HP Chromebook 11 • Hacker News Board

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by rplnt » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:48 PM UTC

mellamoyo wrote: post #4

Took me awhile for find - but full specs: Full specs Screen * 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel) * 1366 x 768 * 60% Color Gamut * 300 nit screen * Wide viewing angle (176 degree) Inputs * Chrome keyboard * Fine-tuned, clickable touchpad * VGA Webcam Ports * 2 x USB 2.0 * Micro-SIM slot (3G and 4G/LTE model only) * Micro USB for 15.75W charging and SlimPort video out Industrial design * Magnesium chassis…

The link doesn't work for me. It's in the "For a closer look" section, last "button"

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by Khao » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:49 PM UTC

tbassetto wrote: post #5

Wow, it uses a micro USB charger.

I think it's one of the best selling point for that Chromebook so far! It's so annoying to have to carry an extra power supply for a tiny portable laptop like the previous generation Chromebooks.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by bergie » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:49 PM UTC

tbassetto wrote: post #5

Wow, it uses a micro USB charger.

That is awesome (though may make charging slow). I hate carrying multiple different chargers around.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by joezydeco » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

mellamoyo wrote: post #4

Took me awhile for find - but full specs: Full specs Screen * 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel) * 1366 x 768 * 60% Color Gamut * 300 nit screen * Wide viewing angle (176 degree) Inputs * Chrome keyboard * Fine-tuned, clickable touchpad * VGA Webcam Ports * 2 x USB 2.0 * Micro-SIM slot (3G and 4G/LTE model only) * Micro USB for 15.75W charging and SlimPort video out Industrial design * Magnesium chassis…

Exynos 5250 GAIA Application Processor

Isn't this the same dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 that was in Samsung's Chromebook last year?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by mapleoin » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

harigov wrote: post #18

alrs wrote: post #7

Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly." I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare. I hope the same thing is happening to iOS. edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by davidw » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

jl00080 wrote: post #9

serious work=>Laptop, casual work=>tablet, ? => chromebook

I can't do anything more than 'consume content' with a tablet; not without adding an external keyboard, at which point you're basically creating your own chromebook type thing anyway. Recently I got the Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu, and that actually reduces my tablet usage a lot: when reading with a tablet, on, say, a site such as this one, I invariably end up wanting to reply but loathing/dreading the thought of typing stuff in on the screen which is S....L....O...........W. With the new computer, which is more comfortable and portable than what I had before, I can just use a real computer rather than the tablet.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by Khao » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:51 PM UTC

jl00080 wrote: post #9

serious work=>Laptop, casual work=>tablet, ? => chromebook

I have a chromebook at home and it has replaced my "serious" laptop almost entirely. Everything I do at home other than games can be done on the chromebook and it's so light and fast to boot I don't bother even opening a browser on my big laptop. Everything done in the browser gets done on my chromebook and only when I want to play games / use windows-only software do I boot up my other laptop.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by allsystemsgo » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #7

Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly." I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare. I hope the same thing is happening to iOS. edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.

I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.

Why do you feel this way?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by Robby2012 » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #25

harigov wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

Do you really think you're going to get freedom from Google?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by sneak » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #10

These things are getting increasingly more tempting. I'm actually in the market for something to give my parents, but I actually think an 11" screen is too small for them. 13" might be more like it, but in all honesty they probably still need a 15" machine. But I'm getting increasingly close to picking up one of these just for the hell of it.

My dad loves his Chromebook. TBH he's older and gets confused pretty easily and I don't think I'd trust him to keep even a Mac free of malware. It's basically only either a thin client or an iPad, and we already FaceTime on his iPhone, so dropping the Apple Tax on another iOS device (that doesn't come with a keyboard) doesn't make sense when Chromebooks are so cheap.