows to the bone for netbooks (hp stream 11) will curtail chromebook growth quite a bit. How many people bought a chromebook because oh no janitoring or virii or anything, and how many bought because "OMG $200 laptop" i had a legit license for my copy of windows on my cr48 and i switched back primarily to stop needing to constantly update it. I don't use it a ton but every god dammed time it's got a million updates to push down. maybe I'm a corner case but idk
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where was the picture of different jobs and their laptop and apps and it was showing one guy with dreamweaver and photoshop and indesign and someone elsehad visual studio and something else, all the way up to "art director" and it was just a macbook air with outlook and that's all
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maniacdevnull posted:i had a legit license for my copy of windows on my cr48 and i switched back primarily to stop needing to constantly update it. I don't use it a ton but every god dammed time it's got a million updates to push down. maybe I'm a corner case but idk yeah, I have no idea. I'd figure MS did some market research before selling cut rate licenses though.
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SYSV Fanfic posted:I'd figure MS did some market research 
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:where was the picture of different jobs and their laptop and apps and it was showing one guy with dreamweaver and photoshop and indesign and someone elsehad visual studio and something else, all the way up to "art director" and it was just a macbook air with outlook and that's all sum1 post this please.
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:where was the picture of different jobs and their laptop and apps and it was showing one guy with dreamweaver and photoshop and indesign and someone elsehad visual studio and something else, all the way up to "art director" and it was just a macbook air with outlook and that's all what kind of laptop would a "SomethingAwful Forums Poster" use
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Tactical Lesbian posted:what kind of laptop would a "SomethingAwful Forums Poster" use
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Tactical Lesbian posted:what kind of laptop would a "SomethingAwful Forums Poster" use Humor me. Post what you think is the right answer.
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Tactical Lesbian posted:what kind of laptop would a "SomethingAwful Forums Poster" use 
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