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DonaldsRump

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13. And with Chromebooks, you can take many old laptops

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Reply #12)

Wed Aug 26, 2020, 07:08 PM

Aug 2020

and convert them into blazing fast Chromebooks. Because Chrome OS requirements are so minimal, many Windows 10 machines have far more power than is required. So, you can take an 8 year old laptop that you don't use anymore and convert it into effectively a high Chromebook in about an hour with only software changes.

I posted this on Monday on DU that shows how easy it is to do it: https://www.democraticunderground.com/109525719

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Which of these 4 laptops would be the fastest as in surfing from site to site, loading pages [View all] Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 OP

All of them would be the same, internet speed is critical PuppyBismark Aug 2020 #1

Thanks...Comcast 550 mbps down and 20 up... Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #5

For your use, surfing and video's, they all should work pretty smoothly. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #2

The Dell. 5X Aug 2020 #3

Thanks, the HP is $799 the Dell is $1299...big difference Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #7

They're going to be about the same Abnredleg Aug 2020 #4

Get a good Chromebook instead DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #6

I agree. Why spend so much money on 16 gigs of ram and a 1 TB SSD when Elwood P Dowd Aug 2020 #12

And with Chromebooks, you can take many old laptops DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #13

Out of 4 random ads on this page, 3 for Acer and 1 for LG Gram. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #8

What? Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #9

Yes. The commercial product ads. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #10

Probably little difference... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #11