What are the pros and cons of the chromebook? I was looking at Samsung's series 3 Chromebook and it was not bad at all for the price. I am planning to get that, since I would only need it for browsing and typing. I heard it's quite fast, too, though some people say that it's useless considering the lack of storage.
I owned the device for a few days but returned it.
I loved the idea. Fastest arm cpu, good display, fast memory, coreboot (hell yeah!) and a linux kernel. The plan was to install a gnu/linux system beside ChromeOS. But they fucked it up. For making it possible to even get to a console you have to activate developer mode. Not a problem because it's well documented but you first have to register a google account and login with it before you can do so!
So, you need a google account and internet connection before doing *anything* with it. The lack of an ethernet connection was annoying because I had to type in my 60 character long password by hand (like I said, you can't do anything without being logged in). But the worst part is that it just didn't connect to my network (well, it did but...) because I'm using static ip addreses only and ChromeOS doesn't support it! So, I changed to DHCP for a short period to login, and could activate a feature which allows static ip addresses. It seemed to work but whenever you toggle developer mode it resets the whole system and all data is lost, so is the config which brings static ip support. So I had to switch to DHCP again which was sooo annoying that I just didn't want to have it anymore.
It is a good device (the only problem I had with the hardware is that it seemed to have a few low quality plastic parts) but the software (ChromeOS) annoyed me so hard that I'm going to wait for a few more month and then try again.
Considering that I have wi-fi available where I'm at and the fact that I would leave it as vanilla as possible, is it worth it?
personally i'd get an x86 one with an actual harddrive, the acer one on google play used to fit the bill, but they've since removed the 320GB harddrive
i dont think i could ever get used to chrome os, but for the prices they're quite decent, i'd recommend getting an x86 one and putting a better distro on it
Can you recommend any good laptops that fits my needs? So far I haven't been able to find anything worth
Not sure if it is available in your country for a reasonable price, but the Asus 1015E-ds03 seems to fit the bill.
You can uninstall Ubuntu and put a better distro like Zorin on it when you get it.
i'd reccomend the samsung if:
- you're good with chrome os (i'm sure you are, but i'm not so i'm putting it on the list)
- you're fine with only 16GB of onboard storage
- you're not going to do much other than web browse, google docs
i'd reccomend this acer if:
- you're good with less battery life
- you're considering loading another operating system for more more than just a browser (windows/ ubuntu/ mint/ ect.)
- you need a decent ammount of storage for music/pictures/videos/what-have-yous
That looks tempting, but sadly the screen is a teensy bit too small for me
I'll look into the acer one, but I would much prefer the samsung. Guess it would come down to real world test :/
Seriously, what's wrong with you? The ARM completely destroys the x86 and you still recommend the x86?! That's what a fanboy is!
You can also load gnu/linux on the chromebook because ChromeOS *is* linux. You can even run your favorit distro at the same time you run ChromeOS (both on one kernel without speed disadvantages).
Please don't talk about things you don't know anything about.
Whoa, don't be so hyped up. I'm pretty sure that guy has his reasons for saying so
I have this available for use at work. Essentially, all it is is a laptop that allows you to browse the web, and type up a couple documents. If you use Google Drive almost exclusively, you will have a pretty good time with it. We use it because we store some part numbers on Google Drive, and the Chromebook is super easy to carry around and use.
The Chromebook starts up literally within seconds, and is ready to go right then. It is ultra fast, but has very little storage, which is why it comes with a Google Drive deal. The Chromebook is also essentially useless when it does not have WiFi available.
TL;DR, very fast, very light weight, but don't expect anything more out of it besides internet work and Google products such as Google Drive, Sheets, etc.