honest review of google's chrome book

[Dunas Only Moon]

i dont know if this is the right place for this. but here goes

so if im honest, i like the chromebook, not for its power, or its speed (i think its very good on both those, but because of its strength. my last laptop (a 5500 intel gpu?) broke when it fell out of my bag in the trunk of my car, (hinge broke) but i have dropped this from higher (rolled off my bed, etc, etc), with no scratches or dents, i will not be suprised if you could shoot this thing with a gun, and nothing happens (like one of those big ones). and with its high screen resolution, and its power (for a chromebook) i give it a...

9/10

only problem is that its a laptop, that runs phone games (phones are way weaker), does not do the best as it doesnt respond with the mouse, and other keyboard and mouse issues.

if this has convinced you, go ahead, get it 
(it also comes with a feature to monitor it, for the little ones).

 

[Aerodynamic Kerbal]

Can it run KSP1 with E.V.E., Scatterer, Parallax, AVP, RSS/RO, PlanetShine and Post-processing? No? Then its a 0/10

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Mine can't really run them ok but eh its still better

 

[RevanX_LSR]

i think the usage of the word “book” is to signify education and also “paper thin”. or to signify that this thing literally has the technology of a book.

17 hours ago, Aerodynamic Kerbal said:

Can it run KSP1 with E.V.E., Scatterer, Parallax, AVP, RSS/RO, PlanetShine and Post-processing? No? Then its a 0/10

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Mine can't really run them ok but eh its still better

 

Can it run KSP1? No. 0/10

[Dunas Only Moon]

On 8/6/2023 at 4:49 PM, Aerodynamic Kerbal said:

Can it run KSP1 with E.V.E., Scatterer, Parallax, AVP, RSS/RO, PlanetShine and Post-processing? No? Then its a 0/10

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Mine can't really run them ok but eh its still better

 

can it run any mobile game on high power? yes? 10/10

 

On 8/7/2023 at 10:16 AM, JNSQFan said:

i think the usage of the word “book” is to signify education and also “paper thin”. or to signify that this thing literally has the technology of a book.

Can it run KSP1? No. 0/10

"technology of a book."
got me dying over here

also its pretty good... for a laptop that runs phone games

[Nuke]

all laptops are fragile self destructing pre-emptively generated e-waste. last laptop i had got replaced by a superior desktop as soon as i had the funds, then it lived on the night stand for 6 months, as an alarm clock. one day, about a week after the warranty expired, it wouldn't boot. i guess asking it to keep time was too much for it. if this were a desktop pc id be changing the power supply or swapping the mobo, or reading out post codes. but since it was a laptop it just got chucked in the salvage pile. laptop repair is possible, to a degree, but the success rate kind of sucks. anything wrong with the mobo, or anything not behind an access panel, is major surgery. and that's assuming it was designed to be non-destructively dismantled in the first place. 

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[matt francis]

from your review- only positive point i have got and i like it the most is playing games in Chromebook. Love it!

[TwoCalories]

My only experience with Chromebooks is with the school ones. I don't know if it's the horrendous school WiFi that makes it super slow, but they suck.

[tajwo]

There's a billion chromebooks out there so I don't know which one you are talking about. it's like titling a review of a smartphone "honest review of google's android phone"
It would be amusing to see a cheap school chromebook run KSP but I'm not sure how playable it would be. SFS is a phone game so if you can't run KSP then try that I guess.

I'm pretty sure Chromebooks run on Linux so I think it would actually be possible to run KSP on them. I just remembered this thread below so I would like to link to it

 

[KatherineEL]

Thanks for the information!

[AstroWolfie]

Wow, you have a good chromebook? I have one and it runs stuff TERRIBLY. I guess that also depends on how much space is in it, and I have had it for a few years now and had to share it with my siblings before I went to college. Thankfully, I'm saving up for a decent gaming pc now, so this problem will go away (hopefully) soon.