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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I'm happy with my Samsung Chromebook. There are rumors of a cheaper Chromebox desktop, I'd be interested in that.
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I'm considering a Chromebox as well, ideally an ARM device that was as silent as the Samsung laptop. It sounds as though the current Intel ones do have a small fan and so aren't totally silent.
I'd be willing to pay for something a little more powerful than the laptop version, though. I connected that to my 23" monitor, and though it drove it with no problems, at native resolution, the mouse was a little sluggish, even at the liveliest settings. Not unusable, though, and it's possibly an issue with ChromeOS rather than the power of the laptop itself, I suppose.
But, yes, being able to run my desktop in near silence - with instant on - would be great, with the power of the Windows machine only required when I really need it.
Well worth paying a few hundred pounds for.
Graham