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by Kevguy 4100 days ago
I have a cheap Samsung Chromebook ($250 in 2013). I've never had a problem browsing with 10+ tabs open and watching hulu at the same time.

It is not going to run Visual Studio of course, but it is quite capable for browsing/videos/word processing/etc.
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tracker1 4100 days ago
If you have a windows desktop on your lan, using RDP via the chromebook does okay in a pinch... when I used mine, I'd typically have several SSH windows, and an RDP connection open. Worked really well for me. Though I really wanted VPN, and the ability to run VMs, so broke down and bought a new MBP (my prior one was stolen).
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remusrm 4100 days ago
I have a aver c670 and was 159 and I love it. Would love to get a chrome bit instead of the stupid chromecast
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ams6110 4100 days ago
How usable/practical is it without a WiFi connection?
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coke12 4100 days ago
It's basically just a web browser with some tweaks for convenient offline Google Docs. You can unlock a full shell and download some decent editors (Caret is one that I've used), if you want to do JS or Python development. Unfortunately the third-party package manager ("chromebrew") does not have a very robust offering, so you're pretty limited in what you're able to do. You can try building binaries yourself but you'll need to build your toolchain as well.
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mcpherrinm 4100 days ago
What do you want to do offline? You can install chrome and turn off your internet connection today and find out how well it works for you.

Browse https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps?_feature=of... to get a list of apps that are available that work offline.

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seanmcdirmid 4100 days ago
Or just take your chrome book to china where all Google apps are blocked...
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