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Samsung Chromebook vs Acer C7 vs Other

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1. I am using this laptop for Youtube, Twitch and web surfing (and a little gaming if I can :sneaky🙂. This will be used at home and on the go.
2. Budget - $250-$300.
3. I want 720p-1080p videos and streams.
4. Any other suggestions for laptops.
 
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Chrome is a good O.S. for web, but be prepared, the Chromebooks in general compromise a lot due to their price. So basically, you're going to get a very low-end, cheaply built, slow computer for that price, regardless of what you go with.

I've used the Samsung Chromebook running the Arm processor and I loved it. I kinda want to get one just to play around with, but both it and the Acer or any other $300 Windows 8 laptop will bog down on 720p video if anything else is running. Whether it be Tabs in the browser, IM, video or audio chats, music or even a player being launched. You're going to see stutter or flat out pauses in the frame rate of the video. As the computer ages, it will slow somewhat, and this problem will worsen.

Another $20-$60 and you get into the range of the Pentium and i3 processors. While you'll still get a cheaply built computer, you'll at least get the capability of playing HD video streaming.
 
Davidh373 said:
Chrome is a good O.S. for web, but be prepared, the Chromebooks in general compromise a lot due to their price. So basically, you're going to get a very low-end, cheaply built, slow computer for that price, regardless of what you go with.

I've used the Samsung Chromebook running the Arm processor and I loved it. I kinda want to get one just to play around with, but both it and the Acer or any other $300 Windows 8 laptop will bog down on 720p video if anything else is running. Whether it be Tabs in the browser, IM, video or audio chats, music or even a player being launched. You're going to see stutter or flat out pauses in the frame rate of the video. As the computer ages, it will slow somewhat, and this problem will worsen.

Another $20-$60 and you get into the range of the Pentium and i3 processors. While you'll still get a cheaply built computer, you'll at least get the capability of playing HD video streaming.
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What i3-Pentium CPU 11" laptop do you recommend?
 
I think I will go for the Acer C7 and run Linux. My final question, 2GB model or 4GB model?
 
Of RAM? Do you mind upgrading yourself?

If you don't want to do the RAM upgrade yourself, I'd get as much as your budget allows.
 
Essence_of_War said:
Of RAM? Do you mind upgrading yourself?

If you don't want to do the RAM upgrade yourself, I'd get as much as your budget allows.
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Anyway, there isn't a 2GB 6 cell C7, so I'm getting the C7 4GB 6 cell battery. I may install more RAM later. Thanks everyone!
 
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