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Started by strongbad, April 19, 2015, 03:00:24 PM

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strongbad

posting from my chromebook
it is basically lifechanging

ama

don't let's

How dirty do you feel now?

strongbad


don't let's

Boyager card revoked

snoorkel

so which chromebook did you buy?  doodella;

strongbad

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Chromebook-CB3-111-C670-11-6-inch-16GB/dp/B00MMLV7VQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop/183-6586440-0513445?ie=UTF8&vs=1
first impressions:
very fast and adequate for web browsing. handles 1080p60fps youtube easily. turns on when you open it up and boots up to whatever you were doing last within 5-10 seconds if you were in sleep mode
speakers are on the bottom left and right sides and when the CB is on a flat surface it produces pretty impressive sound. i have a porch that i do a lot of chillin' on and this will be great for music out there
is also built very solid. screen doesn't wiggle at all (and actually takes slightly more effort than id like to open it)

snoorkel

nice, CB does seem like a damn good deal  baddood;

strongbad

yeah i'd recommend it!

i think that chromebook + ballin desktop is the ultimate combination

strongbad


ME##

imagine the day phones have 16gb of ram and just the sms app uses 12

snoorkel

Quote from: udderfailure on May 11, 2015, 02:17:07 PM
snorkel get a google pixel for only $1k lol
https://store.google.com/product/chromebook_pixel_2015


lol i don't understand it either. it looks like a developer unit (big and shitty) like Blu said

i was checkin dis and the one you got http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQP3DNY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1Q6RRYLOEOIUK&coliid=I1W5RYYL5AKBKZ&psc=1

$160 does seem like a good deal for writing, editing, collecting chrome tabs  baddood;

bluaki

May 14, 2015, 01:24:48 AM #26 Last Edit: May 14, 2015, 01:58:59 AM by bluaki
Quote from: infinite luxury on May 13, 2015, 04:32:28 PM
lol i don't understand it either. it looks like a developer unit (big and shitty) like Blu said

i was checkin dis and the one you got http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQP3DNY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1Q6RRYLOEOIUK&coliid=I1W5RYYL5AKBKZ&psc=1

$160 does seem like a good deal for writing, editing, collecting chrome tabs  baddood;
"big and shitty"? Chromebook Pixel is smaller and lighter than the 13-inch Macbook Pro. Although for most use-cases it's a shitty laptop choice for various reasons, it does at least compare favorably in price/specs to most ultrabooks and macbooks.

Those cheap laptops won't be any good for the kind of "collecting chrome tabs" you tend to demand. They only have 2GB RAM. Even with ChromeOS's much better handling of low-RAM than other OSes/distros, that's not enough RAM to leave a lot of tabs open without issues like tab crashes

snoorkel

Quote from: bluaki on May 14, 2015, 01:24:48 AM
Quote from: infinite luxury on May 13, 2015, 04:32:28 PM
lol i don't understand it either. it looks like a developer unit (big and shitty) like Blu said

i was checkin dis and the one you got http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQP3DNY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1Q6RRYLOEOIUK&coliid=I1W5RYYL5AKBKZ&psc=1

$160 does seem like a good deal for writing, editing, collecting chrome tabs  baddood;
"big and shitty"? Chromebook Pixel is smaller and lighter than the 13-inch Macbook Pro. Although for most use-cases it's a shitty laptop choice for various reasons, it does at least compare favorably in price/specs to most ultrabooks and macbooks.

Those cheap laptops won't be any good for the kind of "collecting chrome tabs" you tend to demand. They only have 2GB RAM. Even with ChromeOS's much better handling of low-RAM than other OSes/distros, that's not enough RAM to leave a lot of tabs open without issues like tab crashes

*slams table*
I will get a 4GB version
I will use the chrome extension The Great Suspender (that thing is great)

just for like, researching and what-have-you, you know maybe 20 tabs at a time. im off that 200 tab lifestyle.

strongbad

yeah the one that i got is definitely a more budget chromebook
people on r/chromeos are real wet over the toshiba cb2:
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-CB35-B3340-13-3-Inch-Chromebook-Full-HD/dp/B00N99FXIS

snoorkel

i'm def interested to hear what kind of battery life you get from the one you got :o

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