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wmljohn

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1650 on: August 09, 2013, 01:40:31 pm »
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AndyMacFAIL

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1651 on: August 17, 2013, 06:37:15 pm »



Anybody here have a Chromebook?

On Ebay, the Acer Outlet Store is offering the Acer 11.6" Chromebook  with 2GB memory and a 320GB hard drive (Model # C710-2847) for $129.99 including free shipping. Just add your appropriate state sales tax (if any). They're 'manufacterer refurbished' units with a 14-day return policy and a 90-day warranty.

I know they're not as desirable as a regular laptop but $130 in pretty cheap as they retail new for $200.  Tempted to order one as a backup as it has a HDMI port and three USB ports too. No DVD/CD drive but I already have a portable one if I need to use one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-11-6-Chromebook-2GB-320GB-Chrome-OS-C710-2847/251317512262?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3a83b0e846


Jes Beard

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1652 on: August 17, 2013, 07:03:57 pm »
If you get it, let the rest of us know what you think of it.

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1653 on: August 17, 2013, 07:34:56 pm »
I've been considering one too.

I think if you mainly use your computer for surfing the net, e-mail, facebooking, etc. it should easily meet your expectations.  The Chrome OS is based on the Chrome browser, which I love.  I think it would make a great couch 'puter and light traveller.  I'm considering getting one to take to my upcoming fantasy football drafts.  At $130, certainly seems like a great deal.  Just don't expect much out of it as far as watching videos or playing games.  I imagine it's rather sluggish with cpu intensive tasks.  But I've heard the OS itself is quite snappy.  The browser certainly is.

CurtOne

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1654 on: August 17, 2013, 07:44:49 pm »
I asked my son, the professional tekkie, about tablets the other day.  Of non-IPads, he recommended the Nexus, lukewarm on most others, but his last words were "stay away from Chromebooks" but he didn't say why.  Just passin' that on.

AndyMacFAIL

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1655 on: August 17, 2013, 08:32:35 pm »
too late Curt as I ordered it.  My nephew has a Nexus 7 tablet which was given to his as a gift in February. It costs $250. He says he 'likes it' but wouldn't have spent his 'own $250' for it when you can buy a Windows 8 laptop for as little as $300.   Asked him how much he used it versus his three year old laptop, he said he uses his laptop 95% of the time.

I've seen mixed reviews on Chromebooks but for $130 I've decided to give it a try.  Most of what I've read says you'll won't be able to do as much with it as a laptop, but Chromebooks can do more than tablets.  Biggest drawback I can see on this Acer Chromebook is the 3-hour battery life on a charge.  Even if it ends up being only good for web surfing, e-mails, social media, YouTube, etc. I think it will be fine for $130 as I'm not buying it to replace my Windows 8 laptop. It'll at least end my curiosity about a chromebook.  Google docs are also part of a Chromebook so you can use it as a word processor too.  It's small, quick, and has a keyboard.  Easier to take with you than a laptop when you're stopping at a place (like a McDonalds, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc.) that offer free Wi-Fi.  I'll have 14 days to check it out with their return policy if I end up thinking it isn't worth it.  Or if I keep it and it ends up being crap, it won't be the first time I've wasted $130 on something hi-tech, nor probably the last.

PC Mag review on the Acer C710-2847:  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412969,00.asp

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1656 on: August 17, 2013, 08:35:17 pm »
No problem.  My tekkie son can be a bit of a technology snob.  Hope it works out.  I got the same email from eBay and was tempted myself.

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1657 on: August 18, 2013, 12:56:30 am »
Is that a browser in your trousers?  Looks in need of an upgrade.

AndyMacFAIL

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1658 on: August 19, 2013, 04:44:30 pm »
The UPS truck just dropped off my Acer Chromebook about 10 minutes ago. Plugged in the battery and put it on charge.  Hopefully it won't take too long until it's ready for the setup process.

Jes Beard

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1659 on: August 30, 2013, 07:08:38 pm »
In another life, and another place in time.... Me, reporting from Springfield, MO.


AndyMacFAIL

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Re: The Bleachers
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dogstoothe

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1661 on: September 05, 2013, 11:40:15 pm »
Ain't much bleacherin' in this here namesake thread.  How's 'bout a pig's foot and a bottle of beer.

Scoop

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1662 on: September 06, 2013, 12:36:22 pm »
I'm writing you a song, 'toothe.  It's about the fly that's been plaguing me.  It will be something like "The Fly in my Face Blues."

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1663 on: September 07, 2013, 01:27:03 am »
I like it.  Write it way down yonder in that minor key.

Notes:  Iowa was a stumbling stone, Ames an aberration.  JR was a sucker, a Cubs fan full of curses, a romantic's achilles heel, he was in love with her and that was that.  Beerfan firing blanks.  Curtis a stick in the mud, on the short end of the stick.  Scoop dug out her nickel plated forty-four from the bottom of her sox drawer, she kicked through empty busted Budweiser cans (pee-you) off the corner of Waveland and Sheffield, at the scene of the crime.  Locked and loaded, mad as a hatter, but it made no difference, not in the long run.  She studied the slope of her nose in a mirror, and stuck her tongue out.  She lit a cigarette with a silver cigarette lighter.  All woman, singularly dangerous . . .

Scoop

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Re: The Bleachers
« Reply #1664 on: September 14, 2013, 09:25:34 pm »
To those of you elsewhere in the U.S.  Is there much coverage out there about what is happening in Colorado?  I'm not really seeing much on FOX and CNN when I tune into those stations.  Seems if it's not a hurricane, it's not important enough.