idk unfortunately i’m definitely in the group of people who is fine with a tiny bit of compromise for a bit of thinness, i’d rather have a slightly thinner laptop and a couple of adapters for ethernet/displayport etc
it’s when companies exclude ports when they clearly could have fit them that annoys me, like modern windows laptops without headphone jacks, or when laptops only have micro sd slots when a fullsize sd card reader is essential for using 95% of cameras made in the past like 15 years, probably motivated purely by cost cutting
i don’t use a macbook but a macbook pro with a charge port + 3x usb 4 + hdmi + sd is in my opinion almost the perfect compromise
Definitely don’t think chromebooks are going to be slaughtered, I happen to know that our school system spends less than 200 dollars per chromebook with the deal they get from HP.
i am the youth, nobody thinks this and in fact playing with a game console versus a phone is in fact even a fashion or cultural statement that people think is cool
chromebooks are often well built with good keyboards at prices monumentally lower than comporable laptops, whilst being powerful enough to run linux well
you can quite easily get linux on almost all chromebooks, even arm ones (mrchromebox and postmarketos are references to look into for that) (postmarketos for arm stuff)
I have an hp chromebook g7 that I paid less than 20 dollars for, which has a good keyboard and is performant enough for firefox and typing on swaywm. it’s worth so little and is so light that it can just live in my backpack without worry. it’s also able to be charged from a normal usb c phone charger, supports usb c display output, and has a low power celeron that absolutely sips power
you can get much nicer chromebooks for cheap too if you’re into that, including some with unibody aluminum chassis and high resolution ips displays, all at prices less than even bottom barrel pc laptops
thx for adding this trick to my anti-generative-ai arsenal
unfortunately this had the effect of making me want a krispy kreme donut
idk unfortunately i’m definitely in the group of people who is fine with a tiny bit of compromise for a bit of thinness, i’d rather have a slightly thinner laptop and a couple of adapters for ethernet/displayport etc
it’s when companies exclude ports when they clearly could have fit them that annoys me, like modern windows laptops without headphone jacks, or when laptops only have micro sd slots when a fullsize sd card reader is essential for using 95% of cameras made in the past like 15 years, probably motivated purely by cost cutting
i don’t use a macbook but a macbook pro with a charge port + 3x usb 4 + hdmi + sd is in my opinion almost the perfect compromise
people will all claim they originally liked this design in 15 years
The VPS I rent from Ionos for tunneling is $2 a month just so you know it’s not a major amount of money.
Definitely don’t think chromebooks are going to be slaughtered, I happen to know that our school system spends less than 200 dollars per chromebook with the deal they get from HP.
I think this same computer at 699, or even 799, would have been a total home run for Apple.
599? and if this is anything like the mac mini deals in the high 400s will be possible.
Genuinely great deal for a majority of people.'
I think people who don't think this don't realize how fucking awful cheap pc laptop's still are.
wait for new macbooks releasing this week whatever you do
sorry
my bad
don’t make broad assumptions like this
I’ll add that I’d love an app that can specifically filter for campsites that aren’t for rvs.
making an item accessible to being searched for is a form of advertising
also keep in mind that what teenagers (including me) tell adults is often not what we actually think, for various reasons
i can assure you that my impression of the youth is more encompassing than yours
i am the youth, nobody thinks this and in fact playing with a game console versus a phone is in fact even a fashion or cultural statement that people think is cool
get rekt
im both
chromebooks are often well built with good keyboards at prices monumentally lower than comporable laptops, whilst being powerful enough to run linux well
you can quite easily get linux on almost all chromebooks, even arm ones (mrchromebox and postmarketos are references to look into for that) (postmarketos for arm stuff)
I have an hp chromebook g7 that I paid less than 20 dollars for, which has a good keyboard and is performant enough for firefox and typing on swaywm. it’s worth so little and is so light that it can just live in my backpack without worry. it’s also able to be charged from a normal usb c phone charger, supports usb c display output, and has a low power celeron that absolutely sips power
you can get much nicer chromebooks for cheap too if you’re into that, including some with unibody aluminum chassis and high resolution ips displays, all at prices less than even bottom barrel pc laptops
real