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Re:Why are Chromebooks still a thing? by recuter on Sunday October 20, 2013 @03:47PM (#6581200)
An HP Chromebook 14" is more powerful than, say, a 2008 Macbook Pro.

Its possible (soon) to flush the bios of this thing and thus turn it into a commodity PC and install a lightweight Linux or whatever you want. So it will boot in 5 seconds into X and have almost 10 hours of battery life.

4GB is plenty for your browser, Vim, VLC, and irssi. The keyboard is decent. It doesn't feel as nice as a Macbook Air but it is literally 1/4th the price and IT WILL TAKE A SIM CARD.

Frankly, I'm considering using it as my sole device. Think about it;

Using an iPad as a thin client was a Moby Dick type dream in some nerd circles for a while - but now finally inexpensive hardware has reached double digit battery life and cellular connectivity.

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Re:Why are Chromebooks still a thing? by RexRollman on Sunday October 20, 2013 @03:49PM (#6581213)
"Its possible (soon) to flush the bios of this thing and thus turn it into a commodity PC"

What do you mean by the "soon"?

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Re:Why are Chromebooks still a thing? by pfui on Sunday October 20, 2013 @06:22PM (#6581789)
See http://johnlewis.ie/pre-built-coreboot-firmware-for-chromebo....
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Re:Why are Chromebooks still a thing? by RexRollman on Sunday October 20, 2013 @06:44PM (#6581881)
Thank you.
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