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Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by ja27 »

lrizzo wrote: post #90

I really wish i could find a use for the chromebooks for my family, but i failed. This one seems similar to the samsung chromebook, which i tried for a while (also lending it to mother, sister, children) but we all found it basically useless for any everyday task. Surely one can blame the ecosystem; but still the conclusion does not change, and as a comparison, tablets and phones had a more successful approach at ada…

We'll probably take the plunge and get one for someone in the family when the next wave come out. Most of our documents are in Dropbox, Skydrive, Google Docs, etc. We also have a RaspberryPi and PogoPlug serving up plenty of local network storage. The only printer we use now is an all-in-one with wifi and support for Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud Print. Scanning from it is a little trickier but it can also scan right to an SD card from the printer panel. I can't think of the last time anyone else in my family attached a USB peripheral other than a mouse or storage.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by bryanlarsen »

josefresco wrote: post #103
Touche wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

While I appreciate your response, I would love to see some actual data to back up your conclusions.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Lap...

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by ludoo »

rplnt wrote: post #13

> For everyone. > Buy now > US or UK?

Exactly. I know Google's market is primarily the US, but people in the rest of the world mostly read the same news, and get excited about the same products, but then they are unable to get them. Which is kind of depressing.

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Post by agladlad »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #116

Has anybody used Evernote on Chrome OS at all? I see so many people in lectures with a Macbook solely to use Evernote, and I can see why - it's great for notes on that platform at least. I don't want to take my laptop because it's too heavy and slow, but this (or some other Chrome OS device) looks great if Evernote does well on it - student price, light and fast.

I find Evernote's web interface has 99% of the features I use in the thick client, but YMMV.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by k-mcgrady »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #116

Has anybody used Evernote on Chrome OS at all? I see so many people in lectures with a Macbook solely to use Evernote, and I can see why - it's great for notes on that platform at least. I don't want to take my laptop because it's too heavy and slow, but this (or some other Chrome OS device) looks great if Evernote does well on it - student price, light and fast.

Evernote has a web version www.evernote.com. Works on all platforms.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by blinkingled »

curiousDog wrote: post #117
mrbill wrote: post #98

Ordered. I absolutely love my ARM-based Chromebook, and have wished for the same specs with a bit better construction and build quality. This is absolutely perfect for my needs, and the keyboard looks to be marginally better as well. I've hardly touched my MB Air (2012 refurb) since I got the Chromebook. Small and light enough to throw in any bag/backpack without care, cheap enough to not worry about theft. I don't m…

Just curious, what are your use cases with it? I've been considering one as a cheap Linux dev box but it seems like installing a second OS is a pain and that there's little to no HD space left after doing so. I've been eyeing a Sony laptop that costs ~$370 bit it is quite bulky.

Seems like your best bet would be an Intel Chromebook like the Acer C7 - you can easily swap the SSD with bigger one, add RAM and install XFCE/Unity using one of the many options.

It has fans though and you will notice those! And the battery life isn't stellar. But at least it is cheap and relatively light weight and comes with USB ports.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by tehwalrus »

dman wrote: post #115
ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a Pixel owner I can confirm that touch on a laptop form factor is somewhat useless. There are precious few times I want to reach out to touch something instead of using the mouse. The mouse really is a great tool. People need to stop trying to get rid of them.

I suspect this is a generational thing. Kids seem to reach for the screen to touch it all the time.

I (27, UK) was at a hackathon late last year where there were schoolkids (~17). They were all developing on windows 8 laptops, one of them even had a surface, and they all had brand new nokia Windows Phones.

This initially freaked me out until I realised that they were all learning VB at school (shudder), and were just tooling up to use what they already knew. I was encouraged that one of them had had a look at another language (Perl, of all things) and encouraged him to take a look at Python instead; citing xkcd of course.

Anyway, they were all very excited by touchscreen laptops, and actually using them while trying to do development. It was weird.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by InTheSwiss »

curiousDog wrote: post #117
mrbill wrote: post #98

Ordered. I absolutely love my ARM-based Chromebook, and have wished for the same specs with a bit better construction and build quality. This is absolutely perfect for my needs, and the keyboard looks to be marginally better as well. I've hardly touched my MB Air (2012 refurb) since I got the Chromebook. Small and light enough to throw in any bag/backpack without care, cheap enough to not worry about theft. I don't m…

Just curious, what are your use cases with it? I've been considering one as a cheap Linux dev box but it seems like installing a second OS is a pain and that there's little to no HD space left after doing so. I've been eyeing a Sony laptop that costs ~$370 bit it is quite bulky.

Yeah I have been wanting to pick a Chromebook up for exactly the same thing. I can imagine Arch with Awesome being great on one but it seems Google have made it a pain in the ass to get rid of Chrome OS and stick something else on. While I live in my browser I still work in a text editor/IDE and need a terminal with GCC and other bits. Lenovo have some nice portable machines but, like you said about the Sony, they are bulky.

I would love a Chromebook I could easily install a Linux distro on (I don't mind which, I can work within any distro quite happily although I would pick Debian if I had a choice) with a good 13" screen of 1440x900 (IPS). Don't care or want touch. A solid trackpad with multitouch. All the ports on the left (like this HP) as I am right handed an use a mouse to the right mostly so anything plugged in there gets in my way. A 128GB PCIe SSD. 8GB RAM. 8+ hour battery life. CPU I don't really mind but an Intel i3 would be the best (for me) due to compatibility with everything else. Backlit keyboard would be awesome. I am sure they could do all that for $500 or less. Even if I can't take Chrome OS off and have to dual boot that is fine with me as I quite like Chrome OS for a lot of things and only need a real OS for work. If anybody knows of such a machine please let me know!

Re: HP Chromebook 11

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Post by phaus »

mrbill wrote: post #98

Ordered. I absolutely love my ARM-based Chromebook, and have wished for the same specs with a bit better construction and build quality. This is absolutely perfect for my needs, and the keyboard looks to be marginally better as well. I've hardly touched my MB Air (2012 refurb) since I got the Chromebook. Small and light enough to throw in any bag/backpack without care, cheap enough to not worry about theft. I don't m…

I can understand buying a Chromebook instead of a Macbook Air, but I see lots of people saying that they have both yet still prefer the Chromebook. What is it that makes a Chromebook so much better than a Macbook that has vastly superior construction, better battery life, and significantly more power?

The Macbook air is small enough to take anywhere, and let me assure you, people will steal anything. Didn't Stallman's ridiculous 200MHZ laptop with a monochrome screen get stolen at an airport or something?

Chrome OS itself can't possibly be that compelling, so does this suggest that people just want a Macbook Air form-factor that runs Linux well?

I don't own either device, I'm just intrigued by the fact that so many people seem to be replacing Macbook Airs with them.

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