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What is a Chromebook?

Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,116
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)
What exactly is a Chromebook? Can it run DS and/or blender on it? I found an offer for a hundred off a Chromebook and was wondering if that is a good deal?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 99,381

    No, it won't run DS. I would not be sure it would run Blender, at least well.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,116
    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.
  • AscaniaAscania Posts: 1,849
    edited May 2021

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    They are not "just cheap", they are specialised tools.

    Post edited by Ascania on
  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,116
    Ascania said:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    They are not "just cheap", they are specialised tools.

    Okay I'll look at the link. I don't know much about Chromebooks.
  • tsroemitsroemi Posts: 2,694

    In a nutshell you could say that Chromebooks don't have a proper OS and apps, they rely on online software services for most of what they do. The 'Chrome' in the name refers to the browser on which they are dependant. So definitely wouldn't work for intense stuff like 3d.

  • nomad-ads_8ecd56922enomad-ads_8ecd56922e Posts: 1,939

    My understanding is that Chromebooks, or at least some Chromebooks, primarily use Android apps....  so, yeah, not a regular desktop OS on there.

  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,148

    Don't get a chromebook if you want to dl any software on it, like DS, MSword, Skype, photoshop, etc. They are super speedy laptops and perfect for people who use only android apps and online sites like google docs. Even the apps don't give a real app experience; rather it is like using the app in a web browser. 

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    I wouldn't call them cheap I would call them quite expensive considering how under powered they are.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,516
    Next step up from an Android tablet. Basically the same thing with a bigger screen & off screen keyboard. So, they are capable computers merely crippled by the OS rather than by both OS and input methods. I do find it frustrating that tablets and the like are built around processors with better capabilities than many WinXP PCs of 15 years ago and you can't do 1/10th the stuff with them.
  • JamesJABJamesJAB Posts: 1,760

    A chrome book, is a laptop that has an OS that's designed around running the Android version of chrome.  Just a simple little internet only device for people who don't need the functioality of an entire computer.

  • TheMysteryIsThePointTheMysteryIsThePoint Posts: 2,923

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    If by "cheap" you meant anything other than "inexpensive", you are quite misinformed about Ubuntu.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,116
    TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    If by "cheap" you meant anything other than "inexpensive", you are quite misinformed about Ubuntu.

    I mean cheap as in open source
  • TheMysteryIsThePointTheMysteryIsThePoint Posts: 2,923

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    If by "cheap" you meant anything other than "inexpensive", you are quite misinformed about Ubuntu.

    I mean cheap as in open source

    I'm glad that's what you mean. There are still people out there who think that Linux is somehow inferior either because it is free as in beer or free as in speech.

  • Joe2018Joe2018 Posts: 249

    I used a chromebook from 2014 to early 2020. My experience:

    - great for Internet

    - Possible for writing a short text etc.

    - open it and it is ready, nearly no boot time

    - automatic updates for the OS in background

    But at the end of 2019 I got a message that my chromebook is not supported longer. Suggestion due to security reason: buy a new one.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,116
    TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    TheMysteryIsThePoint said:

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    For some reason Chromebooks tend to give me this bad feeling. I feel like they are just cheap. If I want cheap os I would want Ubuntu I guess.

    If by "cheap" you meant anything other than "inexpensive", you are quite misinformed about Ubuntu.

    I mean cheap as in open source

    I'm glad that's what you mean. There are still people out there who think that Linux is somehow inferior either because it is free as in beer or free as in speech.

    Oops I see your point. I didn't see it that way. It could be free as in free videos to watch on TV? You got to buy the TV in order to watch free stuff on it.

    why do I subscribe to stuff if there is free stuff on TV? No clue?

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