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Originally Posted by leebase
Fun to learn how "the other half" lives. I was able to remote into my Windows machine...so I can use this as a thin client. If I end up liking it, I may just buy a nicer one with a larger, nicer screen.
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You already know more than me. I have no idea how to set up a thin client. As for a bigger screen, the HP 14" came in today (after going round and round my town for a couple days, getting "mis-sent" as they say on the Postal tracking service). It's much easier on my eyes — and this one, specifically built for Walmart — has 64 GBs of storage and a Pentium Quad Core, low wattage CPU (N5030). It's supposed to have a 13.5 hour battery life (under ideal conditions, I'm sure) and weighs about 3.3 pounds. This is actually the fastest computer I own. For some reason, some guy on eBay had a couple new ones he sold for $159 + tax (he had several Walmart branded items, so I'm guessing these were cleared out from store closing or something). The screen is still not high-end but it's not bad. It's also got pretty good speakers for a laptop. They've got the Bose name on them, but Bose seems to sell their name for just about anything now.
I've installed my favorite Linux applications under Crostini and they seem to work fine. The built-in Chrome browser loads faster, but I like Firefox and Thunderbird (using Firefox in Crostini now). This will be my main laptop.
This is the model...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-14-Pen...duid=__aduid__
Best Buy and others have similar models, but they're usually 32 GB instead of 64 GB — though some of the others have backlit keyboards and better, higher resolution, screens. Like this one...
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-14-c...?skuId=6460274
What's odd is that these are using the same CPU that's in your Samsung 4 (Celeron N4000) instead of the Quad-Core Pentium "Silver." So I guess (if you stick with an HP lower-end 14" Chromebook) you have to compromise on something.
Rambling again, sorry.