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re: I picked up one of these $199 Samsung Chromebooks and I have to say it is cool!
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:10 am to rocket31
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:10 am to rocket31
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Prefer it over my macbook.air for browsing hands down.
I'm recommending one as a gift my son wants to give. But what makes the browsing so much better?
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:28 am to TigerGman
the 1080p display mostly, its just a beautiful machine. the macbook air looks dull in comparison. the trackpad is just as good and the audio is far superior. startup is also incredibly fast (obviously).
my model is this one from toshiba - i got it for $249 over black friday at best buy
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my model is this one from toshiba - i got it for $249 over black friday at best buy
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:44 am to rocket31
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the 1080p display mostly,
Gotcha. Thanks.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:44 am to lsu480
I know I can't download non Google applications and is cloud based but are basic things like Skype compatible? I'm looking into the 11.5' Samsung chromebook.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:42 am to ghmmr1
Skype is not supported, but hangouts is just as serviceable.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 6:43 pm to GregMaddux
Alright I have been using it for a few days and have a few more things to add. It is serviceable for the internet as long as you only have a couple tabs open and aren't doing anything else. For example if I try to post on here while playing a youtube video it lags a bit, not bad but it isn't what I am used to. Also, if you have other tabs open and then open FB it gets REALLY slow, especially if you try to play embedded videos on FB. If you don't have anything else open then its fine but I guess it doesn't have the memory to handle that much.
As far as documents it is fine, google drive has worked for any excel docs I have had to edit. I don't create excel docs though besides very basic ones, I mostly just edit and then save them. Presentations are fine.
I can say with confidence it will do what you said you needed, besides maybe elaborate spreadsheets but I still think Drive can handle that. The only concern I see is you are getting it for a college kid and they might get frustrated with the lack of speed on FB and some other video when you have other tabs open but thats pretty much it, with just one tab its great though.
As far as documents it is fine, google drive has worked for any excel docs I have had to edit. I don't create excel docs though besides very basic ones, I mostly just edit and then save them. Presentations are fine.
I can say with confidence it will do what you said you needed, besides maybe elaborate spreadsheets but I still think Drive can handle that. The only concern I see is you are getting it for a college kid and they might get frustrated with the lack of speed on FB and some other video when you have other tabs open but thats pretty much it, with just one tab its great though.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 6:47 pm to rocket31
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the 1080p display mostly, its just a beautiful machine. the macbook air looks dull in comparison. the trackpad is just as good and the audio is far superior. startup is also incredibly fast (obviously).
my model is this one from toshiba - i got it for $249 over black friday at best buy
Like I said I got the samsung so yours is different but I disagree with all of that. My MacBook Airs Retina display is light years better, it is WAY better for browsing since it can handle as many tabs as I want with multiple video going, the audio is better on the MB, the startup is about the same and the MacBook track pad is also WAY better.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 6:48 pm to rocket31
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Skype is not supported, but hangouts is just as serviceable.
For a college kid maybe but everyone in the business world uses Skype, most don't use hangouts.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:09 pm to lsu480
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:42 pm to lsu480
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Alright I have been using it for a few days and have a few more things to add. It is serviceable for the internet as long as you only have a couple tabs open and aren't doing anything else. For example if I try to post on here while playing a youtube video it lags a bit, not bad but it isn't what I am used to. Also, if you have other tabs open and then open FB it gets REALLY slow, especially if you try to play embedded videos on FB. If you don't have anything else open then its fine but I guess it doesn't have the memory to handle that much.
2GB of RAM I'm assuming. Chrome likes memory. Videos are probably an issue because the integrated video of the Celeron (i'm assuming) is gonna struggle to play 1080p video. Chromebooks are internet machines for the most basic of basic shite. I'd never recommend one for a college student.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:22 pm to ILikeLSUToo
I have a chromebox hooked up to my tv and it works great.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 12:56 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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2GB of RAM I'm assuming. Chrome likes memory. Videos are probably an issue because the integrated video of the Celeron (i'm assuming) is gonna struggle to play 1080p video. Chromebooks are internet machines for the most basic of basic shite.
Yes pretty much all of that.
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