What Chromebook CPU is like i5 for Windows?

Then Linux is your best solution

Unfortunately, fast Chromebooks are no longer cheap. maybe not as expensive as an MS Laptop but, considering their short lifespan, actually, more expensive

Unfortunately, fast Chromebooks are no longer cheap. maybe not as expensive as an MS Laptop but, considering their short lifespan, actually, more expensive

Chromebooks last shorter than Windows computers?

Very much so. They are tied to the OS that they arrived with, and Chrome only supports an OS for 6 years

6 years

6 years is pretty good I think. No?

Aye, but if you buy it 2 years after it was first launched > That's only 4 years

wee-eddie has a point. 

 

Presently. I am researching where to drop the solder on what jumper socket on a Samsung Stumpy Chromebox.

It is going into my motorcycle shop to replace a old IMB M57 antiX 21 Linux computer I keep in there.

Less hard drive space but a 1TB external usb hard drive will fix that.

 

Samsung Stumpy boxes are EOL and are cheap lately. Cheaper than going with a conventional mini atx desktop computer.

 

To answer your question. My HP x360 is the bottom of the line model that was the cheapest to get<

  Intel Core M-5Y10 Processor >

. Wife bought it for me. I did not pick it out except for make and model number.  Linux compatibility is important to me. My Acer C710 which has been chromeos eol for years flies on antiX 21. Just dual celeron in it. 4 gig of ram. 16 gig ssd.

 

I pay about 35 bucks for a eol chrombook or chromebox.  Throw linux on it. Working computer in 1 day.

Then Linux is your best solution

All the newer chromebooks iirc have the ability to run (one click setup /removal) with Debian. Chrome seems to be doing what all the other big name distros have lost focus on.. keeping it stupid simple. No huge libraries, no messing with drivers (i had problems with wifi on my HP..)and there's a considerable focus on readable files, lots of notes, and emphasis on learning the right way.

Atleast that's my impression so far.

6 years

6 years is pretty good I think. No?

6 years isn't the best.. but, most are unaware that the browsers are still supported, albeit no system updates or firmware updates, the browser will still be updated.

They're playing with different forms of continuing updates to extend EOL.
one project they're working on is referred to as LaCRoS. But there's other testing going on with extending device life through option ROMs or as they call em, GSI build images , generic system image (or custom if you're bold).

Just because a device is end of life for Android or Chrome , doesn't mean it need be condemed. Depending on the users level of curiosity, one can extend the use of the device far beyond life expectancy.

Assuming u don't have a broken screen and accidentally display port into an incompatible external monitor running 144mhz @2k resolution instead of the rated 1080p/60hz. Good way to quick fry the gpu .. which is usually on the same pcb as the cpu..

wee-eddie has a point. 
 
Presently. I am researching where to drop the solder on what jumper socket on a Samsung Stumpy Chromebox.
It is going into my motorcycle shop to replace a old IMB M57 antiX 21 Linux computer I keep in there.
Less hard drive space but a 1TB external usb hard drive will fix that.
 
Samsung Stumpy boxes are EOL and are cheap lately. Cheaper than going with a conventional mini atx desktop computer.
 
To answer your question. My HP x360 is the bottom of the line model that was the cheapest to get<
 
Intel Core M-5Y10 Processor >
. Wife bought it for me. I did not pick it out except for make and model number.  Linux compatibility is important to me. My Acer C710 which has been chromeos eol for years flies on antiX 21. Just dual celeron in it. 4 gig of ram. 16 gig ssd.
 
I pay about 35 bucks for a eol chrombook or chromebox.  Throw linux on it. Working computer in 1 day.

I too have a x360, but I've got a cursed one with buggy nic card.. doesn't play well with .. Well.. anything.. it works, but complains about second screen when i use one, lots of errors and lag from network incompatibility between the ARC container and Chrome itself.. at least that's what the system seems to think

Wish they had a chromebox or base with full size ddr3 ram slots. I've got the holy grail mushkin sticks that i refuse to part with.. just waiting for a home.. lol dang Chromeboxs usually do sodimm laptop sized parts though..

Chrome Books are very similar to Windows PCs in the way you mention U_swim.

 

They can still be used after the support period is finished,. but they then have more potential to be hacked.

 

The main difference is the Support period and the ability to upgrade the OS.

 

At the moment,

 

For Chrome it is 6 years from creation, and zero OS Updates.

 

For Windows it appears to be 10/12 years and, at the moment, free updates to future OSs

 

Maybe consider a MacBook?

For a "browser in a box" (even a smooth one) they are waaaaaaaaay too expensive.

 

Yeah i hear u there. They're all browsers in a box. Some just currently* allow that box to bridge and reach other systems as a selling point towards productivity. 

 

* Be wary of such computers.when i realize other manufacturers or advertisers steering users toward a specific platform... That for me is a red flag.. Chromebooks are meant to me "managed" and right now they lack the tools for the average user to do so effectively without paying for service . Not through $ value necessarily though. 

Chrome Books are very similar to Windows PCs in the way you mention U_swim.

 

They can still be used after the support period is finished,. but they then have more potential to be hacked.

 

The main difference is the Support period and the ability to upgrade the OS.

 

At the moment,

 

For Chrome it is 6 years from creation, and zero OS Updates.

 

For Windows it appears to be 10/12 years and, at the moment, free updates to future OSs

 

The only ppl hacking Chromebooks are generally developers themselves.. They're familiar with the intricacies, names, terms, shells and quirks. The only devices I'd not trust right now are EOL running legacy software , using deprecated everything. 

 

Like the Dell 7310 i just retired, was running coreboot, Ubuntu Upstart, and lots of native software, most of which is abandonded (upstart) or restricted (native code exe)

I take back what i said . Chromebooks WERE cool, past tense.. As in the Old Platform. But things changed after I wrote what I did. The new platform sucks. It's restrictive like Windows now and the Android Container they allow u to use is unmanageable without being an expert or a savant or having an enterprise account with proper admin to change policies.

The world changed real fast. Get a Mac computer. It occurred to me why I often see guides for computer stuff in what appears to be a Mac terminal. Probably because the people who write programs know what's best for professionals. Chromebooks are good for kids if they require constant monitoring of everything and anything

In this day and age nobody should be running a Pentium.     When buying anything always be forward thinking.   A Pentium is severely a backwards thought or a typo.

Get a Mac computer.

Not affordable.