HP Now Selling Pavilion 14 Chromebook

[exfileme]

HP has launched its very first Chromebook.

HP Now Selling Pavilion 14 Chromebook : Read more

 

[burnworld]

I may join the chromebook revolution. Still waiting to hear some feedback on these things. Anyone use one yet?

 

[zzz_b]

4h 15 min run time??? :O
No thanks.
I want a Chromebook with 10h and HD display.

 

[godfather666]

Yeah, I've used one (my friend bought it). It was nice because it had 3G everywhere and the battery life is good, but... that's not much of an improvement if you already have a smartphone.

And it was just too restrictive. You can can only save things in the cloud, and there's a limited selection of apps, limited customization,etc..

I'm just not sure what exactly the target audience is supposed to be. I guess it's people who:

1. Really want to be connected to the internet everywhere they go
and
2. Really can't live without a keyboard (so no tablet)
and
3. Only need a computer for basic tasks on the go.

I have no use for it...

 

[jhansonxi]

[citation][nom]godfather666[/nom]I'm just not sure what exactly the target audience is supposed to be.[/citation]Primary customers have been schools. Probably useful for charities and the elderly.

 

[krog216]

There IS local storage on the Chromebook. Not much of a file system, but you can put things into the Downloads directory just fine, as well as use a USB drive. It also has a built in Remote Desktop client.

The Samsung Chromebook for $250 remains the best choice. Great battery life(7+ hours in my experience, depending on screen brightness) and very fast. If you're looking for a nice little netbook for basic tasks, it's easily worth it, especially if you're already tied into Google's ecosystem. Best selling point is the free 100GB of Google Drive storage. If you add up the cost of it, it's worth about $120 over the two years it's good for.

As for using it to be productive, Google Docs covers about 95% of people. There are a few more advanced features that some people need that Office has, but as long as you're not using it for complex accounting or anything, it's great. All I need my computer for is A) Games, and B) Programming. It handles everything else that I use my computer for just fine.

TL;DR: If you mostly use your computer for the web and Office, it's a good choice.

 

[m32]

Why Chromebook makers are scared of AMD APUs? They seem like they would be perfect for it.

 

[krog216]

[citation][nom]m32[/nom]Why Chromebook makers are scared of AMD APUs? They seem like they would be perfect for it.[/citation]

Because ChromeOS is Linux-based, and AMD has a history of being bad with driver support for Linux.

 

[nebun]

lol....what a joke....chrome-book is for people that can't afford a real computer....and for making it easier for google to collect datat

 

[stingray71]

[citation][nom]godfather666[/nom] Really can't live without a keyboard (so no tablet)and3. Only need a computer for basic tasks on the go..[/citation]

It's not very hard to get a mouse/keyboard working with a tablet. Not to mention the Asus brand tablets with their docks.