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Like the $249 Haswell-based new Chromebook from Acer? The only problem there is the paltry 16GB SSD.
by vinkelhake 13y ago
Like the $249 Haswell-based new Chromebook from Acer? The only problem there is the paltry 16GB SSD.
- fingerprinter 13y agoI'd buy that if I could put Ubuntu on it. Haven't seen that as of yet.
- recuter 13y agoVery doable: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_C7_Chromebook https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_C7_Chromebook What's even more intriguing is that you can now flush the firmware on the 2012 model and it becomes just a regular PC that you can install windows/osx/linux in the regular way with no faffing about. Hopefully the same will be done for these new models. Arch on an HP Chromebook 14" sounds for $299 sounds awesome to me. http://johnlewis.ie/pre-built-coreboot-firmware-for-chromebooks/ http://johnlewis.ie/pre-built-coreboot-firmware-for-chromebo...
- andrewflnr 13y agoThat does start to sound attractive. I'd rather not have to hack anything just to install an OS, though. It'll probably be bad enough learning UEFI.
- 6ren 13y agoIs there a performance problem with losing proprietary GPU drivers? Keeping them seems one benefit to dual OS (reusing the Chrome kernel). It's nice to be able to watch HD video without hiccups.
- mrbill 13y agoAnd the soldered-in-non-upgradable 4G of RAM.
- jjsz 13y agoI'd buy something similar: a convertable made from SONY that can run GNU / Linux / *BSD, except with much more RAM and SSD. For: $199- since we get taxed heavily for shipping here. I'll need to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 1121 soon.
- 6ren 13y agoIt has a USB 3.0 port, and 70MB/s cards/sticks are around. Not sure if that's fast enough, but at least it's better than the typical 20MB/s for USB 2.0.