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Edited November 30, 2022
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Right now
My Best Buy Members (free to join) can purchase the
Lenovo Flex 3 Chromebook (Mediatek MT8183, Abyss Blue, 82KM0003US) for $99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=6500337 NLA
In addition,
My Best Buy Members can purchase the
Lenovo Flex 3 Chromebook (Celeron N4020, Abyss Blue, 82BB000AUS) for $99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/leno...Id=6500336
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I see this one from June, but it was a price mistake:
https://slickdeals.net/f/15867889-hp-chromebook-14-14-768p-touch-i3-1115g4-8gb-ddr4-128gb-pcie-ssd-wi-fi-6-120-f-s?src=SiteSearc
I run out of RAM on my 4 GB MT8173C Chromebook constantly, so I would love to jump to 8 GB or 12 GB (for extreme RAM abuse).
$120 for a 8GB RAM CB? Are you sure? What was it?
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Once you've got Linux Mode enabled you can install all types of Linux Applications, for example I installed an RDP Client. The official Android Microsoft one was not available from the Play Store, it is unclear if it is because they have not built it for x86 or if it is because they just don't allow it on the ChromeOS Android port.
A simple `sudo apt install remmina remmina-plugins-rdp` and boom it shows up as a Linux app and I'm able to RDP into my Windows Boxes.
The biggest bug-a-boo I have right now is that this doesn't have a Windows Key, while I realize that they want you to use the search key, which they've placed where you would normally have the Caps Lock key. I really wish they would have put the placement in the traditional Windows Key location, then this would have been PERFECT for an RDP Thin Client.
The missing F-Keys are also a bummer, especially when RDP'ing (combined with the loss of the Windows Key...).
Back then, netbooks had far superior battery life. That's what I needed. "People are conditioned to eventually use PC's the way they normally do" is a really broad and inaccurate statement. Netbooks were situational, complementary devices and not laptop replacements. People who tempered their expectations generally purchased netbooks as the former, people who didn't temper expectations generally purchased them as the latter.
This Lenovo Chomebook (not even Windows in S mode) with 4gb of RAM and 64gb of eMMC (the same type used in my base model Steam Deck) will be just fine.
Depends what your doing. My annoyance with Chromebooks have more to do with the apps being made differently than their pc counterparts. Namely, office 365 blows donkey chunks. I much prefer my standalone apps. Excel tables are ok, but some of the functions are annoyingly difficult to use. Tabbing and shortcuts don't work (the old lotus shortcuts still work in desktop versions) .. those are my main gripes.
If your seriously doing numbers anyhow you'd probably spring for at least a full keyboard with a seperate numeric pad.
I treat these more like portable vnc devices, and content consumption (movies etc).
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I have an older Lenovo 300E with the MT8183C and this Celeron runs rings around it. Course the 300E is 32 bit, the Flex 3 is 64 bit so not sure if that has something to do with it.