[TriLUG] laptop shopping

[Ken MacKenzie]

No and I agree, but there should be the option to use it to connect to a
computer with those capabilities via VNC.  Or dare I say RDP.

Just saying I think the Chromebook is a neat concept and there are things
about the platform I find very interesting.  I believe it is actually based
on Gentoo.  I may be mistaken on that.

Ken


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:

> 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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