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10-22-2012, 09:40 PM | #2 |
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Here's a cnet review. Seems like a pretty solid internet mavlchine and not much else.
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/sams...l?qwr=FullSite |
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10-23-2012, 10:34 AM | #3 | |
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10-23-2012, 10:55 AM | #4 | |
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If you're invested in the Google ecosystem, and only need a lightweight laptop, it's a good buy. For anything more, I'm not sure. |
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10-23-2012, 12:24 PM | #5 |
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I've played around with one at the little Fiber expo in Westport. I was less than impressed, even being a big fan of all things Google.
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03-05-2014, 10:08 PM | #6 |
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Getting one because my 9-year-old uses them in school. Didn't dump too much into it, so if it's a bust I won't cry, but at the very least it seems a little cool..
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03-05-2014, 10:38 PM | #7 |
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Pretty disappointing. Incredibly limited "OS". Smartphone OS on a thin laptop is pretty accurate. Tablet would be a better investment than Chromebook.
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03-06-2014, 08:17 AM | #8 |
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03-06-2014, 02:40 PM | #9 |
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Got both and iPad and Samsung tablet. So "check" to those ideas. This deal was to have at home what they're using at school. So the two-fiddy it took to do this deal too seemed kinda simple. If it doesn't work well we'll see how it skims across a lake or something, but it's never bad to have the same option at home as you use in school/work...
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03-06-2014, 02:41 PM | #10 |
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04-01-2014, 11:34 PM | #11 | |
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Just picked up an HP Chromebook 11 yesterday... This thing is fantastic for what I need it to do. Incredibly quick boot time, nice screen for the price (doesn't seem any different from my Macbook's) and as good a keyboard as I've used on a laptop in some time.
The touchpad sucks. No two ways about it. For no reason whatsoever, it sticks when you drag your finger across it. But that's offset by the computer never getting hot (this may have been the biggest thing I was looking for in a laptop; I hated typing on my Macbook and feeling like wrist cancer was imminent). Writing with Google Docs has its limitations, but as the saying goes, 'art through adversity'. I can also testify to never having used 99.999999% of the features offered by MS Word, Pages, WordPerfect etc. Google Docs is fine. Yes, the OS is fundamentally limited. That said, if I'm being honest, this machine accomplishes 99% of what I did on my old macbook anyway. It sucks that my iTunes library was lost in a crash, but I was getting bored with most of my music anyway. The other big benefit: my job doesn't give me a real desk, so I'm constantly bouncing between computers; having something this portable and lightweight is tremendously useful. Full on, these machines are not meant for everyone. However. For the right crowd, they're exceptionally useful.
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04-02-2014, 06:50 AM | #12 | |
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04-02-2014, 10:10 AM | #13 | |
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BTW,
There are some awesome new addons for Google Drive out there. Here's a post featuring a few: http://lifehacker.com/the-best-add-o...ive-1541643206 Quote:
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04-02-2014, 10:39 AM | #14 |
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My daughter's school just ordered 160 Chromebooks for the kids to work on during the day. If they're still around in a couple of years....I'll probably end up getting her one that she can work on at home.
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04-02-2014, 10:53 AM | #15 |
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I'm loving my Chromebook. I got a $130 refurbished Acer off Amazon. Its super light and portable. The boot up time is near-instant. It came with 100gb of cloud storage.
I understand that it is a limited piece of equipment, but I have not come up against any of these limitations so far. Its done everything I have wanted it to so far, and I could see things just getting better as more programmers start writing software for Chrome. Do a bit of research before you buy one so you can make sure you aren't going to be missing out on something for which you would need Windows. It may not be for everyone but I am certainly enjoying mine. |
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