My old school replaced most of their computer labs with chromebooks that you could borrow out when you needed them. They were a huge step up from the lab computers that still had a floppy slot. SInce the only work we ever needed was word and excel it was more than enough.
+TheRealChocolateMilk My school has a bunch of Peasant 4 GB, Intel Core Prehistoric i5 so ... not fast while booting up and Internet Explorer naturally works better which no one likes. So, the school DID get some Chromebooks but didn't replace them all. I rather get Tablets instead for people who don't have them to save money but oh well ...
+Chubby Kid if you are at home, just plug in an external keyboard and a mouse, if you are in on the go, I would say it's usually good enough for most things, and certainly better than a tablet keyboard.
My Chromebook has been my only laptop-related purchase I've ever made. The Surface RT was great for college at first, until I really got into my journalism program which relied heavily on Google Drive/Docs, which isn't fun to manage on Windows 8 RT. Normal laptops were more bulky/lower-end for the price I could afford. Jumped on a $250 14" Chromebook as quick as I could, and I've loved it since. It is an older model, so it lags behind with a ton of tabs up and media playing, but it got me through college as a very happy writer.
Fun fact you just buy from used which is 50 dollars and seriously thats is enough for you to survive collage and you dont need to buy a dongle for your hdmi and stuff worst case scenario you ended up buying one for your usb type c plus in that price point you can probably buy a laptop that can run photoshop without an internet connection and do some 1080 or 720 editing and probably play games below the 2010 fairly well if it has an integrated graphics...
I just have a Linux live usb with the latest version of Ubuntu installed on it and I just plug it into any windows computer I need to use at school. No-one knows XD
Just so you can waste someones time who works for that School Board to fix it? Why not just buy one yourself and install Ubuntu to it rather than waste valuable time of someone else to fix it. Sure it isn't hard, but school's generally have software on these computers anyways which allow them to track user activity. More productive things can be done with that time rather than you wasting your own time to install an Operating System which will be removed anyways... I mean sure, it's a different story if the chrome book is on loan to you, but you still shouldn't be tampering with something that isn't your own.
ZeSquare I did it because if the normal chromebook connects to your home internet witch btw we are suppose to take it home then the school tracks all your shit including at your own home and i say i dont want the school to know what kind of porn im watching.
a bit beside the point don't you think I don't see what need for an i7 they would have since they are basically just browsers. Come on, bring your atx full tower over to a coffee shop or a friend's place...see how well that works. Meanwhile, I get 11 hours of battery life in a fanless, 3lbs, ultra portable, fast, trimmed-down package...for 179$ anyone can afford that, and even gamers can afford that AS WELL as their gaming rig. If I need raw power, I go to my desktop PC, but I spend a lot of time on my chromebook too.
When I was in middle school we used Chromebooks in our English class. My teacher always said that they had NO storage and NO processor. I should have just left it alone, but I tried to correct her in front of the class, and I got in trouble for "being disrespectful".
I got my chromebook a few years ago and love it. I only use it when I take trips and it answers all my main needs when I'm away from home. For the cost and the weight, there's nothing better.
My biggest issue with chromebooks is their price though.. because they were really well priced at first and as Linus said you can get some of them for under $200 but.. most aren't and well for around the $200 mark low-end laptops such as the HP stream 11 exist and overall with how ChromeOS is so heavily tied to the internet, it easily makes windows the better option when priced similarly.
Thanks for mentioning the fact that alternative operating systems can be installed on a Chromebook, but it still pains me to see that no one ever goes into depth about the the easiest and most popular method of installing Ubuntu on one: "Crouton". I also use a Chromebook as my daily computer and with multiple flavors of Ubuntu installed dual-running off of an SD card. Chromebooks are actually cool, I swear! *waves arms frantically* ... *gives up*
All I know is I've been using my HP 14 Chromebook for almost a year now and I absolutely love it. The Nvidia Tegra K1 chews up HD video with no problems, even with only 2 GB of ram. Since I really don't do anything other than stream video and audio, for just over $200 it couldn't get any better.
Right now my school does the 'Classroom' system with Google and we have tons of Chromebooks with mobile carts. I like them, they are easy to use for the PC noob.
Although Chromebooks are awesome. I think the Asus X205TA and Asus T100 are better deals. The X205TA is cheaper than most chromebooks, and packs in full Windows. The T100 is touch screen and is a 2 in 1. They both have battery lives of around 8-12 hours.
+You are my rock. I would also recommend the HP Stream series. Has a battery life of about 9 hours, has a 1.6 Ghz Celeron core with 2 GB ram, for only $200. More importantly, it gets you a 13 inch keyboard that is very easy to type on. I purchased one for note-taking at college, and I must say that it is a fantastic computer for what it sets out to do. It's a bit thicker and ways a bit more (4 lbs), but in my opinion, that's a good thing. You can bump it without having it fly off the table, and it's still very light.
Humoingat Unless you have airplane mode on, I doubt you'll get 9 hours out of the stream 13. I'd expect somewhere around 6-7 hours. That's what most reviewers have gotten with WiFi browsing.
***** It has a battery life of about 6 hours only when I'm playing Hearthstone in class for several hours straight while having multiple tabs open on Reddit and Word running in the background. On a Celeron, that's a big workload. I've seen it last for 12 hours when just running Word. The X205TA is also a great option, I just couldn't type on it to save my life, and I wanted a note-taking machine. Having 13 inches is great.
Humoingat Fair enough. I've got the T100, and it lasts me 11 hours. >12 hours on airplane mode. The keyboard is tiny, but I've gotten used to it. It's got the best screen of the three (IPS), and love touch :)
+You are my rock. Exactly (commented about the same here too) I am using ASUS x205TA and I constantly get amazed by how much of my work it can do with advantages like lghtweightness, great gesture touch pad and long battery life. I turn my desktop on and browse all the content through wifi networking.
"tools fit to purpose" is the point. How well can you use your full atx tower while on the bus ? does it have great battery life ? I wouldn't want a surgeon operating on me with a chainsaw, even though it is "more powerful" than a scalpel
Imma Turkey Yeah... sorry, I get passionate about things I like :P I just think it's a very good bargain overall I got one and it's the best laptop (for my purpose) I have ever had, and since then, both my dad and mother in law got one, and they also swear by it :)
I've got a Chromebook, got it last year during Black Friday specials for under $200. Great for what it is, doesn't replace my desktop - but excellent for taking out of town.
I've got to say my chromebook is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Yes, it's a tablet with a keyboard, but the laptop form just adds loads of versatility in terms of usability. It's got a lovely IPS 13.3" 1080p screen that makes watching videos and working really nice. It handles everything I throw at it excellently, I mean it's not powerful but it can handle 720p video just fine and multiple tabs can be open with several things going on (such as documents, a video running, email etc). I am truly surprised by how fast it is sometimes, boot times are lightning quick. The only thing where chromebooks fall down is compatibility with other formats which can effect productivity. Basically, if a document isn't a pdf, there's a very high chance something will not be viewed correctly (things like equations in word documents). Overall though, if you know what you want, and their qualities suit your needs, they're a steal. So much so that I'm not constantly worrying about it breaking or getting stolen. They're an absolute steal, if you find a decent one.
Chrome OS is literally uses the chrome browser to run everything, as if you try and kill the browser, it crashes the ENTIRE device sending you back to the login prompt.
I have a Chromebook C740 with 4GB of RAM that I bought for $270. I went in developer mode, enabled SeaBIOS, and installed Arch Linux and have a compressed BTRFS as my filesystem (and because LZO compression is so fast, this actually improves performance). I'm averaging about 10 hours of battery life and I run Android Studio, Eclipse, and even Civ5 and Minecraft (with far render settings at 50 fps) on this thing perfectly fine (although Android Studio uses a ridiculous amount of RAM sometimes, which can cause problems if I have a of of chrome tabs open). It starts up in 10 seconds, opens Chrome in 1.5 seconds, and Eclipse in 10 seconds (which is really fast for Eclipse). Don't underestimate it. If you get a C740 you can usually do better than with most laptops.
One of the misconception about Chromebook is the limitation of office application due to incompatibility and space. However, Google have their own online office application that is free to use and they have the ability to open Microsoft Office files and convert their own files to Microsoft Office compatible format. Google Doc is the equivalent to Word. Sheets is to Excel, Slide is to Powerpoint, and Forms is to InfoPath. They can be used offline! I don't see why people claims Chromebook lack office application... Unless you are worry about privacy... Microsoft have been doing the the same thing on Office 2013 (360) and higher...
+Oyamada13 Not to mention that if people absolutely just have to have MS Office, they can use lightweight versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on office.live.com. It requires an internet connection, but the option is still there.
The google applications are okay, but in my experience Microsoft Office has been more trustworthy because it actually has the features I need, like some formatting options, etc, and although MSOffice might be a paid service, you are getting a great bang for your buck. Besides, a chromebooks speed is only really good enough to edit a doc, browse the web in another tab, and (maybe) have some music or RUclips in the background. Otherwise, it is best to get some sort of windows or apple laptop that actually has good specs for prolonged use
2018 here, and chromebook has serves me well i'm front end and android developer and having good time with chromebook so far. i could code using crouton, run apps and webapps i develop directly to on the chromebook, and having a good time with long battery life when i'm not working hard (well you need to lower your battery life expectation when you need to run a freaking android studio anyway). also offline capabilities has been helped a lot by the google play store and android apps integration. so far so good!!
the chromebook is basically a frying pan. similar processing power, large, surprisingly maneuverable, and damn near bulletproof. you can even fry eggs on it with how hot It gets.
omg everytime i open youtube i dont really like to see your videos because i really like them. i gots lots of important things i need to do but every little video you upload is so much fun to watch so many usefull information thats really good to know thanks alot linus.
When chromeOS came out, it couldn't run android apps & was overall inferior to android in just about every way. With the ability to run android apps(which isn't *that* hard cause both are linux-based OSes), chromeOS can compete with windows for daily use, including office, because android has a lot of great apps for these applications, including skype.
My Toshiba Chromebook2 is a good school computer. It was running a bit hot after flash gaming, or extensive multitasking use. I was able to replace the silicone insulator on the processor die with a drop of Arctic Silver, now it runs faster longer! Also it has an SD card slot that I constantly store a spare 16gb card in for extra storage. It seems to be plenty now.
@Servine you are totally right but when it comes to just browsing the web and writing essays a 200€ chromebook is better than a 200€ desktop, simply because its lightweigh and portable
I own an Acer c720 chrome book with Ubuntu installed on it. I use it primarily to take to uni and it's perfect! It's got an amazing battery, it's super light and it runs all of my coding software perfectly. It was super cheap and I would definitely recommend.
Maybe chromebooks are great for someone. Not my cup of tea though. And haven't met anyone who likes them. There are great cheap Windows laptops. I don't think the OS is enough for my needs.
+Bruno Techera I theorize they are really aimed at college students. They will always have wifi and will just write papers, browse the web, stream movies, ect.
+nathan casarez a university student here, running Linux, and would honestly like a Chromebook as a cheap laptop that I could afford to lose (having encrypted all my data on it first lol) and run a LTS Linux distribution on it so it's reliable xD
+Bruno Techera I used to have one, I think it was the Samsung model. I liked it. Even though I have a powerful gaming desktop, it was nice to have a lightweight portable machine for surfing the web on the go. I guess a tablet could do the same thing, but I prefer having a built in physical keyboard and track pad. Also, this thing is much faster than tablets in it's price range.
Love my Asus C300MA, great for school as it is super lightweight and does not take up a lot of desk space. My university has wifi everywhere anyway so it makes even more sense. Plus with google remote desktop I can wirelessly link up with my gaming desktop if I need more power or have something saved locally rather than on google drive. And if storage is a problem there is an sd card slot where you can easily throw in a cheap $10 32GB card or go a little more expensive for 64GB.
I have an HP Chromebook 11 G3, and I use it all the time(on it now typing this comment), and I love the little thing, and while I have a big windows gaming desktop, a lot of times I just don't feel like firing it up waiting for it too boot just to check an email, or watch a few RUclips videos. for my storage needs I just access the a 1TB external USB 3.0 HDD connected too my home network, or the 32GB SD card I have in my Chromebook. But if you get one make sure you changes your channel for updates to Beta, as you will get the updates faster, and they are still stable, unlike developer channel, also make sure the Chromebook you get has 4GB of ram as it will help when watching videos in HD, and general overall performance compared to the 2GB models.
+yurtpoh don't get a t400 they come with a core i3 processor. and that's really bad for a traditional laptop. you should consider getting something more higher end
Dual booted my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with Ubuntu and I can do essentially everything a normal person does with a windows or mac laptop. It lags a little bit when I compile some code (python and java) but it's still fully usable with great battery life, keyboard, and a screen. All for only $200.
@@krishsatpati2476 XPS M1730. It had SLI 8700Ms which overheated like crazy and typically performed worse than the single 7950GTX from the previous gen. It also had an Ageia Physx card that also overheated lol. It looked cool tho
I actually use a Chromebook alongside a full gaming PC. Each complements the other: Heavy-duty software runs on the PC, while light web-browsing and media consumption is on the machine I can take with me. Sure, it's not powerful and can't run Windows, but its battery life is excellent, the OS is snappy, it runs Android and Linux apps, and it cost only _$200_ (after spending almost $3K on a PC, this was a huge deal). Plus, VNC and CRD exist, so I can still use my main machine over the net. It's a great little machine for portable use.
Since I can´t carry my gaming desktop around with me, I have a Chromebook to carry around in the wild. It's fast, it's light, it's incredibly practical for school and note taking.
i had a chromebook, it worked pretty well for basic things. if you can get away from not using windows base programs. i think chromebook is prefect for students. the battery life, light weight and small size is great. chromebooks has gotten somewhat better than when i had one. it lasted little over a year (i think). it would still be working if the hard drive (yes, the chromebook i had gotten had a hard drive, not a solid state drive) could stay connected to the motherboard. idk why it wont stay connected. though it lacks performance (well for the older versions) good luck having 3+ tabs open. google docs is fine. but if you think you can have twitter, fb and youtube up. then good luck. i was nearly forced to get adblocker cause all of the animted advertisements spammed everywhere. it starts to eat up the power and causes it to slow down alot and even start over heating. its not designed to do much, but what it is designed for, it does it pretty well. other than those complaints, the only problem i would have is the lack of being able to install other progams. it would be nice to have to option to install skype and java (as the chromebook is purely flash based). i understand why you cant, but a laptop like a chromebook, but even just enough space to download and install a few non-google programs would be nice
Most of the applications such as drive and other google services can be used offline and will save to to the memory and will sync it with the cloud when you reconnect to the internet. So be tethered to the web really isn't a issue.
Tenma my high school replace their old Samsung Chromebooks with ThinkPad Chromebooks and literally maybe about 3 days after that the Wi-Fi had fried itself in schools too lazy to fix it though we're dealing with 1992 dial-up speeds
I work in IT for a school district. These Chromebooks are ideal for our uses. They're inexpensive so we can basically assign one to every teacher and every student. They're easy to centrally manage. We can easily disable devices that go missing (and they mysteriously seem to reappear after being disabled. Google Drive puts an end to kids forgetting flash drives with homework. Most are surprisingly easy to repair. Their battery can last almost an entire school day. Google has predictable update cycles and we know every device we buy will get updates for 5 to 6 years. The fact that they can't run anything besides Chrome is an advantage to us since security problems are largely eliminated and kids can't easily screw with them. Even if a device gets FUBARed horribly we can easily wipe and reset them in a matter of a couple minutes.
5therev our schools were so shit poor that i brought my xps with me.It had a protective toughbook like case on it,and guess what,that ONE kid knocked it out of my hands.It survived #linusproof
Siddharth Chillarige Holy Fuc*ing Shit Nuggets, you School is rich. Our School has Windows XP Laptops with Keys falling off, Black-white TVs and a network that died for 2 weeks, just because someone searched for P*rn.
Siddharth Chillarige I'm guessing your school is part of CUSD. Also iPad Airs are like $250. Not that expensive. Also Cupertino has 8.875% tax so of course the school has money.
I feel that one thing you forgot to mention is what a great solution these are for schools with them being cheap, reliable, and kids cant down load tons of programs or fool around on them as much with all of their papers stored safely in the cloud.
"Chromebooks are useless without a internet connection." Well you have your home connection, ISP s have hot spots everywhere. Still no internet? Your phone can be used as a hot spot. Still a deal breaker? Well turn off the WiFi on your regular windows laptop and then see how useful it is.
+very Frozen, As a former tech support for Samsung, in which I handled IT devices, such as windows-based computers/laptops and chromebooks (before you ask questions, we do have working floor models to check and play with it), I can say that Chromebooks are still superior if you compare them in what Chromebooks can only do. Sure, Chromebooks lack the compatibility against windows-based computers, but given the fact that the main highlight of this device is browsing the web/checking emails, you don't need to get a higher-priced laptop just to do those tasks, smoothly.
Thank you for finally doing a chromebook fast as possible. People always ask me why I use a chromebook. I have a good PC, and then I have that for the battery life and productivity.
Could you please please please do a video on tips for cable management? i've been trying to do neat cable management for my own desktop multiple times but in the end it always looks sluggish. I hope with some tips and tricks it can look so much better and cleaner! Cheers and keep up the amazing work
Utilise your case and the implementations that have been placed in it. And use cable ties! If you want a good, mid tower case with built-in-cable management, the Corsair Spec-03 has it, it's a great case.
I think you guys missed the biggest point that I thought was great about chromebooks 1. super fast boot times, it's like turning on a calculator 2. kinda mentioned in already with cloud storage, but creating a document on a chromebook and not needing to wonder if you need to attach it on an email for your boss or something
+LZ They're not just about saving money, people also want smaller and lighter laptops, and the windows ones aren't capable of of loading work to the cloud. Neither is objectivity better.
+rohitcharli The comment got a good point, a safer device than windows laptops. And the comparison to windows laptops are lame. Windows is build for runnig many applications at the same time. It loads a whole lot of stuff you won't need for just surfing the web. It's a better option to run something like chromeOS. The manufacture will ship with chromeOS, so like a gurantee that it will work. If you want to compare to ChromiumOS or a linux distribution.
MrDavibu Virus' don't just come with windows, they'll come overtime and if your not careful or hell just have some common sense and some anti virus and your fine. I'm not fan-boying windows and I certainly don't think its perfect at all, but saying something like what that other guy said is just plain ridiculous.
@3:52 Linus said google is preventing modifying the bootcode by using a ROM. That's actually really wrong, chromebooks are currently the way-to-go if you want a open bootcode(not only Bootloader but also BIOS) on a PC, as they not only feature Coreboot by default(Alltough be it a really locked down version of it), most of them are flashable to a new coreboot version, with all the features you want(Or don't). I think this issue comes from everybody calling the BIOS flashchips BIOS ROM's.
I've had my chromebook for 2 years, installed unity on it the other day and I'm surprised how well this thing handles. Chromebooks are infinitely the best choice for your money if you only need them for word processing and media consumption, gaming is yet to be decided considering I've only run half life and the binding of isaac thus far.
But Linus! There is this cool thing called GalliumOS, full Linux for Chromebooks! Also Photoshop for Chromebooks stopped working, like... almost a year ago. I was a beta tester, it was nice while it lasted.
GaOS is made with Chromebooks in mind, like using a custom kernel and zram instead of traditional swap, as well as keymaps to use the "function" keys for their original uses, and a better driver for the touchpad. You could of course compile these individual pieces for your Linux of preferarance
I'm aware, and mostly joking on pointing this out to Linus directly. But Chromebooks have been able to run other OSes for more than a year now. Obviously when you buy a Chromebook you're probably (probably!) not buying it to run something that isn't ChromeOS, though.
I hate the fact that they replaced the Caps Lock with some search key, I'm not used to having to hold Shift to get caps. Some of you may think 'but the caps lock requires you press the keys some more, with Shift you can just let go', I find it easier to press the Caps Lock and just get the first letter and then lowercase for the rest than having to hold Shift and reach for the first letter. Like how I find print easier to write and read than cursive writing.
Chromebooks are actually great depending on your needs. For schools that use Google Workspace (drive, docs, sheets, etc...) they are lightweight, durable, cheap and easy to use. It also allows the administrator to install certin apps for the user such as zoom (helpful in covid times). However I do totally see why some would stick with a windows laptop
i mean they can be convenient but the admins at my school disabled the ability to install adblockers, but simultaneously installed 3 different spywares on it so yeahhhh
I having a gaming pc (Desktop) and Chromebook. The chromebook is perfect for school and on the go use, I get better battery life than alot of people's phones. Everything else I do on my PC.
I have a Chromebook as my daily driver for general office productivity, giving presentations, and watching vids on RUclips. For the price and what it does, I'd buy it all over again.
Actually if you install things like ARC welder from the chrome store, you can install Skype. Also Skype is starting to become available right on the official website without any downloads needed.
4:18 Reminded me, how well does a Chromebook do with videos and Twitch streams? For some reason the laptop I currently have, can't watch high bitrate streams or 1080p RUclips videos at 60 FPS without dropping frames even though it has an HD 5470 and a Phenom II x4 950N quad core processor which isn't that great but seems a lot better than what the Chromebooks have.
+Hendlton with my Chromebook, it's the first gen Toshiba one*. I can play twitch streams, and 1080p60fps youtube videos fine, even with linus' fancy 4k video, it can be done, though rather unnecessary. I find it's a perfect little laptop for general usage. *not sure of the exact model, looks like this though: us.toshiba.com/images/shop/family/cb30-2hd-gallery-slide-1.jpg
My moms Chromebook is awesome, sure chrome OS is limited but it certainly is a awesome laptop overall due to its awesome NVIDIA Tegra processor as it can load multiple tabs and websites without a single snag. Heck its a better performer then my fathers windows laptop mechanical hard drive aside.
Tablet, Laptop, Desktop MASTER RACE BABY! Though, admittedly the Laptop gets used least, as it is primarily for times when I have the space and time to want to use desktop games and applications (That Intel HD3000 with 16gb of DDR3 1800 can handle, which is actually quite surprisingly MOST of my favorite desktop games! Albeit at low graphics settings and 1366x768 resolution, which is fine for the 15.6" screen on my Asus U57A. For HDD I use a 750GB "Hybrid" HDD, which is a 7200 RPM 2.5" Seagate Momentus ST750, great storage space, great speed, and great reliability!) - And while my Android tablet sees more general use, I NEED a full laptop for traveling, as I have nearly my entire media collection on it, as well as the aforementioned games which it actually plays quite well, and I have a really good Logitech laser mini-mouse, the wireless dongle for which is a TINY stub, that always stays plugged in, as it does not even show! And the Desktop is a highly over clocked gaming machine. Enough said!
in my country, the eighth graders get a chromebook, 7th graders an ipad. But the 10th graders get nothing and we are not allowed to write in our assignment books, made to be written in (The books with text and chours etc, not just a plain book to write in.) life sucks
Something else; Chrome OS is Debian-based, which means if you can gain access to a terminal, you can probably install some version of apt-get if Google doesn't have their own solution already, add a few PPAs and you're off to the races regarding software installation. If you want something better, you'll have to install it yourself. But there are enough workarounds to push past whatever limitations Google imposes on most x86_64 machines.
Skype for Web has actually been a thing for a few months now. It's still in beta, which means some features are missing, but it gets the job done, and it can be used fine on Chromebooks. Skype must be doing a terrible job promoting it though, as nobody I've mentioned it to has ever even heard of it... perhaps they're waiting for it to leave beta first.
1:14 "Chrome web browser" > shows a screenshot of Firefox
+Pad Ster The cursor is on download button.
+Klblaz No that is not the download button. That is just the link to the download page.
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Almost the same.
Klblaz There is the almost so it aint the same.
Lol
My old school replaced most of their computer labs with chromebooks that you could borrow out when you needed them. They were a huge step up from the lab computers that still had a floppy slot. SInce the only work we ever needed was word and excel it was more than enough.
+TheRealChocolateMilk My school has a bunch of Peasant 4 GB, Intel Core Prehistoric i5 so ... not fast while booting up and Internet Explorer naturally works better which no one likes. So, the school DID get some Chromebooks but didn't replace them all. I rather get Tablets instead for people who don't have them to save money but oh well ...
I absolutely hate the touchpad and keyboard though.
+Josh Bray my old school had laptops with like 200mb drived aand a like 2 tb server!!! this was a year ago!
+Chubby Kid if you are at home, just plug in an external keyboard and a mouse, if you are in on the go, I would say it's usually good enough for most things, and certainly better than a tablet keyboard.
+Jacky Xie cloud books performance suck, really hard, however they're great for installing a lightweight linux distro's, which run great on them
My Chromebook has been my only laptop-related purchase I've ever made.
The Surface RT was great for college at first, until I really got into my journalism program which relied heavily on Google Drive/Docs, which isn't fun to manage on Windows 8 RT.
Normal laptops were more bulky/lower-end for the price I could afford.
Jumped on a $250 14" Chromebook as quick as I could, and I've loved it since. It is an older model, so it lags behind with a ton of tabs up and media playing, but it got me through college as a very happy writer.
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Fun fact you just buy from used which is 50 dollars and seriously thats is enough for you to survive collage and you dont need to buy a dongle for your hdmi and stuff worst case scenario you ended up buying one for your usb type c plus in that price point you can probably buy a laptop that can run photoshop without an internet connection and do some 1080 or 720 editing and probably play games below the 2010 fairly well if it has an integrated graphics...
Windows 10 S is better.
Wait this was 5 years ago.
my school handed out chrome books the firs thing i did was enable Developer mode and install Debian. they still don't know.
I just have a Linux live usb with the latest version of Ubuntu installed on it and I just plug it into any windows computer I need to use at school. No-one knows XD
Next year our school is getting laptops for 9-12 grade im probably just going to install ubuntu.
Just so you can waste someones time who works for that School Board to fix it? Why not just buy one yourself and install Ubuntu to it rather than waste valuable time of someone else to fix it. Sure it isn't hard, but school's generally have software on these computers anyways which allow them to track user activity. More productive things can be done with that time rather than you wasting your own time to install an Operating System which will be removed anyways... I mean sure, it's a different story if the chrome book is on loan to you, but you still shouldn't be tampering with something that isn't your own.
ZeSquare I did it because if the normal chromebook connects to your home internet witch btw we are suppose to take it home then the school tracks all your shit including at your own home and i say i dont want the school to know what kind of porn im watching.
my school locked down dev mode :D
I'm getting my Peasant Destroyer Over 9000 laptop shipped in a couple days
Darn, I can't afford it. It costing 9000 dollars doesn't really help.
I got my Peasant Destroyer Over 9000 Dragon Ball Z laptop yesterday
I love my peasant destroyer. It works great for me, but I do have the last generation one.
Peasant Destroyer arrived a while ago. It's got the best Peasant Destroying capabilities of any laptop I've ever had.
i bulit my own with my big bro for 5000$ that we both saved up for awhile
Honestly I want to get one because it'll look cool on my desk and I bet it makes a great coffee coaster.
We have a broken macbook at home that we got for free and we use it as a coffee coaster now.
At this current point in time, it’s pretty much like a rectangular inside-out aluminum plate that you could eat some spaghetti on or something
I eat off mine.
"Higher-end" = Core i3
Sorry Google, Can't see you from up here on my ATX Full tower
LMAO
a bit beside the point don't you think
I don't see what need for an i7 they would have since they are basically just browsers.
Come on, bring your atx full tower over to a coffee shop or a friend's place...see how well that works.
Meanwhile, I get 11 hours of battery life in a fanless, 3lbs, ultra portable, fast, trimmed-down package...for 179$
anyone can afford that, and even gamers can afford that AS WELL as their gaming rig.
If I need raw power, I go to my desktop PC, but I spend a lot of time on my chromebook too.
+Chuck80 You make some great points and I completely agree. I was just joking about Linus' Peasant Destroyer.
Oh, ok :P
"higher end" is core i7 like the i7 6700k in my pc
0:54 the 'overkill' laptop had a sticker that said windows vista and centrino
>Peasant destroyer over9000
rofl
what's rolf mean?
+damcs google is 2 hard 4 him m8, pls no h8
+damcs LOOOOOOOOOOOL didnt i just c u on the fallout in 5 minutes vid
+Gilbert Carter rolling on the floor laughing.
+Fitz powell definitely the next t-shirt idea
When I was in middle school we used Chromebooks in our English class. My teacher always said that they had NO storage and NO processor. I should have just left it alone, but I tried to correct her in front of the class, and I got in trouble for "being disrespectful".
Love how the chrome download page at 1:14 is actually being rendered on an older version of Firefox
I got my chromebook a few years ago and love it. I only use it when I take trips and it answers all my main needs when I'm away from home. For the cost and the weight, there's nothing better.
My biggest issue with chromebooks is their price though.. because they were really well priced at first and as Linus said you can get some of them for under $200 but.. most aren't and well for around the $200 mark low-end laptops such as the HP stream 11 exist and overall with how ChromeOS is so heavily tied to the internet, it easily makes windows the better option when priced similarly.
Thanks for mentioning the fact that alternative operating systems can be installed on a Chromebook, but it still pains me to see that no one ever goes into depth about the the easiest and most popular method of installing Ubuntu on one: "Crouton". I also use a Chromebook as my daily computer and with multiple flavors of Ubuntu installed dual-running off of an SD card. Chromebooks are actually cool, I swear! *waves arms frantically* ... *gives up*
I'll stick to my Peasant Destroyer Over 9000 Vegetabook and my barge anchor of a desktop.
All I know is I've been using my HP 14 Chromebook for almost a year now and I absolutely love it. The Nvidia Tegra K1 chews up HD video with no problems, even with only 2 GB of ram. Since I really don't do anything other than stream video and audio, for just over $200 it couldn't get any better.
Right now my school does the 'Classroom' system with Google and we have tons of Chromebooks with mobile carts. I like them, they are easy to use for the PC noob.
Although Chromebooks are awesome. I think the Asus X205TA and Asus T100 are better deals.
The X205TA is cheaper than most chromebooks, and packs in full Windows.
The T100 is touch screen and is a 2 in 1.
They both have battery lives of around 8-12 hours.
+You are my rock. I would also recommend the HP Stream series. Has a battery life of about 9 hours, has a 1.6 Ghz Celeron core with 2 GB ram, for only $200. More importantly, it gets you a 13 inch keyboard that is very easy to type on. I purchased one for note-taking at college, and I must say that it is a fantastic computer for what it sets out to do. It's a bit thicker and ways a bit more (4 lbs), but in my opinion, that's a good thing. You can bump it without having it fly off the table, and it's still very light.
Humoingat Unless you have airplane mode on, I doubt you'll get 9 hours out of the stream 13. I'd expect somewhere around 6-7 hours. That's what most reviewers have gotten with WiFi browsing.
***** It has a battery life of about 6 hours only when I'm playing Hearthstone in class for several hours straight while having multiple tabs open on Reddit and Word running in the background. On a Celeron, that's a big workload. I've seen it last for 12 hours when just running Word.
The X205TA is also a great option, I just couldn't type on it to save my life, and I wanted a note-taking machine. Having 13 inches is great.
Humoingat Fair enough. I've got the T100, and it lasts me 11 hours. >12 hours on airplane mode.
The keyboard is tiny, but I've gotten used to it. It's got the best screen of the three (IPS), and love touch :)
+You are my rock. Exactly (commented about the same here too) I am using ASUS x205TA and I constantly get amazed by how much of my work it can do with advantages like lghtweightness, great gesture touch pad and long battery life. I turn my desktop on and browse all the content through wifi networking.
If Higher End = Core i3
Ill need a telescope from the top of my Full ATX Tower
to see that little spec of dust called "chromebooks"
"tools fit to purpose" is the point.
How well can you use your full atx tower while on the bus ? does it have great battery life ?
I wouldn't want a surgeon operating on me with a chainsaw, even though it is "more powerful" than a scalpel
Chuck, just stop you seem like a chrome book fanboy.
Imma Turkey Yeah... sorry, I get passionate about things I like :P
I just think it's a very good bargain overall
I got one and it's the best laptop (for my purpose) I have ever had, and since then, both my dad and mother in law got one, and they also swear by it :)
+Chuck80 trying to learn coding on it stinks though
Ah! probably :P
I've got a Chromebook, got it last year during Black Friday specials for under $200.
Great for what it is, doesn't replace my desktop - but excellent for taking out of town.
I'd definitely buy the Peasant Destroyer Over9000...we need a Tech Quickie video on that next!
3:42 the lines from the phone to the laptop are aligned
Last time I came this early I got arrested at the Mall at 2:00 AM.
+Valkyrie Last time someone came this early I arested someone at the z... WAIT JOHN IS THAT YOU?!
For what? lmao
@@pezpeculiar9557 whoooosh
@@John720620 this comment was made four years ago and also the whoooosh meme died like two years ago bro
@@pezpeculiar9557 I think you should be catching rather jokes than memes 😁
I've got to say my chromebook is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Yes, it's a tablet with a keyboard, but the laptop form just adds loads of versatility in terms of usability. It's got a lovely IPS 13.3" 1080p screen that makes watching videos and working really nice. It handles everything I throw at it excellently, I mean it's not powerful but it can handle 720p video just fine and multiple tabs can be open with several things going on (such as documents, a video running, email etc). I am truly surprised by how fast it is sometimes, boot times are lightning quick. The only thing where chromebooks fall down is compatibility with other formats which can effect productivity. Basically, if a document isn't a pdf, there's a very high chance something will not be viewed correctly (things like equations in word documents). Overall though, if you know what you want, and their qualities suit your needs, they're a steal. So much so that I'm not constantly worrying about it breaking or getting stolen. They're an absolute steal, if you find a decent one.
Chrome OS is literally uses the chrome browser to run everything, as if you try and kill the browser, it crashes the ENTIRE device sending you back to the login prompt.
That’s the point sir
I have a Chromebook C740 with 4GB of RAM that I bought for $270. I went in developer mode, enabled SeaBIOS, and installed Arch Linux and have a compressed BTRFS as my filesystem (and because LZO compression is so fast, this actually improves performance). I'm averaging about 10 hours of battery life and I run Android Studio, Eclipse, and even Civ5 and Minecraft (with far render settings at 50 fps) on this thing perfectly fine (although Android Studio uses a ridiculous amount of RAM sometimes, which can cause problems if I have a of of chrome tabs open). It starts up in 10 seconds, opens Chrome in 1.5 seconds, and Eclipse in 10 seconds (which is really fast for Eclipse). Don't underestimate it. If you get a C740 you can usually do better than with most laptops.
One of the misconception about Chromebook is the limitation of office application due to incompatibility and space. However, Google have their own online office application that is free to use and they have the ability to open Microsoft Office files and convert their own files to Microsoft Office compatible format. Google Doc is the equivalent to Word. Sheets is to Excel, Slide is to Powerpoint, and Forms is to InfoPath. They can be used offline! I don't see why people claims Chromebook lack office application... Unless you are worry about privacy... Microsoft have been doing the the same thing on Office 2013 (360) and higher...
+Oyamada13 Not to mention that if people absolutely just have to have MS Office, they can use lightweight versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on office.live.com. It requires an internet connection, but the option is still there.
Omar-Fara Norgaisse online office suite is not as good as the offline version, and google sheet and google doc suck
hryank33 YMMV when it comes to the various options, and how robust one would need it to be.
The google applications are okay, but in my experience Microsoft Office has been more trustworthy because it actually has the features I need, like some formatting options, etc, and although MSOffice might be a paid service, you are getting a great bang for your buck. Besides, a chromebooks speed is only really good enough to edit a doc, browse the web in another tab, and (maybe) have some music or RUclips in the background. Otherwise, it is best to get some sort of windows or apple laptop that actually has good specs for prolonged use
2018 here, and chromebook has serves me well
i'm front end and android developer and having good time with chromebook so far. i could code using crouton, run apps and webapps i develop directly to on the chromebook, and having a good time with long battery life when i'm not working hard (well you need to lower your battery life expectation when you need to run a freaking android studio anyway). also offline capabilities has been helped a lot by the google play store and android apps integration. so far so good!!
Chromebooks summarized in one line:
the product that killed netbooks
What’s a netbook?
@@kkon5ti it was a category of vey low end laptops designed to be cheap and small
Felipe Lorenzzon well sounds like chrome books
the chromebook is basically a frying pan. similar processing power, large, surprisingly maneuverable, and damn near bulletproof. you can even fry eggs on it with how hot It gets.
Love my Chromebook. I use it for school and it does 99.5% of anything I'd ever need a computer to do. I have a desktop PC at home for the rest.
omg everytime i open youtube i dont really like to see your videos because i really like them. i gots lots of important things i need to do but every little video you upload is so much fun to watch so many usefull information thats really good to know thanks alot linus.
When chromeOS came out, it couldn't run android apps & was overall inferior to android in just about every way. With the ability to run android apps(which isn't *that* hard cause both are linux-based OSes), chromeOS can compete with windows for daily use, including office, because android has a lot of great apps for these applications, including skype.
If being based on Linux was the real deal, iOS could run all that shit too...
@@kkon5ti iOS doesnt even use a line of code from linux, (plus it's arm based.)
My Toshiba Chromebook2 is a good school computer. It was running a bit hot after flash gaming, or extensive multitasking use.
I was able to replace the silicone insulator on the processor die with a drop of Arctic Silver, now it runs faster longer!
Also it has an SD card slot that I constantly store a spare 16gb card in for extra storage.
It seems to be plenty now.
"Low cost solution"
Except on Brazil, were its the same price as better windows laptops XP
1:05 Actually, Chrome OS is just a slightly modified version of Chromium OS, with Google's name slapped on the box.
Its actually really viable for use in highschool classes, and most of them are pretty durable
@Servine on a 150$-250$ price point? i think not
@Servine you are totally right but when it comes to just browsing the web and writing essays a 200€ chromebook is better than a 200€ desktop, simply because its lightweigh and portable
@Servine all that extra power would just go to waste
v4l_ve it depends on which chrome books, there are MILLIONS of them
I own an Acer c720 chrome book with Ubuntu installed on it. I use it primarily to take to uni and it's perfect! It's got an amazing battery, it's super light and it runs all of my coding software perfectly. It was super cheap and I would definitely recommend.
Maybe chromebooks are great for someone. Not my cup of tea though. And haven't met anyone who likes them. There are great cheap Windows laptops. I don't think the OS is enough for my needs.
+Bruno Techera I theorize they are really aimed at college students. They will always have wifi and will just write papers, browse the web, stream movies, ect.
+nathan casarez a university student here, running Linux, and would honestly like a Chromebook as a cheap laptop that I could afford to lose (having encrypted all my data on it first lol) and run a LTS Linux distribution on it so it's reliable xD
+Bruno Techera
I used to have one, I think it was the Samsung model. I liked it. Even though I have a powerful gaming desktop, it was nice to have a lightweight portable machine for surfing the web on the go. I guess a tablet could do the same thing, but I prefer having a built in physical keyboard and track pad. Also, this thing is much faster than tablets in it's price range.
+Javier Miglino I suppose chormebooks are like the red solo cup of laptops. it is not the best quality, but cheap ans convenient.
+Bruno Techera Heh... Windows laptops...
Love my Asus C300MA, great for school as it is super lightweight and does not take up a lot of desk space. My university has wifi everywhere anyway so it makes even more sense. Plus with google remote desktop I can wirelessly link up with my gaming desktop if I need more power or have something saved locally rather than on google drive. And if storage is a problem there is an sd card slot where you can easily throw in a cheap $10 32GB card or go a little more expensive for 64GB.
Skype can now be used in the browser.
skype need that fucking plugin ;)
I have an HP Chromebook 11 G3, and I use it all the time(on it now typing this comment), and I love the little thing, and while I have a big windows gaming desktop, a lot of times I just don't feel like firing it up waiting for it too boot just to check an email, or watch a few RUclips videos. for my storage needs I just access the a 1TB external USB 3.0 HDD connected too my home network, or the 32GB SD card I have in my Chromebook. But if you get one make sure you changes your channel for updates to Beta, as you will get the updates faster, and they are still stable, unlike developer channel, also make sure the Chromebook you get has 4GB of ram as it will help when watching videos in HD, and general overall performance compared to the 2GB models.
I'm still good with my Thinkpad T420 :D
+yurtpoh don't get a t400 they come with a core i3 processor. and that's really bad for a traditional laptop. you should consider getting something more higher end
Blayne Walker Actually the T400 has late-gen Core 2 Duos. T410i and above (note the "i") have Core i3s.
I have the same!
The quality of this video seems much higher than standard techquickie videos. Skin tones are particularly nice!
At 1:15 does Google Chrome web shows up in Firefox? xD
Dual booted my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with Ubuntu and I can do essentially everything a normal person does with a windows or mac laptop. It lags a little bit when I compile some code (python and java) but it's still fully usable with great battery life, keyboard, and a screen. All for only $200.
no graphics card ?? 16gb hard drive ?? I got more ram than that m8 this is disgrace to the pc master race
Wow I asked you to do Chromebooks as fast as possible and you did! Thanks!
I had the "Peasant destroyer over9000", it was the shittiest laptop I have ever owned.
what laptop is that? I am actually interested
@@krishsatpati2476 XPS M1730. It had SLI 8700Ms which overheated like crazy and typically performed worse than the single 7950GTX from the previous gen. It also had an Ageia Physx card that also overheated lol. It looked cool tho
@@s5SnipEmo Thanks... I really want this Laptop... Looks kinda cool, even if it's outdated
I actually use a Chromebook alongside a full gaming PC. Each complements the other: Heavy-duty software runs on the PC, while light web-browsing and media consumption is on the machine I can take with me. Sure, it's not powerful and can't run Windows, but its battery life is excellent, the OS is snappy, it runs Android and Linux apps, and it cost only _$200_ (after spending almost $3K on a PC, this was a huge deal). Plus, VNC and CRD exist, so I can still use my main machine over the net. It's a great little machine for portable use.
Since I can´t carry my gaming desktop around with me, I have a Chromebook to carry around in the wild. It's fast, it's light, it's incredibly practical for school and note taking.
i had a chromebook, it worked pretty well for basic things. if you can get away from not using windows base programs. i think chromebook is prefect for students. the battery life, light weight and small size is great. chromebooks has gotten somewhat better than when i had one. it lasted little over a year (i think). it would still be working if the hard drive (yes, the chromebook i had gotten had a hard drive, not a solid state drive) could stay connected to the motherboard. idk why it wont stay connected.
though it lacks performance (well for the older versions) good luck having 3+ tabs open. google docs is fine. but if you think you can have twitter, fb and youtube up. then good luck. i was nearly forced to get adblocker cause all of the animted advertisements spammed everywhere. it starts to eat up the power and causes it to slow down alot and even start over heating.
its not designed to do much, but what it is designed for, it does it pretty well.
other than those complaints, the only problem i would have is the lack of being able to install other progams. it would be nice to have to option to install skype and java (as the chromebook is purely flash based). i understand why you cant, but a laptop like a chromebook, but even just enough space to download and install a few non-google programs would be nice
I have 256k internet speed...pray for me
Most of the applications such as drive and other google services can be used offline and will save to to the memory and will sync it with the cloud when you reconnect to the internet. So be tethered to the web really isn't a issue.
we get them in school. they get slow after 2 weeks and the screen is pure shit.
I think that depends on the model. My screen is OK (not the best, but not the worst) and I have had it a year without any slowdowns.
tenma please tell me you're not expecting this thing to run crysis...
Tenma my high school replace their old Samsung Chromebooks with ThinkPad Chromebooks and literally maybe about 3 days after that the Wi-Fi had fried itself in schools too lazy to fix it though we're dealing with 1992 dial-up speeds
I work in IT for a school district. These Chromebooks are ideal for our uses. They're inexpensive so we can basically assign one to every teacher and every student. They're easy to centrally manage. We can easily disable devices that go missing (and they mysteriously seem to reappear after being disabled. Google Drive puts an end to kids forgetting flash drives with homework. Most are surprisingly easy to repair. Their battery can last almost an entire school day. Google has predictable update cycles and we know every device we buy will get updates for 5 to 6 years. The fact that they can't run anything besides Chrome is an advantage to us since security problems are largely eliminated and kids can't easily screw with them. Even if a device gets FUBARed horribly we can easily wipe and reset them in a matter of a couple minutes.
the HP Chromebook that my school gave me, the battery lasts like 3 days on a single charge
5therev our schools were so shit poor that i brought my xps with me.It had a protective toughbook like case on it,and guess what,that ONE kid knocked it out of my hands.It survived #linusproof
+Dylan Benz Cool!
Siddharth Chillarige Holy Fuc*ing Shit Nuggets, you School is rich.
Our School has Windows XP Laptops with Keys falling off, Black-white TVs and a network that died for 2 weeks, just because someone searched for P*rn.
Siddharth Chillarige I'm guessing your school is part of CUSD. Also iPad Airs are like $250. Not that expensive. Also Cupertino has 8.875% tax so of course the school has money.
Siddharth Chillarige I used to go there in 4th and 5th grade
I feel that one thing you forgot to mention is what a great solution these are for schools with them being cheap, reliable, and kids cant down load tons of programs or fool around on them as much with all of their papers stored safely in the cloud.
"Chromebooks are useless without a internet connection." Well you have your home connection, ISP s have hot spots everywhere. Still no internet? Your phone can be used as a hot spot. Still a deal breaker? Well turn off the WiFi on your regular windows laptop and then see how useful it is.
can still run downloaded games and the actual version of word to do your homework. not to mention it can run .exe files
+very Frozen, As a former tech support for Samsung, in which I handled IT devices, such as windows-based computers/laptops and chromebooks (before you ask questions, we do have working floor models to check and play with it), I can say that Chromebooks are still superior if you compare them in what Chromebooks can only do. Sure, Chromebooks lack the compatibility against windows-based computers, but given the fact that the main highlight of this device is browsing the web/checking emails, you don't need to get a higher-priced laptop just to do those tasks, smoothly.
Thank you for finally doing a chromebook fast as possible.
People always ask me why I use a chromebook. I have a good PC, and then I have that for the battery life and productivity.
OMG I'M THE 1 MILLIONTH SUBSCRIBER!
Ok then why did it say '999,999 and then I subbed?
Then I'm one of them :)
Could you please please please do a video on tips for cable management? i've been trying to do neat cable management for my own desktop multiple times but in the end it always looks sluggish. I hope with some tips and tricks it can look so much better and cleaner! Cheers and keep up the amazing work
Utilise your case and the implementations that have been placed in it. And use cable ties! If you want a good, mid tower case with built-in-cable management, the Corsair Spec-03 has it, it's a great case.
Sounds like a Laptop for Mobile Peasants to feel part of the PC master race! XD
Yeah, they get the PC power in small doses xD
Just wait when you get pay-2-play games.
Then you"ll fell even worse then us.
It happened
I think you guys missed the biggest point that I thought was great about chromebooks
1. super fast boot times, it's like turning on a calculator
2. kinda mentioned in already with cloud storage, but creating a document on a chromebook and not needing to wonder if you need to attach it on an email for your boss or something
Chromebooks as fast as possible-
Shite.
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Oh, the irony.
Got my mom a chromebook. Definitely best bang for buck laptop.
No. They suck. You can get a similar priced Windows laptops at the same quality.
+LZ Also all the viruses that come with Windows.
+LZ They're not just about saving money, people also want smaller and lighter laptops, and the windows ones aren't capable of of loading work to the cloud. Neither is objectivity better.
+blueman24 Stupid comment.
+rohitcharli
The comment got a good point, a safer device than windows laptops.
And the comparison to windows laptops are lame. Windows is build for runnig many applications at the same time. It loads a whole lot of stuff you won't need for just surfing the web.
It's a better option to run something like chromeOS.
The manufacture will ship with chromeOS, so like a gurantee that it will work.
If you want to compare to ChromiumOS or a linux distribution.
MrDavibu Virus' don't just come with windows, they'll come overtime and if your not careful or hell just have some common sense and some anti virus and your fine. I'm not fan-boying windows and I certainly don't think its perfect at all, but saying something like what that other guy said is just plain ridiculous.
got a chromebit for my birthday which is very handy for accessing my video service subscriptions when im at hotels
I'm on a Chromebook right now
+Ezra Kainz and watching techquickie
@3:52 Linus said google is preventing modifying the bootcode by using a ROM. That's actually really wrong, chromebooks are currently the way-to-go if you want a open bootcode(not only Bootloader but also BIOS) on a PC, as they not only feature Coreboot by default(Alltough be it a really locked down version of it), most of them are flashable to a new coreboot version, with all the features you want(Or don't).
I think this issue comes from everybody calling the BIOS flashchips BIOS ROM's.
Im watching this on a chromebook :)
cyka blyat loves your username
same sigh
The developer mode to install another operating system is only available for some models
Chromebook = Peasant laptop
I've had my chromebook for 2 years, installed unity on it the other day and I'm surprised how well this thing handles. Chromebooks are infinitely the best choice for your money if you only need them for word processing and media consumption, gaming is yet to be decided considering I've only run half life and the binding of isaac thus far.
"Crouton" made my Acer Chromebook 14 viable for programming and my Uni course work
But Linus! There is this cool thing called GalliumOS, full Linux for Chromebooks! Also Photoshop for Chromebooks stopped working, like... almost a year ago. I was a beta tester, it was nice while it lasted.
GaOS is made with Chromebooks in mind, like using a custom kernel and zram instead of traditional swap, as well as keymaps to use the "function" keys for their original uses, and a better driver for the touchpad. You could of course compile these individual pieces for your Linux of preferarance
you do know this was recorded last year right?
I'm aware, and mostly joking on pointing this out to Linus directly. But Chromebooks have been able to run other OSes for more than a year now. Obviously when you buy a Chromebook you're probably (probably!) not buying it to run something that isn't ChromeOS, though.
Chromebooks are amazing! They're great facebook/youtube machines for their price. If you're getting one, make sure you get one with a good screen.
I hate the fact that they replaced the Caps Lock with some search key, I'm not used to having to hold Shift to get caps.
Some of you may think 'but the caps lock requires you press the keys some more, with Shift you can just let go', I find it easier to press the Caps Lock and just get the first letter and then lowercase for the rest than having to hold Shift and reach for the first letter. Like how I find print easier to write and read than cursive writing.
Chromebooks are actually great depending on your needs. For schools that use Google Workspace (drive, docs, sheets, etc...) they are lightweight, durable, cheap and easy to use. It also allows the administrator to install certin apps for the user such as zoom (helpful in covid times). However I do totally see why some would stick with a windows laptop
i mean they can be convenient
but the admins at my school disabled the ability to install adblockers, but simultaneously installed 3 different spywares on it so yeahhhh
I having a gaming pc (Desktop) and Chromebook. The chromebook is perfect for school and on the go use, I get better battery life than alot of people's phones. Everything else I do on my PC.
How about a video showing how to put windows in a chromebook?
The chrome book is great for script supervising on film sets due to the battery life
I have a Chromebook as my daily driver for general office productivity, giving presentations, and watching vids on RUclips. For the price and what it does, I'd buy it all over again.
These things were the bane of my existence in high school
Asus C201, I love my chromebook, its getting me through college...best $170 I spent
his stock images just rocks.
Actually if you install things like ARC welder from the chrome store, you can install Skype. Also Skype is starting to become available right on the official website without any downloads needed.
I don't know if you're going for echoes but yeah, there's an echo, just thought I'd point it out if you didn't know :)
Can we have a 2022/23 update to this one?
4:18 Reminded me, how well does a Chromebook do with videos and Twitch streams? For some reason the laptop I currently have, can't watch high bitrate streams or 1080p RUclips videos at 60 FPS without dropping frames even though it has an HD 5470 and a Phenom II x4 950N quad core processor which isn't that great but seems a lot better than what the Chromebooks have.
+Hendlton you need the "h264ify" extension which forces youtube to use the h264 decoder instead of the vp8/vp9 decoder which bogs down the cpu.
+Hendlton with my Chromebook, it's the first gen Toshiba one*.
I can play twitch streams, and 1080p60fps youtube videos fine, even with linus' fancy 4k video, it can be done, though rather unnecessary. I find it's a perfect little laptop for general usage.
*not sure of the exact model, looks like this though: us.toshiba.com/images/shop/family/cb30-2hd-gallery-slide-1.jpg
My moms Chromebook is awesome, sure chrome OS is limited but it certainly is a awesome laptop overall due to its awesome NVIDIA Tegra processor as it can load multiple tabs and websites without a single snag.
Heck its a better performer then my fathers windows laptop mechanical hard drive aside.
you should have included crouton or developer mode in a bit more detail.
I have a Chrome book for flying, busting out the 17" Sager NP8678-S on a plane can be a pain.
Skype can run in a chromebook, just install an linux distro and install it, you can install ubuntu and then sudo apt-get install skype
could you replace the ssd that the chrome book has with a bigger one?
Tablet, Laptop, Desktop MASTER RACE BABY! Though, admittedly the Laptop gets used least, as it is primarily for times when I have the space and time to want to use desktop games and applications (That Intel HD3000 with 16gb of DDR3 1800 can handle, which is actually quite surprisingly MOST of my favorite desktop games! Albeit at low graphics settings and 1366x768 resolution, which is fine for the 15.6" screen on my Asus U57A. For HDD I use a 750GB "Hybrid" HDD, which is a 7200 RPM 2.5" Seagate Momentus ST750, great storage space, great speed, and great reliability!) - And while my Android tablet sees more general use, I NEED a full laptop for traveling, as I have nearly my entire media collection on it, as well as the aforementioned games which it actually plays quite well, and I have a really good Logitech laser mini-mouse, the wireless dongle for which is a TINY stub, that always stays plugged in, as it does not even show!
And the Desktop is a highly over clocked gaming machine. Enough said!
in my country, the eighth graders get a chromebook, 7th graders an ipad. But the 10th graders get nothing and we are not allowed to write in our assignment books, made to be written in (The books with text and chours etc, not just a plain book to write in.) life sucks
Norway....
lmao my class has chromebooks in the 5th grade
Now just about everyone has it. 8-10th grade has chromebooks
5-7 has ipads
People get to keep the chromebooks, but not the ipads
ikr
Lol my country gives out iPads in 4th grade and in 7th grade we are sent to a new school were we are given chromebooks
0:55 can someone tell me what laptop is that? I want to buy a used one
Lmao it runs vista why would you want that.
Something else; Chrome OS is Debian-based, which means if you can gain access to a terminal, you can probably install some version of apt-get if Google doesn't have their own solution already, add a few PPAs and you're off to the races regarding software installation.
If you want something better, you'll have to install it yourself. But there are enough workarounds to push past whatever limitations Google imposes on most x86_64 machines.
+bluephreakr it's not debian. they switched a while ago, its a derivation off gentoo instead.
Interesting. Thanks for the heads-up.
Skype for Web has actually been a thing for a few months now. It's still in beta, which means some features are missing, but it gets the job done, and it can be used fine on Chromebooks.
Skype must be doing a terrible job promoting it though, as nobody I've mentioned it to has ever even heard of it... perhaps they're waiting for it to leave beta first.