OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Just got a cheapo second-hand one, and I love it..seems to be a great piece of kit...Anyone suggest any decent extensions for it? Is there any way to support email accounts via a client (not necessarily gmail)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Of Highbridge Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have an Android phone and media player for my TV - I am quite happy with both. It took me quite some time before I found an app (BSPlayer) which could stream videos over SAMBA from my NAS drive. I am considering getting the wife one for her birthday, which did you buy? Linky ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have an Android phone and media player for my TV - I am quite happy with both. It took me quite some time before I found an app (BSPlayer) which could stream videos over SAMBA from my NAS drive. I am considering getting the wife one for her birthday, which did you buy? Linky ? http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/samsung-chromebook-1111354/review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Its a cracking little thing...got micro SD card support, HDMI, two USBs (for external HDs, etc)..Google Docs supports Office-based files, no anti virus required...The OS upgrades automatically, and if it becomes corrupted, a new version is just downloaded.. I was running a VPN on my Win8 PC via Chrome...I'll see if it runs on this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 My wife bought two this month an Acer C7 11" and a Toshiba 13"!Both seem ok for what they do and are light and cool running. I installed Linux on the Toshiba just out of curiosity be she didn't want to learn the extra steps to get it started up as she only browses the web so I took it off. There's a lot of faffing about to print from the chromebooks if you don't have a cloud printer especially if like us you have an Epson connected to a Raspberry pi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have an Acer 720P which was 200 euros new last month. Booted Chrome, it was crap, installed Linux. It is quite nice but the touch screen under both Chrome and LInux is pretty much useless and just a power drain; I guess thicko manager types might find it useful to prod their screens; it seems to be a habit of theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 I have an Acer 720P which was 200 euros new last month. Booted Chrome, it was crap, installed Linux. It is quite nice but the touch screen under both Chrome and LInux is pretty much useless and just a power drain; I guess thicko manager types might find it useful to prod their screens; it seems to be a habit of theirs. For a simple, PC like machine for a £180, you can't really go too far wrong...you get a keyboard...don't have to buy any other software, such as Office...a basic one is the same price as a crappy 8" tablet..most printers made in the last 18 months or so, support google cloud print, or eprint... I'm not a big fan of touch screen...see it as a bit more of a fad, esp. for laptop type devices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 There is a 200 quid Windows Dell laptop on hotukdeals. Basic but suitable for what you would do using a Chromebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 There is a 200 quid Windows Dell laptop on hotukdeals. Basic but suitable for what you would do using a Chromebook. ...which take 5 minutes to boot ..and I doubt you'd get the battery life out of them either, and it'll be the size of the moon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 ...which take 5 minutes to boot ..and I doubt you'd get the battery life out of them either, and it'll be the size of the moon.. Nonetheless, it is a £200 laptop which may well suit many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 For a simple, PC like machine for a £180, you can't really go too far wrong. The CPU is pretty good on the 720P - almost I3 power. I can do HD video editing on mine with kdenlive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Bowman Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Nonetheless, it is a £200 laptop which may well suit many people. +1 but why do people buy low end c***f when they will be using it daily! bit like cheap glasses/shoes/cars Just got a Lenovo carbon x1 suspect it will knock the chromebook out of the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 +1 but why do people buy low end c***f when they will be using it daily! bit like cheap glasses/shoes/cars Just got a Lenovo carbon x1 suspect it will knock the chromebook out of the park The trouble is that when people buy a 200 or 250 quid laptop, they expect it to run several tabs in chrome, as well as perhaps running spotify and a few other odds and sods, and it will fail badly... If I was spending a thousand quid on a PC, i'd probably get a Mac. Lenovo's aftercare support is notoriously crap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveinHope Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 The trouble is that when people buy a 200 or 250 quid laptop, they expect it to run several tabs in chrome, as well as perhaps running spotify and a few other odds and sods, and it will fail badly... If I was spending a thousand quid on a PC, i'd probably get a Mac. Lenovo's aftercare support is notoriously crap... My immediate thought was 'get an 11" macbook air', 2nd hand, refurbished or with educational discount, if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StainlessSteelCat Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 +1 but why do people buy low end c***f when they will be using it daily! bit like cheap glasses/shoes/cars Just got a Lenovo carbon x1 suspect it will knock the chromebook out of the park Agreed. I went through a phase of buying low end machines. Most didn't make it past their warranty, and were horrible to use too. Now, I tend to buy MacBooks which are secondhand and six months old or so. My current one was £500 off the list price, and comes with 2.5 years AppleCare. In a couple of years time, I'll probably sell it on for at least half of what I paid for it - and will have had a couple of years of hassle free and nice to use computing for under 50p/day. Given I spend up to 10 hours a day on the thing, I say that wasn't a bad deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John51 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 +1 but why do people buy low end c***f when they will be using it daily! bit like cheap glasses/shoes/cars Just got a Lenovo carbon x1 suspect it will knock the chromebook out of the park Anybody else wondering what the 3 asterisks between c and f represent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Error! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 cat /usr/share/dict/words|grep ^c...f$ calefcalifchaffchiefchoofchuffcliffcloffcloofcluffcoeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honkydonkey Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 cat /usr/share/dict/words|grep ^c...f$ calif chaff chief cliff and chuff lol, nice reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 cat /usr/share/dict/words|grep ^c...f$ Could've saved yourself four characters there ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Could've saved yourself four characters there ... an -m 5 acdefgiknntup|grep da Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 an -m 5 acdefgiknntup|grep da OK, I didn't know that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Anybody else wondering what the 3 asterisks between c and f represent? Lenovo keyboards being poor quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ill_handle_it Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 What's the best one to buy under £250 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 What's the best one to buy under £250 ? seems like a reasonable machine... http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/chromebooks/toshiba-cb30-102-13-3-chromebook-silver-21930616-pdt.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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