Thinking of Buying the Chromebook Pixel (2013) for Linux [I bought it]

I am thinking about buying a barely used chromebook pixel for the express purpose of installing arch through seaBIOS. I will be using it as a college note taking machine and programming machine, it is fairly cheap used at about $560. I am on the fence as of now because of the non-upgradable 64gb ssd. There is a sd card slot that I could use for documents and music. The main thing that is drawing me too it is the build and the beautiful display. I am wondering if any of you have tried it and your guys opinions on doing this.

http://chromespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/chromebook-pixel-5.jpg

Full specs of the laptop:
i5-3427U
4gb ddr3
64gb ssd
12.85" touch-sensitive display with a 3:2 aspect ratio (2,560 x 1,700 pixel resolution at 239 ppi)
This also the LTE model so I could have internet on the go

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Not gonna lie. For the price, it is potentially worth it.

I would save up, and get the dell xps 13 with the i3 for 800 bucks.

Its going to be lighter, its going to have a crap ton more battery life, and it will have everything you need to make it through school (so long as you are not going to school to be an engineer).

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I have been looking at the xps 13 but what is mainly stopping me is that in order to get the 4k screen I have to spend quite a bit. The thing that makes me want to use this is the wonderful screen.

For the price it is very well worth it. I myself don't see you gaming on this or anything so a 64gb sad should suffice. I personally haven't used the display but from what I've seen it sounds great. 4:3 is the best for web browsing due to the real estate. I'd get it.

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I... Bought it.... Boom. I live in Hawaii so shipping will take a bit but this thing is going to run linux for the rest of its life doomed to i3 or xfce. Muahhahahaha

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Swell. I was thinking of chrome book as well. My current laptop is bulky and I don't need its power as much as I used to.

Why not i3 and XFCE? :). Best of both worlds. I used to use XFCE before I used Gnome and KDE. XFCE is a great DE.

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I will have to try using both, might also try gnome again because I have heard touch support is pretty good, even though I dont plan on using touch much.

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It's decent. 3.18 will have way better integration than previous versions. I expect it to be at its peak come Gnome 3.20 though. I personally don't have a touchscreen but its so optimized for all platforms that it makes me wish I did. Maybe I'll add a touchscreen 1440p monitor to my plethora :)

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I will just have to try it and see if touch screens are my thing. Great thing about linux is the plethora of options, thinking I might have both installed and use gnome when I am in class and i3/xfce when I hook it up to a external monitor. I have never once regretted my decision to take the one year linux challenge, so many options and use case scenarios.

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On top of everything else, installing arch will let you have full control of the hard drive space, so no bloat., You could play games if you wanted to and have them installed and have docs and code on an SD card. Worth it in my opinion but I would try to talk the price down.

Exactly my thoughts, I bought it it should work great with my ghetto NAS for music and documents I also have a 32 GB SD card I will throw in. But for on the go music I have a 80 Gb Ipod Classic that I use for most music on the go. I bought it but shipping is going to take a bit so time to get everything I want on it on my SD card.

I have bought it and got Arch to run great! i3 on such a beautiful display is amazing! I love the track pad and the build. My only complaint is the battery life but all the desk in my university has plugs so It is basically always able to be plugged in

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