Then Linux is your best solution
Posted 26 June 2022 - 05:18 PM
Unfortunately, fast Chromebooks are no longer cheap. maybe not as expensive as an MS Laptop but, considering their short lifespan, actually, more expensive
Posted 26 June 2022 - 07:10 PM
Unfortunately, fast Chromebooks are no longer cheap. maybe not as expensive as an MS Laptop but, considering their short lifespan, actually, more expensive
Chromebooks last shorter than Windows computers?
Posted 27 June 2022 - 12:38 AM
Very much so. They are tied to the OS that they arrived with, and Chrome only supports an OS for 6 years
Posted 27 June 2022 - 09:37 AM
6 years
6 years is pretty good I think. No?
Posted 27 June 2022 - 11:28 AM
Aye, but if you buy it 2 years after it was first launched > That's only 4 years
Posted 27 June 2022 - 06:30 PM
wee-eddie has a point.
Presently. I am researching where to drop the solder on what jumper socket on a Samsung Stumpy Chromebox.
It is going into my motorcycle shop to replace a old IMB M57 antiX 21 Linux computer I keep in there.
Less hard drive space but a 1TB external usb hard drive will fix that.
Samsung Stumpy boxes are EOL and are cheap lately. Cheaper than going with a conventional mini atx desktop computer.
To answer your question. My HP x360 is the bottom of the line model that was the cheapest to get<
Intel Core M-5Y10 Processor >. Wife bought it for me. I did not pick it out except for make and model number. Linux compatibility is important to me. My Acer C710 which has been chromeos eol for years flies on antiX 21. Just dual celeron in it. 4 gig of ram. 16 gig ssd.
I pay about 35 bucks for a eol chrombook or chromebox. Throw linux on it. Working computer in 1 day.
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Posted 28 June 2022 - 05:21 AM
Then Linux is your best solution
6 years is pretty good I think. No?6 years
Posted 28 June 2022 - 05:29 AM
wee-eddie has a point.
Presently. I am researching where to drop the solder on what jumper socket on a Samsung Stumpy Chromebox.
It is going into my motorcycle shop to replace a old IMB M57 antiX 21 Linux computer I keep in there.
Less hard drive space but a 1TB external usb hard drive will fix that.
Samsung Stumpy boxes are EOL and are cheap lately. Cheaper than going with a conventional mini atx desktop computer.
To answer your question. My HP x360 is the bottom of the line model that was the cheapest to get<
Intel Core M-5Y10 Processor >
. Wife bought it for me. I did not pick it out except for make and model number. Linux compatibility is important to me. My Acer C710 which has been chromeos eol for years flies on antiX 21. Just dual celeron in it. 4 gig of ram. 16 gig ssd.
I pay about 35 bucks for a eol chrombook or chromebox. Throw linux on it. Working computer in 1 day.
Posted 28 June 2022 - 05:39 AM
Chrome Books are very similar to Windows PCs in the way you mention U_swim.
They can still be used after the support period is finished,. but they then have more potential to be hacked.
The main difference is the Support period and the ability to upgrade the OS.
At the moment,
For Chrome it is 6 years from creation, and zero OS Updates.
For Windows it appears to be 10/12 years and, at the moment, free updates to future OSs
Posted 29 June 2022 - 05:05 AM
Maybe consider a MacBook?
For a "browser in a box" (even a smooth one) they are waaaaaaaaay too expensive.
Yeah i hear u there. They're all browsers in a box. Some just currently* allow that box to bridge and reach other systems as a selling point towards productivity.
* Be wary of such computers.when i realize other manufacturers or advertisers steering users toward a specific platform... That for me is a red flag.. Chromebooks are meant to me "managed" and right now they lack the tools for the average user to do so effectively without paying for service . Not through $ value necessarily though.
Posted 29 June 2022 - 05:12 AM
Chrome Books are very similar to Windows PCs in the way you mention U_swim.
They can still be used after the support period is finished,. but they then have more potential to be hacked.
The main difference is the Support period and the ability to upgrade the OS.
At the moment,
For Chrome it is 6 years from creation, and zero OS Updates.
For Windows it appears to be 10/12 years and, at the moment, free updates to future OSs
The only ppl hacking Chromebooks are generally developers themselves.. They're familiar with the intricacies, names, terms, shells and quirks. The only devices I'd not trust right now are EOL running legacy software , using deprecated everything.
Like the Dell 7310 i just retired, was running coreboot, Ubuntu Upstart, and lots of native software, most of which is abandonded (upstart) or restricted (native code exe)
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In this day and age nobody should be running a Pentium. When buying anything always be forward thinking. A Pentium is severely a backwards thought or a typo.
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