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      manxam
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      Google's own for comparison : https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook_specs

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      • WrCombsW
        WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

        Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

        Isn't that all Chrome books?
        So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

        All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

        I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

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        • BRRABillB
          BRRABill @manxam
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          @manxam said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

          Google's own for comparison : https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook_specs

          Way that is way more than $79. 🙂

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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            @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

            Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.

            https://www.itechdeals.com/hp-chromebook-11-g3-celeron-n2840-dual-core-2-16ghz-2gb-16gb-ssd-11-6-led-chromebook-chrome-os-w-cam-bt-black-2.html

            That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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              @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

              @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

              Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

              Isn't that all Chrome books?
              So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

              All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

              I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

              Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

              16GB - 512GB of storage.

              The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.

                https://www.itechdeals.com/hp-chromebook-11-g3-celeron-n2840-dual-core-2-16ghz-2gb-16gb-ssd-11-6-led-chromebook-chrome-os-w-cam-bt-black-2.html

                That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.

                It almost seems like TOO good of a deal which is why I asked.

                But, for general usage and maybe Netflix, sure it is fine.

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                  @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                  @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                  Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                  Isn't that all Chrome books?
                  So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                  All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                  I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                  Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                  What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
                    last edited by

                    @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                    @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                    Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.

                    https://www.itechdeals.com/hp-chromebook-11-g3-celeron-n2840-dual-core-2-16ghz-2gb-16gb-ssd-11-6-led-chromebook-chrome-os-w-cam-bt-black-2.html

                    That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.

                    It almost seems like TOO good of a deal which is why I asked.

                    But, for general usage and maybe Netflix, sure it is fine.

                    Almost certainly.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                      @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                      Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                      Isn't that all Chrome books?
                      So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                      All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                      I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                      Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                      What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

                      What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

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                      • WrCombsW
                        WrCombs @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                        Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                        Isn't that all Chrome books?
                        So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                        All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                        I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                        Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                        16GB - 512GB of storage.

                        The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.

                        Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
                        4gb ramm is what i usually see .
                        anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                          What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                          Yes, but it's the same concept on why you can get away with 1GB on a Linux server. For some things.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @WrCombs
                            last edited by

                            @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                            Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                            Isn't that all Chrome books?
                            So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                            All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                            I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                            Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                            16GB - 512GB of storage.

                            The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.

                            Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
                            4gb ramm is what i usually see .
                            anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage.

                            4GB is middle ground. But you can get 32GB at least I think.

                            Google makes models with big SSDs, Acer makes them with big procs. Here is the specs from one Acer model...

                            Chrome OSâ„¢
                            Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor Quad-core 1.80 GHz
                            Intel® UHD Graphics 620 with Shared Memory
                            16 GB, DDR4 SDRAM
                            64 GB SSD

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                            • WrCombsW
                              WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                              Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                              Isn't that all Chrome books?
                              So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                              All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                              I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                              Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                              What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

                              What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                              Isnt chromeOS based on Internet use?
                              That was the impression I got when I looked up ChromeOS at least, Hell, we've proven how wrong I can be able things today LOL

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                                Yes, but it's the same concept on why you can get away with 1GB on a Linux server. For some things.

                                No, it's not. The reason you can get away with 1GB on a server is because it is a server and doesn't have the overhead of a GUI. Windows without a GUI uses little more than Linux does (more, but little more.)

                                A Chromebook is a full GUI desktop just like others. It has the same need for RAM consumption as a normal laptop. There is no way around needing RAM for apps, except to not run those apps. And that's what servers do, they don't run those things at all.

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                                • WrCombsW
                                  WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                  Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                                  Isn't that all Chrome books?
                                  So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                                  All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                                  I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                                  Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                                  16GB - 512GB of storage.

                                  The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.

                                  Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
                                  4gb ramm is what i usually see .
                                  anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage.

                                  4GB is middle ground. But you can get 32GB at least I think.

                                  Google makes models with big SSDs, Acer makes them with big procs. Here is the specs from one Acer model...

                                  Chrome OSâ„¢
                                  Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor Quad-core 1.80 GHz
                                  Intel® UHD Graphics 620 with Shared Memory
                                  16 GB, DDR4 SDRAM
                                  64 GB SSD

                                  I stand corrected.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                    @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                    Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                                    Isn't that all Chrome books?
                                    So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                                    All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                                    I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                                    Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                                    What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

                                    What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                                    Isnt chromeOS based on Internet use?

                                    What does that mean to you?

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @WrCombs
                                      last edited by

                                      @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                      That was the impression I got when I looked up ChromeOS at least, Hell, we've proven how wrong I can be able things today LOL

                                      It's an OS built in an era of assuming that the primary use of computers is to be used online. But so is Windows 10 or Fedora 28. ChromeOS uses words like that in their advertising, and people talk about it that way, but it is just a "filler" statement, it means nothing. As with any OS, it can do many things and while the main use of any OS is to do stuff online, they all are general purpose for many tasks.

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                                      • WrCombsW
                                        WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                        Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                                        Isn't that all Chrome books?
                                        So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                                        All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                                        I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                                        Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                                        What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

                                        What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                                        Isnt chromeOS based on Internet use?

                                        What does that mean to you?

                                        Most everything you would do on ChomeOS would be based on the internet through google chrome web browser?
                                        Perfect for browsing the web, college students working on online classes , emails, fourms (much like ML)
                                        streaming movies/ music.
                                        I couldnt see anyone using ChromeOS for like virtual machines.
                                        I could see it for SSH connections i guess, if you use PuTTy (right? )

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                                          scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                          @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                          Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.

                                          Isn't that all Chrome books?
                                          So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?

                                          All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.

                                          I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.

                                          Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.

                                          What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?

                                          What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.

                                          Isnt chromeOS based on Internet use?

                                          What does that mean to you?

                                          Most everything you would do on ChomeOS would be based on the internet through google chrome web browser?

                                          Sure, the same could be said with Windows, Linux, or macOS. Almost everything that any one does today is like that. That's just "modern computing" and is not special or unique about ChromeOS.

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                                            scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                            @WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:

                                            I couldnt see anyone using ChromeOS for like virtual machines.

                                            And yet people do. Likewise, I can't see most laptops being used for VMs, either. It's an expensive, weird place to do that, typically. Put your VMs on a stationary "server" and access them remotely for almost all things. It's not just better for learning, it's cheaper (normally) in the long run.

                                            You are basically just repeating "normal usage patterns" and pointing out that ChromeOS is "tuned" well for them.

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