[TriLUG] laptop shopping

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:45:01 -0500
Jeremy Davis <jeremydavis at jeremydavis.biz> wrote:


> To relate this conversation to laptop shopping, I have been buying or
> recommending Google Chromebooks for friends and family because they
> are cheap, virtually maintenance free, and they just work right out
> of the box. So now when I go home to visit, I am not fixing computer
> problems anymore.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/HP_Chromebook_11_White_Blue_Wi_Fi?id=chromebook_hp_11_whiteblue_wifi

It's cheap alright, and if used for its intended uses it might be
maintenance free, but at 2GB RAM and 16GB disk (admittedly SSD), I
don't see myself running LyX and compiling to PDF any time soon. Nor do
I see myself replacing the OS with, let's say, Debian.

This is the ideal appliance for the guy who wants to Facebook, Youtube
and Email, but I wouldn't take it on the road with me when I go to
other cities to teach troubleshooting classes. For that purpose, I need
something pretty much with the capabilities of my desktop.

But on the positive side, it's nowhere near $1299.

SteveT

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