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Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by aperture »

trsohmers wrote: post #56
aperture wrote: post #47

Woah, this is the kind of developing book I'd like: 6 hrs battery life IPS viewing display (without 1080p!) Mirousb universal charging cable 11 inch portability, weighing only 2lbs. I have the acer c7 chromebook, and am really fustrated I can't simply trade it in for this chromebook. It really is one of the most appealing deals. HN has also recently been talking about crouton, which I found very usable. The biggest i…

Why would you want an Intel chip in here? Would you rather get worse performance with half of the battery life? The only reason I can imagine is for installing linux and having the endless number of x86 precompiled applications. Even if that is the case, Ubuntu's ARM repositories have grown tremendously and ARM support is getting significantly better every kernel release. Plus, anything that isn't precompiled, you ca…

That's precisely it: for developing 32 bit applications.

As it stands, I have many computers that could benefit from me programming a 32 bit application, but only my rpi could benefit (and my cell phone, I suppose) with the ARM builds.

32 bit is also helpful for me because I have some 32-bit IDE (like the naobot from Aldebaran IDE). It is simply easier for me to develop and configure.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by Khao »

zobzu wrote: post #59
Khao wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'd suppose you have the $1000+ chromebook, not the sub $300 ;-)

I have the first gen samsung chromebook, that was priced at I think around ~350$. It's getting old and slow, but I still prefer it to my i7 laptop. It's all flimsy plastic and the power jack is starting to give up, but I'm going to use it till it gives its last breath.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by sspiff »

trsohmers wrote: post #56
aperture wrote: post #47

Woah, this is the kind of developing book I'd like: 6 hrs battery life IPS viewing display (without 1080p!) Mirousb universal charging cable 11 inch portability, weighing only 2lbs. I have the acer c7 chromebook, and am really fustrated I can't simply trade it in for this chromebook. It really is one of the most appealing deals. HN has also recently been talking about crouton, which I found very usable. The biggest i…

Why would you want an Intel chip in here? Would you rather get worse performance with half of the battery life? The only reason I can imagine is for installing linux and having the endless number of x86 precompiled applications. Even if that is the case, Ubuntu's ARM repositories have grown tremendously and ARM support is getting significantly better every kernel release. Plus, anything that isn't precompiled, you ca…

To be fair, battery life on Intel's Haswell i3's is comparable and performance is much better. As much as I like ARM rising up to the challenge of the high-end Intel monopoly, they're not even close yet (though getting closer every year).

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by malkia »

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 hope it doesn't happen to me, buying every gadget I see :)

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by tluyben2 »

eob wrote: post #55
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.

I'm typing on a 11" Samsung Chromebook right now and love it, though I never would have expected to be reporting that a year ago. At $140 for a refurbished model, I can take it on trips and not worry about theft. The biggest trade-off is that I have to keep some of my number-crunching on a server that I ssh into, which does limit working from trains/planes/busses/etc. My biggest gripe is that the method I'm using to…

I managed to move most of my development to an offline Samsung Chromebook; depending what work you do (mine is coding and writing) the Chromebook is lovely. Especially the battery life and the price.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by Touche »

josefresco wrote: post #64

Awesome little machine but this brings up questions for me: 1. Do consumers want what is essentially a modern netbook? Didn't this market die once the iPad and tablets took hold? It would seem from recent consumer buying trends that most prefer a touch screen/tablet form factor at this price point/screen size. 2. How does this compare to an Android tablet (Nexus 10) with a high quality keyboard? Or even some of the "…

> 1. Do consumers want what is essentially a modern netbook?

Yes.

> Didn't this market die once the iPad and tablets took hold?

No, Chromebooks have been successful.

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