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I strongly agree with this sentiment. Battery life can change the way we use our devices. I own a chromebook and three standard laptops. We rarely use the other

I strongly agree with this sentiment. Battery life can change the way we use our devices. I own a chromebook and three standard laptops. We rarely use the other laptops, which have larger better screens, just because the chromebook is never plugged in (except for a nightly charge), whereas the laptops will fail before the evening is over without a power source. With respect to phones this goes doubly. I am tempted to revert back to my old B+W screened nokia just so I don't have to charge my fancy new phone every day.

tluyben2 13y ago
Which Chromebook is that? The only ones I see have horrible battery life?
- fmstephe 13y ago
  My chromebook is the first gen Samsung 5 550 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-550-3G-Chromebook/dp/B007ZZ194Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1369404253&sr=8-4&keywords=chromebook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-550-3G-Chromebook/dp/... Had about 9 hours when I bought it. It has dropped down now but it is still my first truly mobile laptop. If I bought another chromebook now I would probably still prefer the old 5 550. Very good balance between battery life/power etc. I am running Ubuntu on mine now and it is easily the most lovely computer I've ever owned.
  - nvarsj 13y ago
    I felt the same way about my MBA when I first got it. 8 hours of battery life! And linux runs smoothly on it. As pretty as the chromebook is, I'm not sure I'd ever want something with such weak processing power. A used thinkpad X series with wxga+ is probably more suitable (and cheaper!). With a new battery, it will also get 6+ hours.
    - fmstephe 13y ago
      Yeah, the weakness of the chromebook is an issue. So my uses are the following. Programming C and Go using vim Browsing the internet If I wanted to do things like program in Java with eclipse I would be miserable instead of enchanted. So it does need to fit your uses. The one thing I would say about the chromebook is that while I love using it, I do not love the device itself. It is cheap(ish) and plastic and mine is scratched and worn. If I owned a MBA I don't think I could use it so much as a spanner. Those MBAs are beautiful and I think this can limit their utility. Also, my Ubuntu partition has 8gig on it. This is tiny and if I used it for anything other than vimming on text files it would probably be a disaster.
  - tluyben2 13y ago
    That link is the first gen? Because when I search the US Amazon for the 5 550 it says 'up to 6 hours'; that must then be the 2nd gen?
    - fmstephe 13y ago
      Were there two generations of the 5 550? I clearly haven't followed it closely enough. I have some kind of chromebook made by samsung. I bought it just after they were commercially released. The model under the bottom of it says 500c.
sciurus 13y ago
You're better off keeping the chromebook plugged in when possible; the battery loses capacity with each charge-discharge cycle.
- fmstephe 13y ago
  That's true. But my life gets better every time I get to use my laptop without tripping over or fiddling some annoying cable. The chromebook just sort of fades away, a computer that is just available and portable and problem free (sort of)

tluyben2 13y ago

Which Chromebook is that? The only ones I see have horrible battery life?

fmstephe 13y ago
My chromebook is the first gen Samsung 5 550 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-550-3G-Chromebook/dp/B007ZZ194Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1369404253&sr=8-4&keywords=chromebook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-550-3G-Chromebook/dp/... Had about 9 hours when I bought it. It has dropped down now but it is still my first truly mobile laptop. If I bought another chromebook now I would probably still prefer the old 5 550. Very good balance between battery life/power etc. I am running Ubuntu on mine now and it is easily the most lovely computer I've ever owned.
- nvarsj 13y ago
  I felt the same way about my MBA when I first got it. 8 hours of battery life! And linux runs smoothly on it. As pretty as the chromebook is, I'm not sure I'd ever want something with such weak processing power. A used thinkpad X series with wxga+ is probably more suitable (and cheaper!). With a new battery, it will also get 6+ hours.
  - fmstephe 13y ago
    Yeah, the weakness of the chromebook is an issue. So my uses are the following. Programming C and Go using vim Browsing the internet If I wanted to do things like program in Java with eclipse I would be miserable instead of enchanted. So it does need to fit your uses. The one thing I would say about the chromebook is that while I love using it, I do not love the device itself. It is cheap(ish) and plastic and mine is scratched and worn. If I owned a MBA I don't think I could use it so much as a spanner. Those MBAs are beautiful and I think this can limit their utility. Also, my Ubuntu partition has 8gig on it. This is tiny and if I used it for anything other than vimming on text files it would probably be a disaster.
- tluyben2 13y ago
  That link is the first gen? Because when I search the US Amazon for the 5 550 it says 'up to 6 hours'; that must then be the 2nd gen?
  - fmstephe 13y ago
    Were there two generations of the 5 550? I clearly haven't followed it closely enough. I have some kind of chromebook made by samsung. I bought it just after they were commercially released. The model under the bottom of it says 500c.

sciurus 13y ago

You're better off keeping the chromebook plugged in when possible; the battery loses capacity with each charge-discharge cycle.

fmstephe 13y ago
That's true. But my life gets better every time I get to use my laptop without tripping over or fiddling some annoying cable. The chromebook just sort of fades away, a computer that is just available and portable and problem free (sort of)