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Every time i hear the Crazy Ken intro i turn up my volume all the way. I'm fine. Love watching Crazy Ken! Great show and i always get a good laugh out of this show. It's super funny in my opinon
I took a few old computers and installed an OS called CloudReady by Neverware which is essentially Chrome OS and it runs great on these systems. It's been running on my grandparents Vista era Toshiba laptop and they love the operating system.
Our school is sponsored by chromebooks. Yes. You heard that right. Sponsored. We have 250€ used chromebooks without google play store and specs from 2012 tablets. Also using other devices for school stuff is banned.
Same here! The hardware is soooo cheap that no matter how good you treat the computer it still breaks appart easily. Atleast i know im not the only one in a school with these piles of trash!
"Also using other devices for school stuff is banned." What? Even in private away from the school? Surely they cant stop you using another computer to work on something and transfer it to Google Drive
Exactly! i had one trying to move away from Windows (Got a mac now) But when i got one of these. After 6 months of use. the trackpad and battery wouldn't hold a charge. few years later my mum dropped it and the LCD cracked. So now the LCD trackpad and battery do not work. Although if i plug it into an external display and charger it still works fine.
Fun video! Two tips for making a chromebook feel more like a traditional laptop... right click on an app icon and select "open in window". That will cause that app to open in a separate window rather than a tab in the browser. Next, add the "Open-as-Popup" extension to the Chrome browser. That will take any browser tab and throw it into a separate window that feels more like a traditional app. These windows can be moved around, maximized, minimized, and overlapped.
This is pretty nostalgic for me, as this model of chromebook was my 8th grade school computers. My class was the testers for our whole district and I remember these things absolutely getting trashed in only a year of use. The Samsung logo on mine started falling off with it saying Sa sun by the time we turned them in for recycling
This was the first laptop I ever bought myself. Man that thing booted up so fast. I bought it, thinking I could run Linux on it just to play Minecraft (this was 2013), but it didn’t work as planned since it had an ARM CPU. I ran that laptop into the ground, by 2015/16? The screen finally gave up and either the backlight or ribbon cable went out. I loved that thing so much. It WAS my MacBook Air of 2013, all for $250.
Samsung 303c Chromebooks, common issue is battery swelling. This model was what we had the most of when I started as a middle school IT tech. If I had to guess, that store you bought from, bought them from a school and resold them. The hinges are also very fragile and snap easily. Also, escape, refresh, power is the command we use to power wash them. And yes, it is that easy. I got about 2 tickets a day where a kid hit the 3 keys to freak out the teacher.
Have more or less used Chrome OS as my daily driver since I got my Chromebook back in 2015, the Toshiba Chromebook 2. I still actually use the same one. Incredibly happy with it and it does all I need it to do. Still it's always fun to look at newer models maybe soon it's time for me to get a new one. Definitely getting another Chromebook. Hardly game on PC anymore so my main system is almost never turned on, same with my Mac Mini.
I personally would keep the chromebook you already have, and get a Chromebox with horsepower that you can upgrade the RAM, and extra storage on as a main system.
My daily driver is a much more modern Chromebook, the Samsung Chromebook Plus. Since that model you've got was released, there's been a lot of mission creep on exactly what a Chromebook is and does. Originally, they were sub $200 machines that would run Chrome, Chrome extensions, and nothing else. They were like a dedicated appliance, they did little, but did it well, and everything about them was cheap. Cheap construction, cheap screen, cheap everything. These days, for mid-range laptop money, you can get a very high end computing experience out of a Chromebook, and they run Android apps probably better than your average Android tablet. The weight, the battery life, and the fact I never lose half a lecture to "configuring updates" like I did with a Windows machine are why it's my daily driver for uni. I use it for all of my note taking, my academic reading, and my essay writing (though, on the Samsung at least, I wouldn't want to grind out a two thousand word essay on this keyboard. I do that at a desk, with a mechanical one, but I'm picky about interface devices). Also, I use Adblock, but I'm a UA-cam Premium subscriber. I heard from another UA-camr we're worth like a hundred adviews or something. On Windows, it's a matter of security, because ads are often deliberately malware laden, or so poorly coded they're exploitable, even if the coder isn't unscrupulous. On ChromeOS, I still use it as a matter of speed, and, since I'm in Australia, my puny data cap. I'm not wasting valuable megabytes on auto-playing video ads on my news articles. Advertisers had their chance to not be bastards and drive us to Adblock, and they failed.
I bought the Acer C720 chromebook for school and used it for 3 years, best $200 I’ve ever spent. They are perfect for students imo, our district went and bought everyone iPads which is a huge step down in my book. I had Ubuntu on mine too for some light Minecraft in the classroom. It was nice to not be so concerned about it because it was so inexpensive and it was actually extremely durable.
I was one of the CR48 testers and for a time that was my only chromebook. The transition from full screen crome browser to a dekstop was a welome one for workflow. I liked Chromebook but I would not recommend making it a primary device. HOWEVER if You need to? Can be done.
Got my first Chromebook about four years ago after getting one for my daughter. I upgraded to an acer R11 touchscreen Chromebook so I get android apps too. If I go into settings I can use some linux tools editors and IDEs if I want. You can't do everything with a Chromebook, but you can do most things with it. Unlike a Windows laptop my Chromebook is just as fast if not faster than it was when I got it(two and a half years ago). Update is a simple restart when prompted and it takes all of 30 seconds not like my Windows laptop with the last update taking 15 minutes and several restarts (it is a low end laptop and has similar specifications to my Chromebook).
Great video, Ken! I find it pretty exciting to explore new tech! Also, I have a new idea! You should try some old version of Windows on a PC/VM. I would say Windows 2000 - Windows 8.1. (incl. XP & 7)
I used a chromebook at school for a month and then I got a macbook. Even if it was suited for the job, the lack of proper internal storage and the limited OS was definitely not for me though. But I see how it can be useful for computer beginners
chromebook can't do 2 things, 1. PC games 2. media creation...90% of consumer base dont do such things. since you named a macbook... i sure hope you didnt pay a ton of money for you not to create media because macs cant play games (well....cant play the majority of them anyways.)
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X131e(intel ver.) Chromebook that while it has an M.2 SSD it also has a slot for a 2.5in HDD, so I was able to drop in a sapre 500GB WD Blue drive I had laying around for extra storage along with upgrading the ram to 8GB of DDR3L, and after all was said, and done I had a fairly laptop that only cost me $130 after the RAM upgrade as I found a seller on eBay who was getting rid of them from a school system for $90 a pop with free shipping. Also far as gaming on Chromebook with models that support the Google Play store, and Android .APK you can actually install PC ports of games like the GTA series on a Hisense Chromebook with an ARM CPU, and 2GB of RAM at 720p I was playing GTA Chinatown Wars with no stutter with a wired USB Xbox 360 pro controller before the flash storage chip died in the machine making it useless. Still damn impressive for a $99 machine with such low specs that lasted me over 2 years.
I have a Samsung Chromebook Pro. It's not my daily driver, but it does get used a lot when all I need is the internet (or some linux apps I got it to dualboot) and a good battery. It's a fantastic little machine. Mine has a Intel Core M3 and 4GB of ram.
This is like a throwback to what Chromebooks were before Android and now (kinda) Linux app support. I'm surprised how versatile the OS has become. There's even an application in the android market for ChromeOS devices that lets you install windows applications on it. (Now you can kind of do that with the Linux apps and wine as well but still) It's just still kind limited hardware wise + the overhead for the linux VM containers and android.
Toshiba Chromebook 2 (first edition) here. It's my daily driver and I'm a full-stack shop/middleware dev using Pyhton, PHP, some C and all the front-end fluff like HTML 5, CSS 3 and lots of JavaScript. I'm using it in dev mode, running Ubuntu for local hacking and some other machine at Digital Ocean for development using c9.io, staging and production.
I just recently bought an Acer Chromebook with touchscreen, mainly for university but I have to say it's just awesome to use, especially on the train where an 11" laptop comes in handy ^^ Looking forward to upcoming Linux app support which was already announced for my model, hope it gets implemented as well as Android was :D
if you have a chromebook with a touchscreen, try out gstomper studio, it's a great music app and isn't reliant on the cloud. Mostly it's what I use my chromebook for.
My school has a heap of chrome books and we use them every time we have to use the internet. There is always a big rush for the new Chrome books even though they're slower.
I bought my Chromebook because it’s listed as being on the list to get Android apps. It’s been a long wait and no timeline in sight. Chrome OS works very well but you have to understand that it’s always going to be a work in progress especially since it automatically updates regularly. The casual user could feel a little lost with bigger updates, but isn’t that how almost all technology is now?
It is just a chrome browser with google play store support and basic OS layout. It is just a chrome browser in a nutshell, but many people now only need a browser with web apps and services.
Chromebooks store most if not all of the user's data through google drive, with the exception of (some) local files. So the user doesn't take much of a hit at all when a chromebook is powerwashed. That's also why you can just add users on the fly from the login screen without an administrative user's login information.
Very true, and Google has held competitions with $100K in prize money for someone to hack Chrome OS to it core, and be able to open it up totally exposed, and to my knowledge no one has been able to do as such yet, which means it's one of the most secure OS you can put on a computer right now.
You'd be amazed to see Linux, Android & Chrome Apps open side by side all out of the box. It's my dialy drive atm. I guess your old Chromebook does not support this yet.
If you want more stuff to try on a chromebook (assuming that one supports it), look into getting it on the dev channel so you can install android and linux applications along side the chromeos stuff.
This is the first time I will see one of Ken's videos withing an hour of publishing. I wonder what he'll do with the Chromebook(s) (Firefox Nightly block autoplay feature, running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 with mainline kernel thanks to the Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility, or UKUU for short, and hoping that you jump over to Linux on your main computer).
Where would you recommend going (like types of places) to get recycled computers like this? I'd love to get some myself. Also, my school district has a fleet of these Samsung chromebooks, in addition to a bunch of Acer C270 ones.
I used to use a chrome book for school before I got into CAD, video editing, and graphical design. It was fine for simple tasks and very straightforward, but incapable if you want to use any sort of “Pro” app
Also, I thought that the Chromebook 3 was able to run Android apps. Well, mine can (when I use my personal account on it), but I don't know about that older silver Chromebook 3.
I have a Chromebook, a Asus C202SA which i got for cheap earlier this year. I just use it for web browsing, though android app support is a nice bonus. As for web browser I generally use Chromium on desktop, which since its the open source version of Chrome still supports the syncing features.
yo i am using that exact thing rn but i only use it for yt i reccomend these if you dont really wanna use it for games and more for work and stuff i use a pc or gaming laptop for games but other than that this laptop has lasted a long time and is still going and yes the battery life is excellent to this day
yes many things that you're used chrome or Wes are or they came simple so even recovering your computer using the software is just three keys on the keyboard and that's it it's the one ESC button or the top left button plus the refresh plus the power button.
I like the looks of a chrome book :) As for that Reset security. Lol it is potentially a problem but who is going to remember that button combination for that type of malicious intent. Love your show Computer Clan :)
I think you can install some other OS on Chromebooks. But you said that you'll give it to someone who hasn't used a computer. They'd probably be fine with a web browser and some chrome apps.
I use one with a linux distro called gallium OS thats specially made for chromebooks, it contains all the drivers and works great, but your milage may vary depending on the model (also i had to install a third party bios but that also depends on the model)
I have a chromebook from high school. I had to go to a different school in eleventh grade and they never took the chromebook back. I still have it and I can't do anything with it because the school still has full control over it. I wanted to learn how to use remote desktop on chromeos but i just got blocked from it. It would be great if I could use the chromebook for the purposes I want to use it for because I am a learning computer repair technician. I wish there were a way I could gain control over the laptop or if I could give it back, that would be great.
Older video, granted, but I grabbed a Chromebook for much the same reason (since we had people at work using them for Citrix and nobody had used one.) It wasn't bad - not something I'd use as a main machine, but if I were going to school or somewhere I needed a low cost machine I didn't have to worry about? Sure, I'd use one. If my mom were still alive, I'd probably have steered her towards one.
I was issued a school owned Chromebook back in my sophomore year or high school and let me tell you, idk if it was because it was a school owned device or what, but that thing was a flaming hot piece of garbage. It used a MICRO USB CHARGER??? (that barely worked anyways). Thank God I made the switch to Windows and then later MacOS.
Not only can you use Chrome extensions as applications on Chrome OS, now you've got Linux support as well as Android app support (look up Project Crostini, it's very interesting!).
Not every ChromeOS supports Android apps, or Linux apps without modifications. So it's best to check the model before buying to see if they are on the compatibility list, or will be with a future update.
Never used one myself, but I suppose these things are good if you need something for simple internet browsing. I can't imagine these things running any kind of game or heavier application.
depending on the model they most certainly can run games with models that support the Google Play store, for example before the flash storage on my Hisense Chromebook died I was playing on it in 720p with only 2GB of RAM like GTA: Vice City, and GTA ChinaTown Wars with no issues, and some models do now support .deb Linux packages that run in a sandboxed container.
Boy! Google took the inspiration! With the open start up things,it was on MacBook Pro’s too. If the white glowing thing on the front is glowing (not the logo),It means it’s on. So if you open it enough,it boots up. Pretty bad
All of the school systems I've attended in recent years use chrome books on an almost daily basis. Originally I liked them, they were better than the early 2000's Dell models still using Cathode Ray tubes. Then I realized you couldn't actually download apps on them (That is changing on newer models), and some models costed upwards of $900 while it was not hard to find the far superior computers on sale for less. These $900 variants are still made of flimsy plastic and have stickers on the keys, and virtually no useful improvements. I also find it ironic that schools expect you to write full essays on these, and yet, they don't have tab keys, as they've been replaced by a quick search key. As a result, I ended up with a 2017 MacBook Pro as my "daily driver" computer.
I have a Chrome book. It is the best low power laptop I've ever used. I was even able to do programming for C and adreno programming . Mine came with LTE.
Hi! May I ask what is the fix for my chromebook that only says "Graphics Console Started"? I installed windows 10 in it before and maybe the RAM or the Hard drive didn't have enough storage which is maybe the reason why it collapsed and got that message afterwards... Can you help me with this?
I've never used a Chromebook because I thought that because the software I use isn't on there. Samsung also sells Windows laptops, and when I first heard of these, The Ativ 8 was out.
most all chromebook stuff is in the cloud and tied to your account so wiping the os does nothing, as soon as you log in your stuff is there, i have the acer c720 with chrome OS and Linux ubuntu
My school had a bunch of those before they upgraded, and those Samsung chrome books break so easily. Some of them have been barely used and they look like the owner put them through a hurricane.
I used an Chromebook for an Company project. It is nice for small stuff and people who use their Computer only for internet stuff. But I still prefer using my Ubuntu and Windows Systems
I am Chromebook user, since my requirement is outside of Chrome OS it was my primary hardware but not my primary OS; I break out and have Ubuntu on it, Chrome OS is delegated to be a quick streaming viewer. Notice something on the video, sometimes Ken do tap-to-click most times he did click through to have the hardware dome popping sound. That's a good telltale of a Macbook user since Macbook could but did not have tap-to-click. My first time on a Macbook I felt like a schmuck that tap-to-click did not exist in Applesphere.
When you do a powerwash you can just sign back into your google account and all your data would be back. So its very secure. I have one of these. Sadly the display battery and trackpad are just gone and dead. However if i plug it into a external display and the charger it works fine.
I used to use a chromebook as my daily driver at school because I didn't need a very powerful computer to keep notes/do homework. I could easily go back, but my new laptop is as powerful as my old desktop, and a transformer tablet, and I do programming of embedded systems, so I kinda need to bring this giant ass laptop.
I converted an old laptop into a Chromebook. You should try it! Look up a tutorial on Google. Its called cloud ready. It's by never ware and, the best part, it's free!!! So, give it a shot on a old laptop lying around.
I've used CloudReady, and while it has it's issues depending on your hardware(sleep mode issues, multi monitor support, not booting on some GPU/motherboards, etc..) and the fact it does not include power wash, the Google play store, etc.. it gets the job done for a basic OS if you don't need something more feature rich like Xubuntu, or you don't want your end user/s having that much control to the point you are worried they might screw the entire system up like a younger child, or elder parent who's never been good with tech.
Chromebooks are a large dumpster fire. They still have some good uses, but not many. P.S. you can still powerwash AND enter dev mode on managed devices.
I have two Chromebooks, one as a normal laptop, and one for school. They have both served me well so far. It can at least handle more than 50 tabs (ADHD is f u n), and that’s all I need.
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Hello Computer. 6:39 xD
I totally missed an opportunity to make a Star Trek joke, where Scotty talks into a computer's mouse like a microphone. "Hello, Computer."
Ive told you not to mess with these. They are absolute shit.
can i have that..
Can you have what?
That “Micro SD card” slot is there because some models come with 3g support, and that’s where you would put the sim card
CoreyC Gaming sarcasm?
Joshua Henry no that’s actually what it’s for, but he referred to it as a micro as card slot, so I had to make sure he knew what I was referring to
CoreyC Gaming yep, I have one as well and yeah it’s for a SIM card.
Yup, mine came with Verizon support, but I had Google switch me to T-Mobile and used a tmo sim until it died.
Yup, and being as his had the rubber piece in it, it is the non-3g WiFi only model more than likely the XE303C12
I'm a Chromebook user ! It is my daily driver and have been loving the Chromebook experience for the past 5 years.
"Oh no the Chromebook has a password"
*laughs in powerwash*
Hearing that you donate these machines to people who need something that works to get access makes me like you even more.
Thanks. I appreciate that. : )
the funny thing is that now half of the OS is android
TheA_Gamer554 i mean.... the ENTIRE OS is android, it was from the beginning
but now a lot of apps are .apk and they included the play store and all
obscenityib Umm no, it is not android. It may run .apks. But it’s based on the Linux Kernel.
@@unlikepaladin yes, but android was also based on linux, so converting the kernel was easy
TheA_Gamer554 I’m aware android is also based on Linux, so yes, they simply coverted the kernel... But it’s modified.
Every time i hear the Crazy Ken intro i turn up my volume all the way.
I'm fine.
Love watching Crazy Ken! Great show and i always get a good laugh out of this show. It's super funny in my opinon
I saw ur post on ew1 telegram delete. Rip telegram
Didn't know you watch Computer Clan also!
-Typed in my MacBook Pro
His intro music is fire! Allways look forword to a new episode!.
All of your stuff is in the cloud - so power washing a Chromebook wouldn't matter at all ;)
well it just resets the local storage and remove his account.
Even when everything is in the cloud, there might be data stored localy only.
yeah but why would u, when u get a chromebook u get 100 GB of google drive storage for free
Douglas Walrath oh... 1 month of using it (well I would fill it in 3-4 months, I know the 100GB is forever)
considering most chromebook have about 16-32 GB of internal storage u would use it more than the internal storage
Geek49 you would fill 100gb within 1 month... With what? Docs documents?
I took a few old computers and installed an OS called CloudReady by Neverware which is essentially Chrome OS and it runs great on these systems. It's been running on my grandparents Vista era Toshiba laptop and they love the operating system.
How coincidence.
I tried that too,on my Toshiba.
It was kinda faster than Windows 7 but not too much and everyday tasks work fine.
@Zethex Nope
Not yet... they're planning on supporting it soon.
It is chromium os that was edited
Our school is sponsored by chromebooks. Yes. You heard that right. Sponsored. We have 250€ used chromebooks without google play store and specs from 2012 tablets. Also using other devices for school stuff is banned.
Same here! The hardware is soooo cheap that no matter how good you treat the computer it still breaks appart easily. Atleast i know im not the only one in a school with these piles of trash!
"Also using other devices for school stuff is banned." What? Even in private away from the school? Surely they cant stop you using another computer to work on something and transfer it to Google Drive
Our school had the EXACT same type of chromebook in the video.
Exactly! i had one trying to move away from Windows (Got a mac now) But when i got one of these. After 6 months of use. the trackpad and battery wouldn't hold a charge. few years later my mum dropped it and the LCD cracked. So now the LCD trackpad and battery do not work. Although if i plug it into an external display and charger it still works fine.
they like it because it is dirt cheap and hard for kids to mess with the settings though honestly they could do better though
Fun video! Two tips for making a chromebook feel more like a traditional laptop... right click on an app icon and select "open in window". That will cause that app to open in a separate window rather than a tab in the browser. Next, add the "Open-as-Popup" extension to the Chrome browser. That will take any browser tab and throw it into a separate window that feels more like a traditional app. These windows can be moved around, maximized, minimized, and overlapped.
Good to know. However, does the window still have the look of a browser window?
Nope. It's just a rectangle with a title bar and min/max/close buttons.
What if someone takes power washing their computer seriously?
**Someone Gets pressure washer**
Me: You're doing it wrong.
Lol. I thought about it that way too
I thought power washing was like sending higher voltage in waves
I'm glad my school gives us MacBook Airs, We had MacBook Pros from 2009 until 2015.
I use the same Chromebook, usually as a UA-cam machine.
Me too
My cousin use too
This is pretty nostalgic for me, as this model of chromebook was my 8th grade school computers. My class was the testers for our whole district and I remember these things absolutely getting trashed in only a year of use. The Samsung logo on mine started falling off with it saying Sa sun by the time we turned them in for recycling
This was the first laptop I ever bought myself. Man that thing booted up so fast. I bought it, thinking I could run Linux on it just to play Minecraft (this was 2013), but it didn’t work as planned since it had an ARM CPU. I ran that laptop into the ground, by 2015/16? The screen finally gave up and either the backlight or ribbon cable went out. I loved that thing so much. It WAS my MacBook Air of 2013, all for $250.
Subscribed today after watching some videos about old Macs. And now watching this video from same model of Chromebook.
What a small world! Thanks for subscribing : )
Chromebooks are awesome! I've had mine almost 2 weeks and I'm fine with it.
The most wholesome krazy ken video
Samsung 303c Chromebooks, common issue is battery swelling. This model was what we had the most of when I started as a middle school IT tech. If I had to guess, that store you bought from, bought them from a school and resold them. The hinges are also very fragile and snap easily. Also, escape, refresh, power is the command we use to power wash them. And yes, it is that easy. I got about 2 tickets a day where a kid hit the 3 keys to freak out the teacher.
Have more or less used Chrome OS as my daily driver since I got my Chromebook back in 2015, the Toshiba Chromebook 2. I still actually use the same one. Incredibly happy with it and it does all I need it to do. Still it's always fun to look at newer models maybe soon it's time for me to get a new one. Definitely getting another Chromebook.
Hardly game on PC anymore so my main system is almost never turned on, same with my Mac Mini.
I personally would keep the chromebook you already have, and get a Chromebox with horsepower that you can upgrade the RAM, and extra storage on as a main system.
My daily driver is a much more modern Chromebook, the Samsung Chromebook Plus. Since that model you've got was released, there's been a lot of mission creep on exactly what a Chromebook is and does. Originally, they were sub $200 machines that would run Chrome, Chrome extensions, and nothing else. They were like a dedicated appliance, they did little, but did it well, and everything about them was cheap. Cheap construction, cheap screen, cheap everything. These days, for mid-range laptop money, you can get a very high end computing experience out of a Chromebook, and they run Android apps probably better than your average Android tablet. The weight, the battery life, and the fact I never lose half a lecture to "configuring updates" like I did with a Windows machine are why it's my daily driver for uni. I use it for all of my note taking, my academic reading, and my essay writing (though, on the Samsung at least, I wouldn't want to grind out a two thousand word essay on this keyboard. I do that at a desk, with a mechanical one, but I'm picky about interface devices).
Also, I use Adblock, but I'm a UA-cam Premium subscriber. I heard from another UA-camr we're worth like a hundred adviews or something. On Windows, it's a matter of security, because ads are often deliberately malware laden, or so poorly coded they're exploitable, even if the coder isn't unscrupulous. On ChromeOS, I still use it as a matter of speed, and, since I'm in Australia, my puny data cap. I'm not wasting valuable megabytes on auto-playing video ads on my news articles. Advertisers had their chance to not be bastards and drive us to Adblock, and they failed.
And another nice Betthupferl. I think I can just relax very well hearing your voice.
I bought the Acer C720 chromebook for school and used it for 3 years, best $200 I’ve ever spent. They are perfect for students imo, our district went and bought everyone iPads which is a huge step down in my book. I had Ubuntu on mine too for some light Minecraft in the classroom. It was nice to not be so concerned about it because it was so inexpensive and it was actually extremely durable.
I was one of the CR48 testers and for a time that was my only chromebook. The transition from full screen crome browser to a dekstop was a welome one for workflow. I liked Chromebook but I would not recommend making it a primary device. HOWEVER if You need to? Can be done.
Got my first Chromebook about four years ago after getting one for my daughter. I upgraded to an acer R11 touchscreen Chromebook so I get android apps too. If I go into settings I can use some linux tools editors and IDEs if I want. You can't do everything with a Chromebook, but you can do most things with it. Unlike a Windows laptop my Chromebook is just as fast if not faster than it was when I got it(two and a half years ago). Update is a simple restart when prompted and it takes all of 30 seconds not like my Windows laptop with the last update taking 15 minutes and several restarts (it is a low end laptop and has similar specifications to my Chromebook).
Great video, Ken! I find it pretty exciting to explore new tech!
Also, I have a new idea! You should try some old version of Windows on a PC/VM. I would say Windows 2000 - Windows 8.1. (incl. XP & 7)
I used a chromebook at school for a month and then I got a macbook.
Even if it was suited for the job, the lack of proper internal storage and the limited OS was definitely not for me though.
But I see how it can be useful for computer beginners
You are speaking about the MacBook?
Some Chromebooks use M.2 SSDs like the ACER C720. Just don't drop it or you'll break every plastic standoff inside of it.
Chromebooks are more advance now
chromebook can't do 2 things, 1. PC games 2. media creation...90% of consumer base dont do such things. since you named a macbook... i sure hope you didnt pay a ton of money for you not to create media because macs cant play games (well....cant play the majority of them anyways.)
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X131e(intel ver.) Chromebook that while it has an M.2 SSD it also has a slot for a 2.5in HDD, so I was able to drop in a sapre 500GB WD Blue drive I had laying around for extra storage along with upgrading the ram to 8GB of DDR3L, and after all was said, and done I had a fairly laptop that only cost me $130 after the RAM upgrade as I found a seller on eBay who was getting rid of them from a school system for $90 a pop with free shipping. Also far as gaming on Chromebook with models that support the Google Play store, and Android .APK you can actually install PC ports of games like the GTA series on a Hisense Chromebook with an ARM CPU, and 2GB of RAM at 720p I was playing GTA Chinatown Wars with no stutter with a wired USB Xbox 360 pro controller before the flash storage chip died in the machine making it useless. Still damn impressive for a $99 machine with such low specs that lasted me over 2 years.
Ken, that slot on the top is for a sim card. Samsung made 4G an option on some of their Chromebook models.
I'm a Chromebook user and use Linux in dual-boot using a USB 3.0 128 GB flash drive :)
I have a Samsung Chromebook Pro. It's not my daily driver, but it does get used a lot when all I need is the internet (or some linux apps I got it to dualboot) and a good battery. It's a fantastic little machine. Mine has a Intel Core M3 and 4GB of ram.
I still have one of these and I got it new when I was a kid
This is like a throwback to what Chromebooks were before Android and now (kinda) Linux app support. I'm surprised how versatile the OS has become. There's even an application in the android market for ChromeOS devices that lets you install windows applications on it. (Now you can kind of do that with the Linux apps and wine as well but still)
It's just still kind limited hardware wise + the overhead for the linux VM containers and android.
Toshiba Chromebook 2 (first edition) here. It's my daily driver and I'm a full-stack shop/middleware dev using Pyhton, PHP, some C and all the front-end fluff like HTML 5, CSS 3 and lots of JavaScript. I'm using it in dev mode, running Ubuntu for local hacking and some other machine at Digital Ocean for development using c9.io, staging and production.
btw if you press esc+reload+power and then press ctrl+d then it erases the data even on a domain/school network
I just recently bought an Acer Chromebook with touchscreen, mainly for university but I have to say it's just awesome to use, especially on the train where an 11" laptop comes in handy ^^
Looking forward to upcoming Linux app support which was already announced for my model, hope it gets implemented as well as Android was :D
if you have a chromebook with a touchscreen, try out gstomper studio, it's a great music app and isn't reliant on the cloud. Mostly it's what I use my chromebook for.
Still can't wait for Panes. We still need a Chromebook parody.
Jesus Christ my school uses those Chromebooks lmao
My school has a heap of chrome books and we use them every time we have to use the internet. There is always a big rush for the new Chrome books even though they're slower.
I bought my Chromebook because it’s listed as being on the list to get Android apps. It’s been a long wait and no timeline in sight. Chrome OS works very well but you have to understand that it’s always going to be a work in progress especially since it automatically updates regularly. The casual user could feel a little lost with bigger updates, but isn’t that how almost all technology is now?
It is just a chrome browser with google play store support and basic OS layout. It is just a chrome browser in a nutshell, but many people now only need a browser with web apps and services.
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Chromebooks store most if not all of the user's data through google drive, with the exception of (some) local files. So the user doesn't take much of a hit at all when a chromebook is powerwashed. That's also why you can just add users on the fly from the login screen without an administrative user's login information.
Very true, and Google has held competitions with $100K in prize money for someone to hack Chrome OS to it core, and be able to open it up totally exposed, and to my knowledge no one has been able to do as such yet, which means it's one of the most secure OS you can put on a computer right now.
The school district where I live used the exact same Samsung Chromebook shown in this video.
You'd be amazed to see Linux, Android & Chrome Apps open side by side all out of the box. It's my dialy drive atm. I guess your old Chromebook does not support this yet.
I remember a year ago a Chromebook from probably 2012 from 2014 I had a Chromebook but looking at my school pretty funny huh
If you want more stuff to try on a chromebook (assuming that one supports it), look into getting it on the dev channel so you can install android and linux applications along side the chromeos stuff.
This is the first time I will see one of Ken's videos withing an hour of publishing. I wonder what he'll do with the Chromebook(s) (Firefox Nightly block autoplay feature, running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 with mainline kernel thanks to the Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility, or UKUU for short, and hoping that you jump over to Linux on your main computer).
Where would you recommend going (like types of places) to get recycled computers like this? I'd love to get some myself.
Also, my school district has a fleet of these Samsung chromebooks, in addition to a bunch of Acer C270 ones.
I'd say schools and thrift shops.
I used to use a chrome book for school before I got into CAD, video editing, and graphical design. It was fine for simple tasks and very straightforward, but incapable if you want to use any sort of “Pro” app
'She spilled her ice cream'
'oh he mean he mean'
My new favorate Krazy Ken just for those Jokes lmao
I had way too much fun with that extension, haha.
Hey, I got one from my High School! It was around... maybe $270 (I think). So, quite a bit, but not too expensive... for a Chromebook 3.
Also, I thought that the Chromebook 3 was able to run Android apps. Well, mine can (when I use my personal account on it), but I don't know about that older silver Chromebook 3.
I have a Chromebook, a Asus C202SA which i got for cheap earlier this year. I just use it for web browsing, though android app support is a nice bonus.
As for web browser I generally use Chromium on desktop, which since its the open source version of Chrome still supports the syncing features.
Idk, i can't log in with it, and some contents cannot play on them.
I stick with chrome for conven
yo i am using that exact thing rn but i only use it for yt i reccomend these if you dont really wanna use it for games and more for work and stuff i use a pc or gaming laptop for games but other than that this laptop has lasted a long time and is still going and yes the battery life is excellent to this day
yes many things that you're used chrome or Wes are or they came simple so even recovering your computer using the software is just three keys on the keyboard and that's it it's the one ESC button or the top left button plus the refresh plus the power button.
Used it as my daily driver for over half a year now I love it with alittle unbuntu and windows apps. Do i recommend one .. nope but I love it.
I like the looks of a chrome book :) As for that Reset security. Lol it is potentially a problem but who is going to remember that button combination for that type of malicious intent. Love your show Computer Clan :)
Thanks for watching. : )
I think you can install some other OS on Chromebooks. But you said that you'll give it to someone who hasn't used a computer. They'd probably be fine with a web browser and some chrome apps.
Yeah, you can use Crouton to install Linux or if the Chromebook is supported there is Crostini which allows you to run Linux apps on a Chromebook.
I use one with a linux distro called gallium OS thats specially made for chromebooks, it contains all the drivers and works great, but your milage may vary depending on the model (also i had to install a third party bios but that also depends on the model)
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I have a chromebook from high school. I had to go to a different school in eleventh grade and they never took the chromebook back. I still have it and I can't do anything with it because the school still has full control over it. I wanted to learn how to use remote desktop on chromeos but i just got blocked from it. It would be great if I could use the chromebook for the purposes I want to use it for because I am a learning computer repair technician. I wish there were a way I could gain control over the laptop or if I could give it back, that would be great.
Older video, granted, but I grabbed a Chromebook for much the same reason (since we had people at work using them for Citrix and nobody had used one.) It wasn't bad - not something I'd use as a main machine, but if I were going to school or somewhere I needed a low cost machine I didn't have to worry about? Sure, I'd use one. If my mom were still alive, I'd probably have steered her towards one.
I was issued a school owned Chromebook back in my sophomore year or high school and let me tell you, idk if it was because it was a school owned device or what, but that thing was a flaming hot piece of garbage. It used a MICRO USB CHARGER??? (that barely worked anyways). Thank God I made the switch to Windows and then later MacOS.
Not only can you use Chrome extensions as applications on Chrome OS, now you've got Linux support as well as Android app support (look up Project Crostini, it's very interesting!).
Not every ChromeOS supports Android apps, or Linux apps without modifications. So it's best to check the model before buying to see if they are on the compatibility list, or will be with a future update.
@Commodorefan64 yeah, I forgot to add that!
Never used one myself, but I suppose these things are good if you need something for simple internet browsing. I can't imagine these things running any kind of game or heavier application.
depending on the model they most certainly can run games with models that support the Google Play store, for example before the flash storage on my Hisense Chromebook died I was playing on it in 720p with only 2GB of RAM like GTA: Vice City, and GTA ChinaTown Wars with no issues, and some models do now support .deb Linux packages that run in a sandboxed container.
Boy! Google took the inspiration!
With the open start up things,it was on MacBook Pro’s too.
If the white glowing thing on the front is glowing (not the logo),It means it’s on.
So if you open it enough,it boots up.
Pretty bad
All of the school systems I've attended in recent years use chrome books on an almost daily basis. Originally I liked them, they were better than the early 2000's Dell models still using Cathode Ray tubes. Then I realized you couldn't actually download apps on them (That is changing on newer models), and some models costed upwards of $900 while it was not hard to find the far superior computers on sale for less. These $900 variants are still made of flimsy plastic and have stickers on the keys, and virtually no useful improvements. I also find it ironic that schools expect you to write full essays on these, and yet, they don't have tab keys, as they've been replaced by a quick search key. As a result, I ended up with a 2017 MacBook Pro as my "daily driver" computer.
Yeah i had a chromebook, still got it, the asus chromeboook c100 flip
I have a Chrome book. It is the best low power laptop I've ever used. I was even able to do programming for C and adreno programming . Mine came with LTE.
Hi! May I ask what is the fix for my chromebook that only says "Graphics Console Started"? I installed windows 10 in it before and maybe the RAM or the Hard drive didn't have enough storage which is maybe the reason why it collapsed and got that message afterwards... Can you help me with this?
I've never used a Chromebook because I thought that because the software I use isn't on there. Samsung also sells Windows laptops, and when I first heard of these, The Ativ 8 was out.
most all chromebook stuff is in the cloud and tied to your account so wiping the os does nothing, as soon as you log in your stuff is there, i have the acer c720 with chrome OS and Linux ubuntu
My school had a bunch of those before they upgraded, and those Samsung chrome books break so easily. Some of them have been barely used and they look like the owner put them through a hurricane.
I used an Chromebook for an Company project. It is nice for small stuff and people who use their Computer only for internet stuff. But I still prefer using my Ubuntu and Windows Systems
I've got a Asus c100pa 4gb ram, very awesome 2in1 device, gets every thing I want done. Ran for around 300$
I have a Chromebook running gallium os, basically Ubuntu made for Chromebooks. I love the battery life and running normal linux means software support
I am Chromebook user, since my requirement is outside of Chrome OS it was my primary hardware but not my primary OS; I break out and have Ubuntu on it, Chrome OS is delegated to be a quick streaming viewer.
Notice something on the video, sometimes Ken do tap-to-click most times he did click through to have the hardware dome popping sound. That's a good telltale of a Macbook user since Macbook could but did not have tap-to-click. My first time on a Macbook I felt like a schmuck that tap-to-click did not exist in Applesphere.
i saw chromebook in the title and nearly killed myself
When you do a powerwash you can just sign back into your google account and all your data would be back. So its very secure. I have one of these. Sadly the display battery and trackpad are just gone and dead. However if i plug it into a external display and the charger it works fine.
I used to use a chromebook as my daily driver at school because I didn't need a very powerful computer to keep notes/do homework.
I could easily go back, but my new laptop is as powerful as my old desktop, and a transformer tablet, and I do programming of embedded systems, so I kinda need to bring this giant ass laptop.
I worked on a help desk for my Highschool's Chromebooks so I know the inside and out of ChromeOS and the Dell Chromebooks we used
I used to be a Chromebook user, thank God I'm now over to windows
I converted an old laptop into a Chromebook. You should try it! Look up a tutorial on Google. Its called cloud ready. It's by never ware and, the best part, it's free!!! So, give it a shot on a old laptop lying around.
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Computer Clan you give pc to ppl in need of pcs thats why,not many people in this site have the soul to do that
lol i was watching this on chromebook
I install "CloudReady: Home Edition" in a old Dell Vostro 32bits and became like a Chromebook, less the special/uniques keystrokes...
Cloudready wasn't perfect, they don't have play store but they have my job done
I've used CloudReady, and while it has it's issues depending on your hardware(sleep mode issues, multi monitor support, not booting on some GPU/motherboards, etc..) and the fact it does not include power wash, the Google play store, etc.. it gets the job done for a basic OS if you don't need something more feature rich like Xubuntu, or you don't want your end user/s having that much control to the point you are worried they might screw the entire system up like a younger child, or elder parent who's never been good with tech.
I use cloudready with my old computer :D
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If you had a supported chromebook, you could have experimented with the play store (yes, they have play store support on supported chromebooks).
I always thought Android apps were a standard feature on most Chromebooks by now
Try cloudready, its an Os that is Chromium OS (open source chrome OS), great for old PCs or Macs.
DiamondHunter7 yeah but to this day still no android support, and its not planned either.
Chromebooks are a large dumpster fire. They still have some good uses, but not many. P.S. you can still powerwash AND enter dev mode on managed devices.
Chromebooks are cool.
Only ever used my CR-48 though, and it won't update from 0.9 beta so it's not great at doing much anymore ;-;
You could also try messing around with an Android phone. (Preferably one with 6.0 Marshmallow - 9.0 Pie)
Used one, it worked well with internet access and not so well when I didn't.
I use to have a ChromeBook, but then my brother dropped his drum kit onto it and smashed the screen. Now the thing just sits in my wardrobe 😥
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A T.V or a Monitor I can plug it into
I use Chrome OS And it also comes with Google Assistant and it is definitely a win-win
and you can install apps
I have a Chromebook
I have two Chromebooks, one as a normal laptop, and one for school. They have both served me well so far. It can at least handle more than 50 tabs (ADHD is f u n), and that’s all I need.