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Chromebooks. £500 for a 14" touchscreen Android/Linux/Chrome browser on x86 with a nice lit keyboard... You don't save much getting a decent-ish tablet but with
by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Chromebooks. £500 for a 14" touchscreen Android/Linux/Chrome browser on x86 with a nice lit keyboard... You don't save much getting a decent-ish tablet but without Linux/keyboard etc etc. Tablets - other than £150 or so ones you can throw in a bag and take on holiday - don't really make any sense any more.
- sk5t 7y agoAs owner of an i5 Pixelbook, I was really surprised at how hot and noisy the thing became after 10 minutes playing Egg Inc. It's an interesting device (with Crostini) but not a very good tablet.
- iamnotacrook 7y agoI don't use mine as a tablet (and mine is one of the ones where you can fold the keyboard right around), but it is good to have proper android support so I can use mx player to watch videos (with all codecs supported, unlike the chrome player), play lichess offline etc.
- Marsymars 7y agoHow did it get noisy without a fan?
- sk5t 7y agoHmm! Maybe I am mistaken about the noise as I was pretty sleep-deprived at the time. It sure did get hot, though. I'll attempt to re-enact.
- Marsymars 7y agoOh, I believe that. My fanless MacBook gets unpleasantly hot enough during gaming that I've never bothered attempting any games on my Pixelbook.
- drusepth 7y agoAlso convertible laptops. I use a Yoga Book [1] as a laptop when traveling, which is basically just a 10" tablet (and thinner than my old iPad!). My daily driver laptop also folds all the way back (and disables the keyboard) if I want a hefty ol' 13" tablet. [1] https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/51360191/lenovo-yoga-book-7173.0.0.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/51360191/...