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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: kenmai9 on Thu, 15 August 2013, 16:47:30

Title: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: kenmai9 on Thu, 15 August 2013, 16:47:30

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-11-6-Chromebook-2GB-320GB-Chrome-OS-C710-2847-/251317512262

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 15 August 2013, 16:52:44

Very interesting and cheap. Does anyone have any opinions on this? I could use a new laptop...

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Thu, 15 August 2013, 17:01:01

Quote from: esoomenona on Thu, 15 August 2013, 16:52:44

Very interesting and cheap. Does anyone have any opinions on this? I could use a new laptop...

Chromebooks are a great coffee house machine if you're just looking to do random stuff/web surf/read. Can't treat it like an actual computer though, so don't expect to get serious work done on it.

EDIT: It's also an older version of this: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromebook_acer_c710_snbssd

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: kenmai9 on Thu, 15 August 2013, 17:15:51

It has google drive, and google docs, which is impressive.

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 15 August 2013, 17:19:05

More importantly - can you run a proper operating system on it?

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: sth on Thu, 15 August 2013, 18:34:18

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 15 August 2013, 17:19:05

More importantly - can you run a proper operating system on it?

yawn

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 15 August 2013, 19:51:24

I think it'll run Ubuntu.

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: TheQsanity on Thu, 15 August 2013, 19:55:01

Lol. I googled this earlier today. Chromebook can't run .exe

Good for Web, Gmail, and other Googly stuff.

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: Hak Foo on Thu, 15 August 2013, 19:57:57

I thought Chromebooks were required, by spec, to allow you to bypass the default install.

Best case:  I can throw Slackware or something on it.

Worst case: someone will be playing Facebook games with her legs up.

Also, caveat:  This vendor charges tax in some states; it was 139 and change for me because of this.  OTOH, maybe that means it will be shipped from a local source and arrive quickly.

Title: Re: $129+FS | Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB 320GB Chrome OS| C710-2847 [Refurb]
Post by: remedyhalopc on Thu, 15 August 2013, 20:45:47

You can run ChrUbuntu on it. I do it on my Samsung.