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On Apr 27, 2013 4:02 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:05:06 +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: |
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> > > I think the problem there is a Chromebook needs to be online in order |
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> > > to do much of anything, and the connection needs to be fast in order |
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> > > to make them very functional. Plus most people are paying by the MB |
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> > > in Vanuatu and a Chromebook must use a fair amount of data even on a |
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> > > fast connection. |
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> > Well, any Chromebook can run a normal Linux distro. The chromebook team |
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> > has put up a chroot helper on their github. |
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> But they are designed to be used with cloud services, and as such have |
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> very little storage. |
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> Have you considered the used market, especially companies replacing |
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> hardware at regular intervals. You may even get them fro free as a |
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> charitable donation, giving the company a tax write-off. |
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This. |
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Remember that 1- or 2-year old laptops are mighty powerful enough for |
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nearly everything, except hi-def gaming. |
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OTOH, sometimes business laptops sacrifice battery life for processing |
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power. You will want to select the less power-hungry ones. |
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Rgds, |
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