those hp chromeboxes are 149/119 at amazon

[OBLAMA2009]

those things are 149 at amazon right now. somebody go get one and tell us if its any good. if you sign up for the amazon rewards gift card they give you a $30 gift card, making it 119

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Chromebox-C...ords=chromebox

 

[you2]

Pity they are not dual channel like the asus box. Anyways I would go with the asus version (which I have one running ubuntu 14.04 (linux)). The crhomebox is $166 + $10 rebate; so $10 more but for $20 you can add another stick of ram if you want 4GB; it will cost you $40 to bring the hp box up to 4GB.
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newegg was throwing in $20 gift card on the chromebox no clue if it is still available.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i betcha we see these thangs on woot for $99 before black friday

 

[Roland00Address]

Can you upgrade the storage on these if you want to hack it and put linux on them or xmbc?

 

[you2]

The storage is standard msata card; no real hacking; you open it up add ram and can replace the storage if needed. Covnersely it has 4 usb slots AND sd slot so you can use a usb or sd card for storage if you want. Ton of folks are using these for xmbc (linux based):
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=194362

 

[IamDavid]

i wouldn't wish thee on anybody!!! Right up there with the $79 tablets around Christmas time. total garbage.. just sayin..

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i wouldn't wish thee on anybody!!! Right up there with the $79 tablets around Christmas time. total garbage.. just sayin..

why do u say that, do u have one? they get pretty good reviews at amazon/newegg. id take one of these over an atom pc anyday

 

[Bateluer]

i wouldn't wish thee on anybody!!! Right up there with the $79 tablets around Christmas time. total garbage.. just sayin..

What? These are most certainly not in the same category as the Chinese ~70 dollar tablet shovelware.

I have the Asus Chromebox, same CPU and RAM. And its one peppy little box. Boot instantly, browses the web without a hiccup, streams Netflix easily, and handles Google Docs like a champ.

 

[jacktesterson]

i wouldn't wish thee on anybody!!! Right up there with the $79 tablets around Christmas time. total garbage.. just sayin..

Obviously has no idea..

 

[IamDavid]

I've personally worked on multiple hp chrome boxes all were a joke.



For knowledgeable, experienced computer users these may be ok or even better if you stick Ubuntu in it but for the other 99.9% of the world I highly recommend staying away.

 

[ponyo]

I've personally worked on multiple hp chrome boxes all were a joke.



For knowledgeable, experienced computer users these may be ok or even better if you stick Ubuntu in it but for the other 99.9% of the world I highly recommend staying away.

So your problem is with ChromeOS and not with HP or the hardware? I'm curious why you think HP chromeboxes are a joke.

 

[Yuriman]

You can often get a Chromebook with the same hardware for the same price. I paid about that for my HP Chromebook 14.

For those naysayers, I feel the hardware is great. 10 hours+ of battery life, runs Hearthstone butter smooth through WINE.

 

[Ramses]

I've personally worked on multiple hp chrome boxes all were a joke.



For knowledgeable, experienced computer users these may be ok or even better if you stick Ubuntu in it but for the other 99.9% of the world I highly recommend staying away.

Never occurs to your type to take a moment to explain why does it....

 

[RollWave]

Yeah, my acer was like 79 bucks. Just get a hdmi and some bluetooth peripherals and its done.