Recommendations on a Chromebook

[robert7107]

Looking to buy a Chromebook been doing my research and I know I want a four gig of ram looking at HP, acer, asus...

(Side note)... Also a good flash drive... 32,64gb.... Any big difference in 2.0 to 3.0 USB??

 

[B. Diddy]

I have an HP Chromebook 14 (the older one with the Haswell processor, not the Tegra K1) with 4 GB RAM. It's an excellent machine--good performance, big screen (though not full HD), handles multiple active tabs without difficulty. A while ago, this Chromebook was showing up relatively often in daily deal sites like Woot.com and Groupon Goods, but now I usually just see the newer version (and usually only the 2 GB version). But if you find the Haswell version used somewhere, it's worth considering.

 

[robert7107]

Watched a YouTube video a guy doing a demo with two HP Chromebooks one was a 2gb. Other was 4gb he opened up 20 tabs and clicked thru them the 4gb went through them all with no delay. 2gb had white screen between each tab.. I need nothing fancy but I would have several tabs opened at once and possible a app running in back ground so 4gb is a must . Any use a Chromebook for side load (Google o/I updates). Or root a phone using a Chromebook?

 

[robert7107]

I have an HP Chromebook 14 (the older one with the Haswell processor, not the Tegra K1) with 4 GB RAM. It's an excellent machine--good performance, big screen (though not full HD), handles multiple active tabs without difficulty. A while ago, this Chromebook was showing up relatively often in daily deal sites like Woot.com and Groupon Goods, but now I usually just see the newer version (and usually only the 2 GB version). But if you find the Haswell version used somewhere, it's worth considering.

Battery life? Iam a Moderate to heavy user here..... They give most of this a average of 6-8 hrs....

 

[B. Diddy]

I haven't tracked it, but my HP Chromebook 14 gives me around 5-6 hours of battery life if I'm using it constantly. That's pretty standard for most Chromebooks. I got it refurbished, so it's possible the battery life is suboptimal, since it wasn't brand new when I got it.

 

[bnice]

Wait for the Chromebook 13 from Dell. Should be out soon. Best Chromebook next to the pixel but more affordable. Battery life is rumor for 12 hours.

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[ljxdaly]

I have 2 acers...720 p probably gets 7-8 hours active use. The acer 13 gets 10 hours.

The only thing I don't like about either is the AC port. Very flimsy as is the charger. Don't trust it at all.

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[robert7107]

Iam Wondering if I'll be able to sideload when Google releases updates for the Android system and if I choose to root can I use a Chromebook for that is it capable of performing those task???

 

[Clocks]

We have an Acer 720P and a Asus Rockchip ARM Cortex A17 #C201PA-DS02.

The day we got the ASUS my wife never picked up the Acer again. Its slimmer, lighter, fanless, faster, multi-tasks better, etc.