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Is there any way to force my Chromebook to sync with Google drive? I've got some files there that aren't showing up on my local device and I'm not sure how to force it to go back and check
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Is there any way to force my Chromebook to sync with Google drive? I've got some files there that aren't showing up on my local device and I'm not sure how to force it to go back and check Ah, I've had that same issue on occasion. I'm not aware of a way to specifically force a sync, but I've found that visiting the changed directory both via the file explorer and from drive.google.com can get it to wake up and transfer the changed files.
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Friend of mine has an HP Stream (13?) from years ago. He got in touch the other week when he started getting error messages for installing VLC, turns out the poor 32GB onboard storage had about 8 bits left on a Windows 10 installation - presumably a release that's now end of life, or it certainly can't update itself even if it isn't. I got him to uninstall some stuff and run the Windows cleanup utility but these are obviously only temporary mitigations. Longer term he needs either a Linux distro or ChromeOS Flex. He wants to store music and some video locally on the onboard storage. ChromeOS is the obvious choice, but I don't know what apps/extensions or whatever it uses to play local media or if that works as it does on Windows. Can anyone comment?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Friend of mine has an HP Stream (13?) from years ago. He got in touch the other week when he started getting error messages for installing VLC, turns out the poor 32GB onboard storage had about 8 bits left on a Windows 10 installation - presumably a release that's now end of life, or it certainly can't update itself even if it isn't. You can use VLC https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-chromeos.html The interface is bonkers but it works. Some media types work natively, too.
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cruft posted:You can use VLC https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-chromeos.html Thanks, I'll bear this in mind. Any recommendations for music players on ChromeOS?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Thanks, I'll bear this in mind. Any recommendations for music players on ChromeOS? I use PlexAmp for my Plex media, and the built-in thing for stuff I've downloaded to the MicroSD card. But you can run a whole bunch of Android apps on a Chromebook, so you've got pantloads to choose from.
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We just did a big chromebook shuffle. I'm back on the OG Pixelbook. Cruft Jr now has a Lenovo Duet, and Ms Cruft takes the HP X2. Jr tried Windows for a full year in college and is sick of it. I know Google will eventually crap this OS up, but for the time being, it sure is nice to have a computer that you can turn on and start doing work, without having to fight the OS to install updates or make the sound card work or whatever.
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cruft posted:I use PlexAmp for my Plex media, and the built-in thing for stuff I've downloaded to the MicroSD card. But you can run a whole bunch of Android apps on a Chromebook, so you've got pantloads to choose from. Thank you kind goon. I think I'll try Winamp for the nostalgia.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Thank you kind goon. I think I'll try Winamp for the nostalgia. Please report back to the thread! We need to know if it still whips the llama's rear end.
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Got a favorite winamp skin you used to use back in the day? It's probably at https://skins.webamp.org/. (All the skins are fully functional webamp instances, and can play local media and everything.)
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If you want to rock out to the best Winamp setup just grab the version 5.666 redux (removes dead AOL stuff and other annoyances, Album List 2.06 and the FUSION AMPman skin. Conveniently located here so you don't have to search around old sketchy websites and dead links: http://wankie.net/Winamp/
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The HP Chromebook x2 11 I've been using crashed again. It does this all the time, usually after I've launched an android app and then shut the lid/flap to suspend. No biggie, it's ChromeOS, it booted back up in seconds... but now the stylus doesn't work. The tool thingy says the stylus is charging, but there's just nothing happening. I tried rebooting. I tried holding down refresh and power for 60 seconds, which I read on a web page somewhere. I'm not going to power wash it just yet because there's crap I need on this box. For the time being, I'm back on the Pixelbook, which is a really nice machine! Maybe I'll just stay here. It also has a stylus, which works, and when you put it into tablet mode, you don't have to find someplace to stash the keyboard. But it won't run Minecraft, and the battery only lasts like 4 hours 
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Jun 28, 2024 19:35
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cruft posted:For the time being, I'm back on the Pixelbook, which is a really nice machine! Maybe I'll just stay here. It also has a stylus, which works, and when you put it into tablet mode, you don't have to find someplace to stash the keyboard. But it won't run Minecraft I don't know what your Minecraft use case is, but the one time I had to bust out Minecraft on my Pixelbook, Minecraft Java worked fine in Crostini.
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Xiphas posted:I don't know what your Minecraft use case is, but the one time I had to bust out Minecraft on my Pixelbook, Minecraft Java worked fine in Crostini. I don't want to have to start a whole VM just to run Minecraft!  arcvm
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cruft posted:I tried holding down refresh and power for 60 seconds, which I read on a web page somewhere. I'm not sure about the "60 seconds" thing, but you should try an actual hardware reset which usually resolves symptoms like those you're describing.
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Atomizer posted:I'm not sure about the "60 seconds" thing, but you should try an actual hardware reset which usually resolves symptoms like those you're describing. Thanks for the pointer, I hadn't tried that! The stylus is still dead
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Does anyone have any recommendations for 16GB Ram Chromebook models? Trying to find one that doesn't break the bank
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Sadly I don't have any recommendations, but I do have an unrecommendation cos I was looking for the same thing at the end of 2022, and went with the Acer Chromebook Spin 713. I bought direct from Acer and the first one that came had some bad connection to the screen, so if I rotated it past a certain point the screen would go black and not come back until a full powercycle. Had to RMA that but the replacement was fine, started properly using it every day at the end of 2022, start of 2023. After about 4 months using the replacement I noticed one of the rubber feet that keeps the bottom/back of the screen from rubbing against surfaces when you open the screen to 90 degrees had vanished leaving a little hole in the casing. Not long after that the other one became loose and started flapping around. The thing continued falling apart from there, by a year in the casing on the screen was starting to separate the front of the screen bezel from the back/logo side, and it got worse every time I pushed the screen open and it stressed against the hinge.
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for 16GB Ram Chromebook models? What screen size are you looking for 13-14 inches or 16 inch? Edit: Some models I found that seem interesting in the $600 range: Asus CX34 (CX3402CBA-DH566-GR) 14" Intel 1235U https://www.cdw.com/product/asus-chromebook-plus-cx34-cx3402cba-dh566-gr-14-intel-core-i5-1235u/7649940?enkwrd=CX3402CBA-DH566-GR Acer 514 (CBE574-1) 14" AMD 7520C https://www.cdw.com/product/acer-chromebook-plus-514-cbe574-1-14-amd-ryzen-5-7520c-16-gb-ram/7845838?pfm=srh CDW links because they seemed like the most reputable seller I could find. Other slightly older models on Amazon that are Marketplace sellers: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Chromebook-Touchscreen-i7-1160G7-CX3400FMA-DH762T-S/dp/B09S5RRF4B/ref=sr_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Chromebook-Touchscreen-Graphics-Backlit/dp/B0D8J2614C/ref=sr_1_6 waffle iron fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jul 28, 2024 |
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Lord Bob posted:Sadly I don't have any recommendations, but I do have an unrecommendation cos I was looking for the same thing at the end of 2022, and went with the Acer Chromebook Spin 713. Well it's always good to know what to avoid as well! waffle iron posted:What screen size are you looking for 13-14 inches or 16 inch? Any screen size honestly. Smaller is more portable but larger screens are also nice so I don't mind going with either. Thanks for these, I'll take a look.
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Anywhere I look for either of these models in Canadian stores they show up as 8GB of RAM instead, which is very odd, I thought the model numbers meant the hardware stayed consistent. Asus CX34 (CX3402CBA-DH566-GR) 14" Intel 1235U Acer 514 (CBE574-1) 14" AMD 7520C These kind of seem up my alley though if I can actually get a 16GB one. It seems CDW doesn't ship to Canada and I just can't seem to find a 16 GB of any model in any Canadian retailers or online stores :/ DarkAvenger211 fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Jul 29, 2024 |
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Each of those models has a bunch of CPU, RAM and storage options. And it's a real roll of the dice whether it will be carried at any given retailer or sold in a country. I've had times in the past where I wanted a specific Asus Chromebook configuration only to find out it was only available in the UK, but I'm in the US.
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Anywhere I look for either of these models in Canadian stores they show up as 8GB of RAM instead, which is very odd, I thought the model numbers meant the hardware stayed consistent. I can't vouch for any of the models, but searching BestBuy.ca and filtering Chromebooks for 16GB of RAM turned up a few: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/catego...0ramsize%253A16
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DarkAvenger211 posted:It seems CDW doesn't ship to Canada Have you tried cdw.ca? I took at look and saw an i5 model with 16GB around $800, but it is backordered.
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Have you tried cdw.ca? Ah great. Should've checked for that haha. Maybe I'll just keep an eye out for them here. CaptainSarcastic posted:I can't vouch for any of the models, but searching BestBuy.ca and filtering Chromebooks for 16GB of RAM turned up a few: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/catego...0ramsize%253A16 I've had some issues with BestBuy in the past with regards to being sold refurbished stuff that was not up to code so I'm kind of extra cautious around here. There's honestly some good deals here but I always assume the worst when it comes to buying refurbished stuff. Has anyone had any bad experiences around picking up a refurbished laptop before? DarkAvenger211 fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Jul 29, 2024 |
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Has anyone had any bad experiences around picking up a refurbished laptop before? i've purchased one refurbished laptop and i would do it again. it was actually within the last few months. i had a somewhat "strict" set of guidelines i was following for this particular purchase and so far it has worked out well. i wanted a 2-1/tablet with a user serviceable battery and detachable keyboard with intel/amd processor. so i got Dell Latitude 7210 2-in-1 Laptop/Tablet i5-10310U 1.70GHz 16GB DDR3 256GB SSD from a highly rated ebay reseller. kinda hard to beat for $300 and there are an abundance of parts available for it including directly from dell still
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Has anyone had any bad experiences around picking up a refurbished laptop before?
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I have been looking at buying a Duet 3 but am confused by the pricing because I've seen the 128GB model go for $300AUD on sale over a year ago but also like $700 not on sale. Am I right assuming the Duet you buy in the stores now has the same specs as the one that was released a few years ago? Or do they do a generational upgrade every 12 months? Same deal (i.e. no revs) for the Duet 5 too? Which I saw for $500 on sale (e.g. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/783952) but now seems to be ~$1000 in all the retailers. The higher price tag for a tablet a few years old has me puzzled. It's such a difference I can't tell if it's a new version or just Lenovo jacking up all their prices. If I know it's the same specs as always I'm more likely to hold out for a bargain or buy an as-new second hand one. Googling hasn't given me much clarity, any help is appreciated thanks. Void of Infinite Nothing fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Aug 3, 2024 |
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Void of Infinite Nothing posted:I have been looking at buying a Duet 3 but am confused by the pricing because I've seen the 128GB model go for $300AUD on sale over a year ago but also like $700 not on sale. Some manufacturers (e.g. Acer) release multiple versions of their products (Chromebooks, Windows laptops, etc.) within the same generation/model year, and other manufacturers refresh a specific product every year or so, so it's entirely possible that you're looking at multiple different versions. Double-check the specs on the particular models you're comparing to make sure you're not getting a different version than you're looking for. It's common to have multiple models with different storage, RAM, CPU, and display options.
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And some webpages and shopping sites are terrible (on purpose?) at making clear exactly what model and configuration they're selling. I was shopping for a Duet about 6 months ago and one of reasons I chose another model was the lack of clarity.
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Here's a couple of decent refurb'd CBs, available on Woot for the next week or so: https://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-15-6-full-hd-chromebook-2 https://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-14-2-in-1-touch-screen-x360-chromebook-4
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The stylus on my HP Chromebook x2 x11 stopped working when I installed an OS update about 6 updates ago. I bought a new stylus, exact same HP original stylus. That doesn't work either. In a last-ditch "this couldn't possibly work" move, I tried the stylus from cruft jr's Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5. That works! I feel like I tried this before and that pen didn't work on this Chromebook, but I may not be remembering this correctly. My best guess about what's happening is that the OS update included some sort of stylus driver that doesn't see the pen the machine shipped with but works with other USI pens.
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cruft posted:The stylus on my HP Chromebook x2 x11 stopped working when I installed an OS update about 6 updates ago. Did you make sure to check that the battery in each HP stylus isn't dead? (And that you removed the insulator from the battery compartment in the new one?)
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Atomizer posted:Did you make sure to check that the battery in each HP stylus isn't dead? (And that you removed the insulator from the battery compartment in the new one?) They do inductive charging through the magnetic mount on the side of the screen. Maybe that's blown, which I guess would be equivalent to "breaking its own pen". Weird coincidence that it was working right up until I rebooted to get that OS update, though.
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Ah that's interesting, both the Google and Lenovo styli that I've used had a user-replaceable AAAA cell. 
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My sister's looking for a new tablet, about 10 inches, that she can jot notes down on (stylus), use as a kind of second screen, and a little media consumption. She's pretty tied to the Google ecosystem and in theory Android would do her fine but given that the Android tablet situation is crap I'm thinking chromebooks. What's the current best idea for a lowish cost to look at these days. I remember a while back it was the Lenovo Duet 3 11?
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is an ipad completely out of the question? its going to be better in most conceivable ways for this task imo
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MikeJF posted:My sister's looking for a new tablet, about 10 inches, that she can jot notes down on (stylus), use as a kind of second screen, and a little media consumption. She's pretty tied to the Google ecosystem and in theory Android would do her fine but given that the Android tablet situation is crap I'm thinking chromebooks. What's the current best idea for a lowish cost to look at these days. I remember a while back it was the Lenovo Duet 3 11? This sounds like she needs my HP x360 11, which is no longer sold. I use it to watch movies on the train, as my primary net browser, and just yesterday I used it to diagram out a new software system I'm building, using the pen. There's some new 11" chromebook that just came out, it looks pretty rad. I'd buy that if I needed to replace my current thing. Worf posted:is an ipad completely out of the question? its going to be better in most conceivable ways for this task imo LOL wrong thread. "Hi my sister is in the Google ecosystem and wants something like a tablet but maybe a Chromebook?" "Friend, have you considered Apple's fine line of quality products?"
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Yeah you know my primary desktop is a Chromebox, my phone is a Pixel 5a, and my tablet is an iPad Mini. It's not necessarily bad advice.
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cruft posted:This sounds like she needs my HP x360 11, which is no longer sold. I use it to watch movies on the train, as my primary net browser, and just yesterday I used it to diagram out a new software system I'm building, using the pen. no, it isnt the wrong thread. i am also in the google eco system and my only tablet is an ipad mini because ipads are effectively the undisputed best tablet.
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