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Monday_
Feb 18, 2006

Worked-up silent dork without sex ability seeks oblivion and demise.
The Great Twist
I'm thinking about picking up this Acer Chromebox for web browsing and Google docs but I've never used ChromeOS so I have a few questions.

It'll drive a 4k 60hz monitor over display port 1.2, right? It's got a 5th gen Celeron 3215U so from what I've read it should, but I read the same thing about what I'm using now and it doesn't. I'm just talking about desktop resolution, I know it can't handle 4k video without stuttering.

How is support for USB devices? I have a KVM switch I'd need to use with it and a Windows 10 pc, but only for the usb ports. I also have a usb DAC and a webcam.

Does it have the same support for flash as the windows version of chrome? I assume it does but I could see them disabling it for security reasons.

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Monday_
Feb 18, 2006

Worked-up silent dork without sex ability seeks oblivion and demise.
The Great Twist
Just got my first chromebox (Acer CXI2-4GKM) yesterday. I had no idea how fast ChromeOS runs. This little two year old $200 box is faster than my Windows desktop I spent nearly ten times as much on. Having slight issues with monitor compatibility but mine has always been finicky. All my peripherals work nearly flawlessly. Definitely the best value I've ever gotten out of a computer.

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