cwarnar Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I'm thinking of jumping into the Chromebook world. I need a laptop for a course I'm going on for 2 months. Nothing Pixelbook worthy, mostly Documents for reports, surfing the web and Netflix. Looking at the Lenovo S330 or C330. Any thoughts or opinions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benner33 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I work in tech and heard good things about them for the simple use cases you mention. One worry would be longevity of updates but I don’t know enough on that to say anything too worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwarnar Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, benner33 said: I work in tech and heard good things about them for the simple use cases you mention. One worry would be longevity of updates but I don’t know enough on that to say anything too worrying. That's been a common issue brought up on many of the reviews I've read and the YouTube channels. But I think they're marketed like cell phones. Use for 2-4 years and upgrade to the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benner33 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I have a few friends that use them on the road or for their kids and parents. Seems you’re informed pretty well already. Personally I use an iPad for the same tasks with a keyboard so I don’t have personal experience beyond playing around with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwarnar Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 32 minutes ago, benner33 said: I have a few friends that use them on the road or for their kids and parents. Seems you’re informed pretty well already. Personally I use an iPad for the same tasks with a keyboard so I don’t have personal experience beyond playing around with one. I have a Mini 2 but it's slow and the screen got cracked by my kids. I figure getting a laptop with all the functions of a tablet for a fraction of the price is the way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav4oilers Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Fuck chrome books, lifelong MacBook guy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwarnar Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Trav4oilers said: Fuck chrome books, lifelong MacBook guy here I was a devout apple guy. But a) I'm not dropping $1000-1500 for a MacBook to use for 2 months for web browsing, Netflix and word processing and b) being in the Google ecosystem with my Pixel 2 makes jumping into a Chromebook super easy... And c) this just in... Anything Apple is highly overrated for anything other than multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benner33 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I work for Apple (frameworks team) so I’m biased for sure but for simple things in a super cheap package Chromebooks do the job (again second hand knowledge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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