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I bought one and used it briefly before deciding it wouldn't serve my needs. I thought I could keep it in my car so I didn't have to haul a laptop everywhere I
by vinceguidry 9y ago
I bought one and used it briefly before deciding it wouldn't serve my needs. I thought I could keep it in my car so I didn't have to haul a laptop everywhere I went. Bonus was the security of keeping my MacBook at home and only having a cheap-o Chromebook in the car.
ChromeOS wasn't a problem. I was able to get a development workflow going just fine, I planned on using Mosh to shell into a development machine and I was on my way to figuring out a fluid way to edit files through perhaps SSHFS.
The problem was the hardware itself, which, after years of getting spoiled by MacBooks, left a lot to be desired. The keyboard sucked, the screen sucked, but the real deal breaker was that the battery life was utter crap, and it drained while it was sitting in my car. This made it unusable and I eventually gave it away.
I could spend the money and get better hardware, but at that point it's competing with my MacBook.
- Filligree 9y ago> I could spend the money and get better hardware, but at that point it's competing with my MacBook. I spent the money, bought a high-end C302CA, and found it does indeed compete with my Macbook... resulting in rarely using the Macbook. Figures, really, but I have no objections to this outcome.