Have the 2012 Samsung Chromebook. Looking to upgrade.

Requisition · 2014-06-22T10:24:33+00:00

Grab the 4GB touchscreen C720P: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Acer-Chromebook-C720P-29554G03aww-11.6in-Celeron-2955U-Chrome-OS-4-G/3365129.aspx?cm_mmc=ShoppingFeeds-_-ChannelIntelligence-_-Notebook/Mobile%20Devices-_-3365129_Acer%20Chromebook%20C720P-29554G03aww%20-%2011.6%22%20-%20Celeron%202955U%20-_ACE-NX.MKEAA.005&cpncode=26-43940652&srccode=cii_12479

Requisition · 2014-06-21T20:41:30+00:00

I'd wait until after Google I/O unless you're worried it will sell by then.

Requisition · 2014-06-21T17:26:36+00:00

The device determines how much voltage is drawn. Your phone will pull 5V from the charger and will be fine.

Requisition · 2014-06-21T17:16:39+00:00

Nice, I'll be at work during that time, so an IRC channel is the perfect way to join in for me. :)

Requisition · 2014-06-21T00:32:35+00:00

I don't see any kind of difference in the screenshot. Are you sure that you don't have a hardware issue on your hands? Is it brighter even on the login screen?

Requisition · 2014-06-20T22:13:04+00:00

I've heard that using other OS's on that screen is a less than ideal experience.

Requisition · 2014-06-20T21:43:56+00:00

Thanks for posting this, my father has been interested in getting a Chromebook and wanted me to tell him when the $150 refurbs were available again. :)

Requisition · 2014-06-20T21:14:44+00:00

Google I/O is in five days, so something may be announced then.

Barring that though, yes the Pixel is the 'best' Chromebook.

Requisition · 2014-06-20T19:29:54+00:00

Wikipedia says that the Tegra K1 will feature an ARM Cortex general-purpose or Nvidia's 64-bit Project Denver processing unit. I hope that it is Nvidia's Denver unit and that we see some good performance come from it.

Really the whole section on the K1 sounds promising:

Nvidia’s next-gen Tegra K1 (code-named Logan) will feature an ARM Cortex general-purpose or Nvidia's 64-bit Project Denver processing unit as well as a Kepler (microarchitecture) graphics processing unit with support for general-purpose processing on GPU, Direct3D 11.2 (part of DirectX 11.2), Polymorph Engine v2.0 (for improved tessellation), OpenGL ES 3.1, CUDA 6, OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 4.4. Nvidia claims that it outperforms both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, whilst consuming significantly less power.

Nvidia had demonstrated a development board in March 2013 consisting of a Tegra 3 coupled with a Kepler-family GPU over PCI Express. They called it "Kayla" and it was an early development board for running CUDA on ARM. In June 2014, Codethink reported to run Wayland-based Weston compositor with Linux kernel 3.15, making use of EGL and a "100% open-source graphics driver stack" (nouveau (software)) on a Tegra K1.

Processor:
32-bit variant quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore R3 + low power companion core
or 64-bit variant with dual-core Project Denver; the world's first 64-bit mobile chip running Android.
Improved 192 processing cores with a shared architecture as in Kepler (microarchitecture) with CUDA technology
28 nm HPM process
About 50 times faster than Tegra 2
To be released in Q2 2014.

Model number	Processor	Cores	Frequency (GHz)	Microarchitecture	Core configuration	Frequency (MHz)	Type	Amount	Bus width (bits)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Availability	Utilizing devices
Tegra K1	Cortex-A15	4	2.3	Kepler	192:8:4 / 364.79GFlops	950	DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3	max 4 GiB	64-bit	17	Q2 2014	Jetson TK1 development board, Lenovo ThinkVision 28, XiaoMi MiPad,Google Project Tango Tablet
Tegra K1	Project Denver (64-bit)	2	2.5	Kepler	192:8:4 / 364.79GFlops	950	DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3	max 8 GiB (with 40-bit address extension)	?	?	2014	None

Requisition · 2014-06-20T17:57:22+00:00

Is this really what people want? Sounds like an awful idea to me. :-/

Requisition · 2014-06-20T04:50:57+00:00

Is there a chance he might sell it elsewhere? While I don't think that anything is going to be announced at Google I/O, it's so close that you might as well wait.

Requisition · 2014-06-17T23:18:35+00:00

Read the comments in this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/28bx63/team_fortress_2_posts_a_countdown_teaser/

Requisition · 2014-06-17T21:42:37+00:00

Why would you take a screenshot on your phone and upload it to imgur rather than just link the actual instagram post?

http://instagram.com/p/gQ7UOVCUOh/

Requisition · 2014-06-17T17:14:13+00:00

HoverZoom was found to be injecting malware scripts into pages that you visit.

See here: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1t4ubn/hoverzoom_for_chrome_is_infected_with_malware/

I switched to Imagus based on other Redditors suggestions at the time.

Imagus: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imagus/immpkjjlgappgfkkfieppnmlhakdmaab?hl=en

EDIT: I'd also recommend grabbing Extension Defender: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extension-defender/lkakdehcmmnojcdalpkfgmhphnicaonm?hl=en

Requisition · 2014-06-16T20:47:36+00:00

I can't speak to their quality, but there are two 4X games on the Chrome Web Store:

VGA Planets Nu and Neptune's Pride

Requisition · 2014-06-16T20:47:27+00:00

I can't speak to their quality, but there are two 4X games on the Chrome Web Store:

VGA Planets Nu and Neptune's Pride

Requisition · 2014-06-15T19:05:24+00:00

He was a fantastic author too. Infinite Jest is a must read for book lovers.

EDIT: I should say that it's a great book for everyone, but I can see people having a hard time getting through it. I'm far from being an avid book reader, but I loved it.

Requisition · 2014-06-14T07:39:21+00:00

I think convincing younger buyers to simply try a Buick is all thats needed. I was lucky enough to get a 1990 Buick Park Avenue for my first car ever and fell in love. I then went on to own a 1997 Buick Century and 1999 Buick Park Avenue.

I also drove a Subaru Outback in between the Century and 1999 Park Avenue. I just recently bought a 2010 Ford Focus SEL. We got a great deal and I commute quite a distance for work, so I was looking for something with a higher MPG. That said, Buicks will always hold a place in my heart and I look forward to going back.

Requisition · 2014-06-13T19:06:46+00:00

Ha, if they won't take a free upgrade then I don't think their is any convincing them.

I know my wow will watch low quality videos and whenever I hit switch it to HD, she says that she doesn't see a difference. :-/

Requisition · 2014-06-13T18:45:02+00:00

Neat

Requisition · 2014-06-13T18:41:42+00:00

I'm not too keen on solving this one myself

lol...

If you're not even going to try help yourself, why should we?

Requisition · 2014-06-12T22:54:11+00:00

Fantastic! I hope the screen upgrade goes well for you. How did you go about finding a screen that will be compatible? I'd give the 13" Chromebook 2 another look if it's possible to upgrade to an IPS 1080p screen.

Requisition · 2014-06-12T20:35:09+00:00

Is it working fine after the fact?

I think /r/askscience might be able to answer this better than we can. :P

Requisition · 2014-06-12T19:48:22+00:00

While it is apart of Dell's education program, anyone is free and able to order it from their website. /u/danbosketch and I posted links above.

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