Ask HN: What's the Cheapest Chromebook That Isn't Awful?

Posted by CPLX on Monday March 05, 2018 @02:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Title says it all. I have been thinking of buying a couple Chromebooks to have around the office for people who don't happen to have their laptops with them and just want to log into our project management webapp and change something, be able to call up some webpages during a meeting etc. Basically a conference room tool with a keyboard.

Thoughts?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the Cheapest Chromebook That Isn't Awful? by wad3g on Monday March 05, 2018 @07:39PM (#16525930)

I bought an Acer C720 back in 2012-2013, somewhere around then, and just used it for the first time in years last week while my MacBook was getting repaired.

Still runs great. Only difficult part for me is getting used to the lower build quality (coming from a MacBook).

It's $89 on Newegg, but I'm sure you could find it cheaper elsewhere. I believe I paid $199 brand new.

When it was still being used frequently I was running various different Linux distros (replaced ChromeOS) and everything ran smoothly. This likely won't be necessary anymore given Chromebooks are about to have the ability to run Linux apps on ChromeOS in containers, as well as have a terminal.

https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16834316317?ignorebbr=true...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the Cheapest Chromebook That Isn't Awful? by synack on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:53PM (#16524819)

I've been pretty happy with the Asus C101PA... It's small, light, convertible to a tablet, and is fast enough for most tasks. Retails for $249. https://www.amazon.com/Chromebook-C101PA-DB02-Quad-Core-Ligh...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the Cheapest Chromebook That Isn't Awful? by shanecleveland on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:06PM (#16546729)

This Acer Chromebook 11 has a few recommendations: http://laptopkarma.com/Acer/B019G7VPTC

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