What does /g/ think of the Chromebook?
Is it worth $200?
>inb4 kill yourself
>inb4 you're a faggot
>>47723547
If you need a decent cheap laptop that's mostly for internet stuffs sure. I love mine
>>47723547
Handsome machine. Quite polished. Overpriced, though, especially for a botnet.
>>47723547
> Is it worth $200?
Would say no, there are better tablets and stuff.
But if you're going to use it exclusively for a web browser / email thing, it probably doesn't matter and it might still be a sensible enough choice.
useful as a momputer
not so useful for editing 4K video of you running three skyrims while your chinese MKVs encode in the background
What if I want to use Unity and Blender
those shouldn't be too heavy
>>47723547
Worse battery than a tablet
Worse screen than a tablet
Fewer applications than a tablet
Does nothing more than a tablet does
>>47723746
ChromeOS tablets when
>>47723746
It has a physical keyboard that's not some filmsy tack-on and more ports.
>>47723773
>ChomeOs
>Tablet
>Decent Apps running
>>47723784
>not just running any android apps you need for some reason
>implying you need apps to watch chinese cartoons and shitpost on 4chinz
i'm sorry, i thought this was /g/
>>47723773
> ChromeOS tablets
Sounds pointless.
Besides the most interesting point to ChromeOS machines is that on some, you can install Gentoo or another Linux.
ChromeOS itself is almost pointless.
>>47723547
you can't do shit work on chromebooks.
>>47724125
That is by design
>Always on-line
I got one on the cheap and use crouton on it so I have an OS that actually does something.
Don't use it enough to bother liberating it entirely.
Pretty good to watch a film on in bed or just shitpost the night away, otherwise entirely useless.
>>47724142
it's useless for a hacker like me.
>>47724466
NEET detected
>>47724466
Tricking people into giving you the answer to their "Secret question" doesn't count as hacking.
>>47724525
I dunno mane, social engineering is part of the package.
>>47724466
>useless
>implying 1337 h4x0rz wouldn't just install gentoo on their chromebooks
>>47724543
Lol, hey, can you fill in this survey for me? Favourite colour? Favourite animal? Mother's maiden name? Favourite tv show? :^)
>>47723547
Do not get the samsung ones. They have atrocious build quality.
I have the Samsung chrome book 2 13.3", it has.. decent hardware support from Linux. The speakers don't work yet so I'm fine with just using these USB headphones I have lying around. But it's a great ARM laptop and I'm really happy with the purchase, it has been fun playing around with it. There are plenty of rough sides but for how I'm using it is a great GNU/Linux machine, though a bit high priced
>>47723773
That's android retard
>$200
Yes. Get one, install GAHNOO+Linux on it.
>>47724618
>Speakers don't work
>That's fine
Why settle for substandard computing? Choose Windows todays
>>47724155
>>47724618
>>47724746
This is the correct answer. But since most of /g/ doesn't know that you can install Gentoo/Arch/Ubuntu/whatever on Chromebooks, then /g/ is the wrong place to ask about them.
>>47723547
kill yourself, you're a faggot
>>47724618
i assume you're using archlinuxarm?
how much of a bitch was getting it installed and everything?
>>47724838
Why don't you ask the people who say "lel who needs WiFi on a laptop" when gahnoo+limoox doesn't work with their wireless card
>>47724961
I would've, man, if that'd been the gripe. Honest to God, man, I would've. You gotta trust me, man.
Fortunately I use Xubuntu and absolutely every single thing worked OOTB. Lucky or whut?
>>47724838
the speakers themselves do work on chromeOS, but the drivers in the kernel I compiled aren't made to work with ALSA properly. I'm too lazy to learn programming and try and fix it myself, but someone should hack it together eventually.
>>47724915
Yep, I'm using archlinuxarm. although I've successfully gotten graphics working with Gentoo, Void, and Ubuntu, archlinuxarm has everything the most convenient as possible for me at the moment. The setup really isn't that hard - flash the kernel to a certain partition, then extract one of their prescribed rootfs tarballs to another certain partition and put some modules for wifi.
Though, if you have it, I suggest you use their prescribed kernel but not their rootfs for chromebook2, their designated rootfs is pretty buggy at the moment, I used the generic one and added the modules and stuff as I needed to. It was a lot less buggy.
the video driver is not the best right now but it is good enough to emulate GBA and SNES games at 60fps fairly consistently but not entirely flawlessly, with hardly any 3d acceleration yet, most traditional window managers are pretty slow, but tiling wms don't have much of a problem. anyways it works way better than I expected, I just wish I could work on improving the support but I don't have nearly enough programming skills as I should.
I like mine. It's lighter & has a longer lasting battery than my 'real' laptop, ChromeOS is fine for Web stuff (which is most of what I use a laptop for when on the go), I have a Ubuntu chroot via crouton for other stuff. It's also a great laptop to give to people if they want to 'just use your computer for a minute' because you can just have them log in via their Google account. I looked at tablet+keyboard solutions but they all looked crap compared to an actual laptop design.
>>47725210
i just wished that fucking thing wasn't so expensive...
or if i could find one refurbished...
meanwhile i'm looking at an acer c720 for 160USD
I bought one on craigslist off some deaf lady for $125 now I run linux mint xfce on it. Using it right now browses youtube/other simple taks fine pretty nifty
>>47724155
performance increases very significantly from on crouton->liberating it entirely
>>47725674
Why? It's a chroot, it's executing on the same kernel. It's not like there's a layer of virtualization or anything.
>>47725690
No idea I can just tell you from my experience performance increased a whole lot, probably less stuff running in background
>>47725589
I have a friend who has a c720, it's not bad at all for that price. honestly ARM is nice but it's been a lot of work, and there aren't many returns besides not being intel for the price point. intel definitely beats out ARM in terms of performance per dollar on these chromebooks. I know the old samsung chromebook sells for about 180-190 if you realy want ARM.
>>47725589
I see a listing for a $149 Acer c720-2103 on amazon
>>47723547
Yep. You can put Ubuntu on it for more functions. I use mine more than I originally thought I would.
>>47725875
link?
>>47724559
Chromebooks run gentoo, actually
>>47726223
no they run portage
>>47723547
I have the Toshiba Chromebook 2. It's fantastic.
>>47723547
> acer
>>47726248
>>47726301
read the chromiumos developer site
they only use portage.
Just bought a chromebook pixel. Prob just gonna run linux off of an external hdd
>>47726644
portage IS gentoo
My school got them.
I cannot emphasize how hard they suck. I have never, ever, ever seen a shittier piece of hardware or software. Hell, even Wangblows (7+1) is better.
To begin, they are fragile. Closing the lid with a pencil on the keyboard will shatter the screen. Then, of all touchpads, this one is incredibly small and unresponsive. The keys are smashed together like dixons at a NASCAR track, incredibly difficult to type.
As to the OS, the login screen shows you with all the other users, without names, making it difficult to find yours to login. Atleast my school let you change your avi, so my Pink Floyd album cover was more distinct than gay-ass millenial selfies. The login windows weren't adjusted for size, so I had half a dozen ting login windows in front of a pinkish background, making it entirely angry. The start menu was located on the right of the taskbar, and included 9 items, plus account and sign out, hinting at the limited features. Chrome was the only application. I opened it, and as my 9 adblocks (?) installed, it lagged incredibly, incredibly slow. I opened Chrome again to Alt-Tab to mlg.tv when the teacher wasn't looking, and oh god the lag.
unspeakable/10 money could have been used to get Photoshop for the rest of the Optiplex 780s or better yet firing the principal
>>47723547
You're clearly a faggot. Kill yourself.
>>47726683
>Pixel
What the ASS.
>>47723547
I've been thinking about getting one once I start school. Just need something light and portable to do research and assignments on.
>>47726913
Do yourself a favor
Don't
>>47723547
Perfect for me
-Great for programming
-Awesome battery life
-Very portable
>>47726931
Care to say why?
>>47726963
>-Great for programming
Programming what? How do you compile anything on a Chromebook?
>>47726969
mac is better
Only buy the C720 unless the new C740 is similar to the C720.
>>47726851
>mlg.tv
opinion disregarded.
>>>/v/
>>47726982
fuck you i can disregard my teachers "instructions" anyway i want
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>>47726683
I'm pretty sure there are better ways to get a portable Linux machine than spending over $1000 to get a browser.
No
>>47726974
Maybe he just writes code and never compiles
Or thinks HTML is programming
>>47726974
Are you being serious?
Install another OS. I removed chromeOS and installed memehat. I also removed that stupid chome bios.
Get a used laptop.
Get it for your tech illiterate relatives so you don't have to keep fixing their Windows installs when they respond to that nice Nigerian man in the popup
fuck abc kindergarten google
>>47727052
Well say that, holy fuck. I wouldn't have even asked if I assumed you were using something besides ChromeOS but you just confused me because OP's like "Should I get a Chromebook" and doesn't ask if he should do something besides run ChromeOS on it. I thought you were simply answering in that context.
>>47727075
>implying
I said chromebooks are great, holy fuck. I never said chromeOS is great. It's a glorified browser.
>>47727093
Hey, you know you screwed up, suck it up and accept your blunder.
>>47727007
I don't even care that you're a dipshit monkey who doesn't want to learn but still shows up to class.
What pisses me off is that you're a gaymer pleb faggot who probably can't do shit and will still somehow become employed in IT or some other easy mode office job and I'll have to waste my life dealing with your idiocy.
End yourself faggot.
>>47727100
Why do I even fucking post here
>>47725706
this a lot
I run arch on mine and i get better battery life than advertised and performance is better too
plus its a firefoxbook now
pics of fags
>>47727114
Tsk tsk, no responsibility.
Can someone please get the C740 with the i3 and 4GB of ram and let me know how CS:GO runs on it?
I would literally switch to my c720/40 fulltime because this is the only game I play
I get like 25-26 FPS with the c720 so i think it would be viable with an i3
>>47726144
www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00L87JAZU/
i got my a $300 chromebook for $170 because it was refurbished, sweet deal except the battery doesn't work.
i still use it plugged in to the wall to browse at night
the browser is just one more application running in the tasbar, you can install more applications for instance i have an irc client. i think this should change in the future where there is no abstraction or concept of browser, but the browser tabs being the application tabs themselves
the keyboard layout is different, for instance there's no caps lock or win key or a lot of keys you would find in a traditional keyboard
it lags a bit sometimes, i couldn't even play a heavily populated area in a browser based game i played without it crashing due to graphics problems
its nice to have the botnet, all you need is a google password and you're in, ready to use a lot of services and have your history, passwords, bookmarks etc remembered
the screen quality on mine is not great, i would pay a couple of hundred dollas more to have a slightly faster chromebook with a better screen
Buy the ones that have a FHD panel. Then, isntall crouton on them or dual boot with Ubuntu. There you go, a perfectly useful machine. If you want more storage, just buy an SD or replace the SSD.
I have the first gen flat black ones that were made by Google. It was fun while it lasted but it got kinda slow after time so I put xubuntu on it but then my dad gave me his old chinkpad so I forgot about it
>>47725577
that's a real pretty design, what's the model?
>>47726223
>>47726248
>>47726301
>>47726644
>>47726693
>>47729119
>crouton
>dual boot
you don't even know wtf you're talking about.
any Chromebook with a FHD panel is locked down dog shit
a tablet with a keyboard would be more useful.
>>47729875
>Then, isntall crouton on them or dual boot with Ubuntu.
>install crouton on them
>OR
>dual boot
>>47723834
>Mfw chrome os is gentoo
>>47726248
>>47726644
>not knowing portage is the package manager for gentoo
>>47726038
>using Ubuntu when there are better debian based distros
>giving your computer an OS that feels like it was made for a tablet
>>47727008
True. I'm not going for how poor I can make myself look though.
>>47723547
Have that exact model with a 128 gb ssd. Currently loving it, it's not a bad deal. Running antergos, it easily surpasses everything chrome os gives.
The build quality is a little shit, and the screen could be better, but meh, it's great for on-the-go surfing and programming, and the battery life (6-9 h depending on usage) is loads better than whatI have gotten on any other inexpensive laptops.
I wouldn't buy it new, though. Buy a used one off of ebay/craigslist for 100 dollaroos and add a ssd, boom, you've got a portable laptop with 128 gb ssd for 150-180 $.
>>47730134
chromeOS is like gentoo as well as OSX is like *BSD.
>>47723547
>What does /g/ think of the Chromebook?
I like my Toshiba 2. Screen is amazing and it can handle everything I want from a portable device. Whenever I have to do real work I use my tower anyway.
So, as an additional device they are great, as a main machine I'd probably get something else.
