expiredparana posted Jun 09, 2021 11:33 AM
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expiredparana posted Jun 09, 2021 11:33 AM
Samsung Discount Program Chromebook Plus V2 - XE521QAB-K01US | Samsung US $180
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...because Chromebooks are made to operate mostly "within browser" and since the world is WiRelEsS now, a strong business move would be to push T H E C L O U D and have customers' files "safe in the cloud" and produce an entire laptop computer that does this. It's been like at least 7 years now since the Chromebook was released.
The Cloud is (are?) server farms in buildings where they have your data saved....Whiiich is only accessible by you (or so we're told); This amounts to you using a computer without over-storing software alongside your millions of videos etc.
Even Google has changed somewhat to allow some level of offline usage. It is quite dangerous to keep all your data in cloud only. A more reasonable/safer option is to do like Google Drive or Dropbox, which stores a copy on your device with another copy in the cloud.
And you can keep infrequently used/unimportant data in cloud only. In this case you still need some amount of storage on your device.
geekbench is hardly the end all of speed and there are probably a ton of factors but vs the Chromebook duet (250)
3965y 361 single 688 multi
helio p60t (duet) 263 single 926 multi
in my experience single is more important for tangible performance (why dual core ipads are a lot faster than low end android with crappy 8 core)
shrug.
Even Google has changed somewhat to allow some level of offline usage. It is quite dangerous to keep all your data in cloud only. A more reasonable/safer option is to do like Google Drive or Dropbox, which stores a copy on your device with another copy in the cloud.
And you can keep infrequently used/unimportant data in cloud only. In this case you still need some amount of storage on your device.
not sure what galaxy you live in but being ever more online has been the trend for about 50 yrs lol. not less.
honestly if your internet is out you wont be using your computer, basically, in 2021. even at that, you can do offline stuff with chrome now as you mention. but nobody will. because yeah.
i dont think cloud is dangerous to store your data at all. i mean what data is this?
chromebooks are more light duty/surfing machines. everybody should know this by now and lets not teach computers for beginners every time its brought up, because the negative nancys hash this out every time, in a lot of words. lets not. if you dont know what chrome os is by now leave, you have no business operating the slickdeals website.
Apparently there are some internal differences (metal vs. plastic) between the two models that may make this model more desirable (IMO it doesn't really, but you can see the links in the thread and make your own decision).
NEVER HEARD OF IT
Even Google has changed somewhat to allow some level of offline usage. It is quite dangerous to keep all your data in cloud only. A more reasonable/safer option is to do like Google Drive or Dropbox, which stores a copy on your device with another copy in the cloud.
And you can keep infrequently used/unimportant data in cloud only. In this case you still need some amount of storage on your device.
I'm saying how it works, it seems to be mistaken with how I work.
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NEVER HEARD OF IT
geekbench is hardly the end all of speed and there are probably a ton of factors but vs the Chromebook duet (250)
3965y 361 single 688 multi
helio p60t (duet) 263 single 926 multi
in my experience single is more important for tangible performance (why dual core ipads are a lot faster than low end android with crappy 8 core)
shrug.
I have/had Galaxy Chromebook, Chromebook Plus v1/2, Chromebook Pro, Lenovo Duet, HP X2 and Pixel Slate.
Chromebook plus v2 is not laggy at all. Yes it is not as fast as others with M3/I3 plus cpus, when you have 8 tabs open or a 500 page pdf open. But it is perfectly usable for medium sized pdf, a few tabs for quick search and video streaming.
I actually prefer the Plus v2 over Galaxy Chromebook because the V2 does not feel as fragile and has a better build quality.
The only concern is that the $180 posted here is the original design when V2 was released. It got so many bad reviews about the failed hinges. The $152 deal with cheap looking color and more rounded casing was released one year later which got great reviews on Amazon. It could actually have an updated hinge design.
You just need to adjust your expection according to the price. This is simply not a premium device. But it has a great feature set of 2-in-1, builtin spen, 16:10 and good battery life. Speed it ggod and perfectly usable.
What that means is even after EOL in 3 years, the Chrome browser will continue to update with security patches. You'll be able to use your Chromebook for a long, long time.
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