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Chromebook -- Highly recommend (1 Viewer)
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BoltBacker
Footballguy
I think the only people that are paranoid about getting ads sent to them that are more relevant to them are people that somehow feel bad about investing in designer electronics that are 4x the cost of the competition that are "obsolete" in two years.
What are you so desperately afraid of people will find out if they do "spy" on you? Everyone watches porn. You will never run for President. Everyone on the internet is getting spied on. Relax.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I think it's a funny commercial and well made to target people that don't really understand the difference all that well.
The people that don't know the difference will also probably have a difficult time changing all the settings of every application on your computer(WINDOWS, adobe, etc) that panic and have all sorts of nag warnings if they can't update constantly so their definition of a "real laptop" is pretty funny.
Secondly, it's funny because Microsofts big push is now getting people to subscribe to Office as an online service and no longer treat it as an offline application that you purchase once and never have to spend $ on it again.
TheGooRoo
Footballguy
I picked up the 4gb version of the C720 for $250. I usually have about 10 browsers up, stream sports, etc...not sure if 2gb is satisfactory for that, but memory aside, I really, really like this thing. Only thing I would change is the ability to make the screen more bright. I know it would impact battery life, but even max brightness is a little dim for my taste. Size is perfect, slim and lightweight. Battery life is very good. Speed is great. Fan is very quiet. Even with 10 browsers open and pushing it hard it doesn't get hot to the touch. 8.5/10 and definitely recommended.
Otis
Footballguy
Otis
Footballguy
This really does feel like the future of computing.
Today I uploaded all of our digital "stuff" (mostly all of our photos and videos, but some other documents etc.) to our Spacemonkey cloud storage. We're already on Spotify for music; Gmail and Google Drive for e-mail, calendar, other docs and the like. Chrome as my web browser on all devices. Movies and TV on Netflix, HBOGo, etc. I'm now officially at the point where you could nuke all the computers we have in the house and I could just shrug and go out and get a new computer and be up and running with everything I care about in 5 minutes.
Love this Samsung Chromebook, but it'll be nice to upgrade to one of these other nice ones in a couple years that is super fast and has a killer screen. I'm struggling to figure out what more I really need on it, but whatever it is (4G built in? some other gizmo?), it'll be a cakewalk to transition into it.
Today I uploaded all of our digital "stuff" (mostly all of our photos and videos, but some other documents etc.) to our Spacemonkey cloud storage. We're already on Spotify for music; Gmail and Google Drive for e-mail, calendar, other docs and the like. Chrome as my web browser on all devices. Movies and TV on Netflix, HBOGo, etc. I'm now officially at the point where you could nuke all the computers we have in the house and I could just shrug and go out and get a new computer and be up and running with everything I care about in 5 minutes.
Love this Samsung Chromebook, but it'll be nice to upgrade to one of these other nice ones in a couple years that is super fast and has a killer screen. I'm struggling to figure out what more I really need on it, but whatever it is (4G built in? some other gizmo?), it'll be a cakewalk to transition into it.
flapgreen
Footballguy
All the 4gb I see are 300. With the general stuff we will do on it, I can't see it being worth the extra money for the 4gb. But I'm not a big computer guy.
dal_boys_phan
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
I've seen a couple 299 deals, but they are out of stock. And I wonder if that is just a ploy to get you to their site.Anyone else seen anything?
NutterButter
Footballguy
Can you watch a movie from a network share with chromebook? Does the default media player handle all media types or is there vlc for this?
saintfool
Dead sexy
Otis
Footballguy
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I've been pretty shocked. I thought we'd see plenty of deals on the pre-Haswell Chromebooks for under $200 but I never saw a single deal on those.
Keerock
Footballguy
commisholio
Come out with your pants down!
Yep, this is the one that I have. I like mine a lot too, seems like a tremendous value at $250.
the moops
Footballguy
Where did you find this for 250?
I played with the HP 14 today. I find the screen resolution to be terrible. Besides that, it seems very nice though. Thinking I want to go with the 11 inch with the better resolution. Although, is the HP the only data plan one?
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Keerock
Footballguy
Otis
Footballguy
Briman
Footballguy
what about external hard drives. I have 15GB of music and 100s of files on an external hard drive. would I have to upload everything or is there a way to access these files and/or sync music to my phone?
TheGooRoo
Footballguy
I picked up a 4gb C720 on Amazon for $250. It appears to be unavailable right now. The 2gb version is available at Amazon for $199 and the 2gb touchscreen is now available for $299. After spending the last 2 years using a Macbook air, I am having a difficult time adjusting to the screen resolution/brightness. Everything else about this thing rocks though.
Keerock
Footballguy
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Any chromebooks have 3g capabilities?
Keerock
Footballguy
I got mine yesterday and was dicking around with it. Is there a way to pause netflix movie in case a gotta take a dump or something?
Keerock
Footballguy
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
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3C's
Footballguy
Keerock
Footballguy
Not really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
please link your white oneNot really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
Keerock
Footballguy
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/Chromebook/F0H05UA;pgid=bgVwG23wj7lSRpgVXd2ntGz00000B9xCqdz-?HP-Chromebook-14-q070nr-WWAN-4G-ENERGY-STAR-&&rwCategory=-&rwCatalog=-please link your white oneNot really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
I never monitor data usage, so how much does this equate to? Free mobile Internet service up to 200MB of 4G data per month with no annual contracthttp://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/Chromebook/F0H05UA;pgid=bgVwG23wj7lSRpgVXd2ntGz00000B9xCqdz-?HP-Chromebook-14-q070nr-WWAN-4G-ENERGY-STAR-&&rwCategory=-&rwCatalog=-please link your white oneNot really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
Keerock
Footballguy
I don't know how to answer that. I rarely use the 4G as I'm almost always in wifi range. I will say that one of the times I did use the 4G, it was slow... the TMobile coverage around me is pretty shotty.I never monitor data usage, so how much does this equate to? Free mobile Internet service up to 200MB of 4G data per month with no annual contracthttp://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/Chromebook/F0H05UA;pgid=bgVwG23wj7lSRpgVXd2ntGz00000B9xCqdz-?HP-Chromebook-14-q070nr-WWAN-4G-ENERGY-STAR-&&rwCategory=-&rwCatalog=-please link your white oneNot really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Gotcha. Did you have to sign any sort of contract with Tmobile ?I don't know how to answer that. I rarely use the 4G as I'm almost always in wifi range. I will say that one of the times I did use the 4G, it was slow... the TMobile coverage around me is pretty shotty.I never monitor data usage, so how much does this equate to? Free mobile Internet service up to 200MB of 4G data per month with no annual contracthttp://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/Chromebook/F0H05UA;pgid=bgVwG23wj7lSRpgVXd2ntGz00000B9xCqdz-?HP-Chromebook-14-q070nr-WWAN-4G-ENERGY-STAR-&&rwCategory=-&rwCatalog=-please link your white oneNot really. Looks similar to mine without the 3G (plus mine is white)
the moops
Footballguy
Keerock
Footballguy
Keerock
Footballguy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIjM2reEnLsCFa9DMgodH1kAwQ&Item=N82E16834314021&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Chromebooks-_-N82E16834314021&ef_id=Uoz@ZwAAAB--IVua:20131206163834:s
$248.99 and you can get 5% off if you order through the NewEgg mobile app...
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Bummer. Was hoping to access my companies cloud based inventory system and what not while out on the road.
the moops
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
Do you have a smart phone? If so, check your data usage on that. My computer usage would most likely be more tied to wireless conectivity than my phone, and I rarely go over 200 MB on my phone unless I am streaming music a lot. Checking your email and searching the web does not use much data.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Aquaman
Footballguy
I use my Chromebook almost exclusively now when traveling. Netsuite, Box, Google Apps for Business, etc. About the only thing I have trouble with are large or very complex spreadsheets or oddball file types like old Publisher files. Between tethering on my phone or Wifi connections there aren't many places I can't work from.
