Re: Has anyone here tried a Chromebook?

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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: Has anyone here tried a Chromebook?
yes but Hulu is flash and that should work :-)


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:10 PM, James Finstrom <
> wrote:

> Bought the kids the new samsung chromebooks for christmas and they love
> em... the desktop now collects dust... The ARM chromebools still don't do
> netflix but oh well...
>
> James Finstrom
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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:58 PM, <> wrote:
>
>>
>> Keith last wrote:
>> > That would work, however they cost more than a netbook.
>>
>> I have replaced my older "tower" computers with two of these, one of which
>> I bought new for $349 a couple years ago, and the other I found on
>> Craigslist for $150. They use only 8-watts of power (I think). They run
>> absolutely silent and never get hot. Here is another still available (I
>> think) on Craigslist for $150:
>>
>> http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/sys/3467164583.html
>>
>> One is now my main computer and the second is just a clone for backup.
>> I'm just now converting them both to kubuntu 12.10.
>>
>> For personal use (except for gamers), I can't see any benefit to big
>> "towers" with 200-watt or larger power supplies any more.
>>
>>
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