14" Chromebook in Currys £51.97

MouldyOldDough

Not saying that it is any good - but it's extremely cheap !!

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-314-touch-14-chromebook-mediatek-mt8183c-128-gb-emmc-silver-10227126.html

flaneurs_lobster

MouldyOldDough said:

Not saying that it is any good - but it's extremely cheap !!

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-314-touch-14-chromebook-mediatek-mt8183c-128-gb-emmc-silver-10227126.html

I'd have risked £50 but it is, of course, out of stock.

steviebuk

On the back of Chromebooks it tells you when they are out of support and no longer updated. I bet this is one of those. 

cerebus

flaneurs_lobster said:

MouldyOldDough said:

Not saying that it is any good - but it's extremely cheap !!

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-314-touch-14-chromebook-mediatek-mt8183c-128-gb-emmc-silver-10227126.html

I'd have risked £50 but it is, of course, out of stock.

Staff would have had all them!

Grumpy_chap

Thanks for sharing.
Like others, I'd have got one for £50.  Still out of stock.

EDIT - I wonder whether that was ever a valid listing at Curry's?
They also have the same item (it seems) available at £269
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-314-14-chromebook-mediatek-mt8183c-128-gb-emmc-silver-10240176.html

MouldyOldDough

Grumpy_chap said:

Thanks for sharing.
Like others, I'd have got one for £50.  Still out of stock.

EDIT - I wonder whether that was ever a valid listing at Curry's?
They also have the same item (it seems) available at £269
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/acer-314-14-chromebook-mediatek-mt8183c-128-gb-emmc-silver-10240176.html

There's a surprise! 

Newcad

If you want a cheap Chromebook then there is another way, it could even be for free if you have an old laptop knocking about.

You can fairly easily turn almost any old laptop (Windows or Mac) into a "Chromebook" (well not quite but near enough for most users, see below) by installing ChromeOS Flex on it.

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-chromeos-flex-install-guide/

ChromeOS Flex doesn't have Google Play access and does not support running Android apps. PCs running ChromeOS Flex cannot run Windows virtual machines using Parallels Desktop. Lastly, support for the Linux development environment in ChromeOS Flex depends on your PC and whether Google certified it.

Personally I'd put Linux on an old laptop that's not up to running modern Windows or Mac OSs.
But I know that some people think Linux too 'techie' (it isn't but that's the perception) and are happier with the Chromebook-like look and cloud storage.

MouldyOldDough

There are several hundred user reports on the site. 
I wonder how many of them are genuine and what they paid? 

MouldyOldDough

Newcad said:

If you want a cheap Chromebook then there is another way, it could even be for free if you have an old laptop knocking about.

You can fairly easily turn almost any old laptop (Windows or Mac) into a "Chromebook" (well not quite but near enough for most users, see below) by installing ChromeOS Flex on it.

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-chromeos-flex-install-guide/

ChromeOS Flex doesn't have Google Play access and does not support running Android apps. PCs running ChromeOS Flex cannot run Windows virtual machines using Parallels Desktop. Lastly, support for the Linux development environment in ChromeOS Flex depends on your PC and whether Google certified it.

Personally I'd put Linux on an old laptop that's not up to running modern Windows or Mac OSs.
But I know that some people think Linux too 'techie' (it isn't but that's the perception) and are happier with the Chromebook-like look and cloud storage.

You need a ssd surely to speed it up as well 

cerebus

Newcad said:

If you want a cheap Chromebook then there is another way, it could even be for free if you have an old laptop knocking about.

You can fairly easily turn almost any old laptop (Windows or Mac) into a "Chromebook" (well not quite but near enough for most users, see below) by installing ChromeOS Flex on it.

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-chromeos-flex-install-guide/

ChromeOS Flex doesn't have Google Play access and does not support running Android apps. PCs running ChromeOS Flex cannot run Windows virtual machines using Parallels Desktop. Lastly, support for the Linux development environment in ChromeOS Flex depends on your PC and whether Google certified it.

Personally I'd put Linux on an old laptop that's not up to running modern Windows or Mac OSs.
But I know that some people think Linux too 'techie' (it isn't but that's the perception) and are happier with the Chromebook-like look and cloud storage.

Yep linux mint is very similiar to windows, there is another which is closer still but I can't remember it's name

Uses less resources too

Newcad

I think that is part of the perception issue with Linux, the different 'flavours'.

(Of course there isn't just one flavour of Windows, or one ChromeOS either - but somehow they are 'seen' as just being the one).

And yes @MouldyOldDough i would always put an SSD in any laptop that doesn't already have one no matter what the OS.