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My daily driver is an Acer Chromebook I bought used in 2018. Web and SSH are 80% of what I do, and it runs Debian in Crostini for the other 20%. Six years late
by panarky 2y ago
My daily driver is an Acer Chromebook I bought used in 2018. Web and SSH are 80% of what I do, and it runs Debian in Crostini for the other 20%.
Six years later it's still fast, still secure, updates guaranteed through 2028.
Acer continues to make a few in this class with 16gb RAM and 256gb to 512gb SSD. When this eventually dies I'll get whatever similar they're selling then.
It's ridiculously cheap, even cheaper per month or year of usage. That's nice but it's not about cost for me. I'd pay 200% of the equivalent Windows or Mac or Framework machine just for the reliability, security, convenience, speed and peace of mind.
- tra3 2y agoDo you mind sharing what an equivalent relatively modern equiavalent would be? I would love a small portable dumb terminal with a keyboard. It runs Android apps too, right?
- panarky 2y agoIf I had to replace my old Chromebook, I'd probably go with this: https://www.amazon.com/Chromebook-2560x1600-i5-1240P-LPDDR4X-CBG516-1H-53TD/dp/B0CV61RWHF/ https://www.amazon.com/Chromebook-2560x1600-i5-1240P-LPDDR4X... Decent CPU, 16gb RAM, 256gb SSD, quality screen with a thin bezel. I like the extra memory because I sometimes run multiple Linux containers at the same time. If you only want a dumb terminal for web and SSH you could easily get by with half that without sacrificing performance.
- tinix 2y agono touchscreen, not fanless, not much storage, not high dpi, and bad battery I've heard... it's also just a rather large laptop as well. :( i did look at this when i was trying to decide on an alternative before i just bought another barley used pixelbook with only 50 battery cycles. it's half the price so if it works for you, great! but it's no pixelbook replacement imo