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wilson1973
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Has anyone any experience of chromebooks?I was toying with the idea of getting a refurbished laptop for around the £200 mark then noticed chromebooks and wondered if I should get one of them,it would be for surfing the net and banking,I have a desktop for office stuff.
Do they have decent enough screen/graphics
I'm tempted by an HP 11 g5 second hand
Do they have decent enough screen/graphics
I'm tempted by an HP 11 g5 second hand
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yes I switched from a PC to a faster chromebook.
Basic but does all I want
Was fed up with windows and their updates etc
as regards screen the more you pay the better it will be ie HD
Try to go for the 4GB Ram models
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Our son recently needed to replace his laptop and elected to buy a chromebook. After about a couple of months use, he is more than satisfied with it. Don't know model ect, but will ask. If I needed to replace my HP Envy W10, I would look at chromebook too.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Thanks guys,I shall have a good think about this and let you know what I decide to do0
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wilson1973 wrote: »Thanks guys,I shall have a good think about this and let you know what I decide to do
Another thread? Come on, is it really that difficult?
Don't waste money on a Chromebook. If your budget was £60, then perhaps.
If you've a problem with Windows, then just install Ubuntu Linux or similar, for free.
No offence meant, but in general, the people who advise the buying of a Chromebook simply don't have a clue. We've had this discussion before. You are just paying over the top for cheap hardware and a locked down device.
Get a decent laptop that can do everything a Chromebook can and more.
The 12.5" screen Dell on your other thread for £180 is a good small machine, if you are looking at a smaller screen0 -
For once I agree with EveryWhere, must be the weather.
Chromebooks let you browse the web, use some offline apps if there is no internet access, that's about it. But there is pretty much nothing more they do that a normal Windows computer at a similar price level can't.0 -
the people who advise the buying of a Chromebook simply don't have a clue.
I have a capable Win 10 Pc and a laptop but I use the Chromebook more often.
Especially if I just want to quickly 'browse the internet and do on-line banking' which was the OP's requirement0 -
ballyblack wrote: »I have a capable Win 10 Pc and a laptop but I use the Chromebook more often.
Especially if I just want to quickly 'browse the internet and do on-line banking' which was the OP's requirement
On the other hand, if you didn't have the Chromebook, you could still browse the web just as fast as you do now on the Chromebook (unless the two computers are considerably different in terms of performance)0 -
refer back to the original post, matter closed for me
it would be for surfing the net and banking,I have a desktop for office stuff.0 -
ballyblack wrote: »refer back to the original post, matter closed for me
But again, opinions, that's what I would do, people might consider other aspects.0 -
I know what you're saying I have a desktop upstairs,I'm a full time carer at home for my mother who is in a hospital bed downstairs so it's for me to surf the web when I am sat(not for hours on end as that would be ignorant) with her and she likes to be shown old places from where she grew up,also I can show her items of clothing that I can buy for her online,and so I felt a chromebook may suit me,I wouldn't be buying a new one0
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