Minimum Chromebook Specs
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What are the minimum specs you'd get on a Chromebook for personal use?
Obviously they require less than a PC, but how much less?
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Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum? -
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
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Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.
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Google's own for comparison : https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook_specs
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
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@manxam said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Google's own for comparison : https://store.google.com/product/google_pixelbook_specs
Way that is way more than $79.
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@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.
That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.
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@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
16GB - 512GB of storage.
The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.
That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.
It almost seems like TOO good of a deal which is why I asked.
But, for general usage and maybe Netflix, sure it is fine.
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?
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@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Co-worker was looking at this one, which, while a small screen, seems decent.
That's quite a deal. Few gen old, I would guess.
It almost seems like TOO good of a deal which is why I asked.
But, for general usage and maybe Netflix, sure it is fine.
Almost certainly.
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@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?
What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
16GB - 512GB of storage.
The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.
Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
4gb ramm is what i usually see .
anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage. -
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.
Yes, but it's the same concept on why you can get away with 1GB on a Linux server. For some things.
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@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
16GB - 512GB of storage.
The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.
Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
4gb ramm is what i usually see .
anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage.4GB is middle ground. But you can get 32GB at least I think.
Google makes models with big SSDs, Acer makes them with big procs. Here is the specs from one Acer model...
Chrome OS
Intel
Core i7-8550U processor Quad-core 1.80 GHz
Intel UHD Graphics 620 with Shared Memory
16 GB, DDR4 SDRAM
64 GB SSD -
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
What would you need 16GB of RAM on a Chromebook for?
What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.
Isnt chromeOS based on Internet use?
That was the impression I got when I looked up ChromeOS at least, Hell, we've proven how wrong I can be able things today LOL -
@BRRABill said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
What do you need it in anything for? Running apps. Chromebooks are just a computer like any other.
Yes, but it's the same concept on why you can get away with 1GB on a Linux server. For some things.
No, it's not. The reason you can get away with 1GB on a server is because it is a server and doesn't have the overhead of a GUI. Windows without a GUI uses little more than Linux does (more, but little more.)
A Chromebook is a full GUI desktop just like others. It has the same need for RAM consumption as a normal laptop. There is no way around needing RAM for apps, except to not run those apps. And that's what servers do, they don't run those things at all.
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@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@WrCombs said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
@scottalanmiller said in Minimum Chromebook Specs:
Decent ARM processor and 4GB RAM, 16GB storage.
Isn't that all Chrome books?
So chromebooks are set up bare minimum?All in what sense? They don't all come with those specs, no.
I guess, all of the chromebooks i've seen are extremely similar in specs.
Do they? 2GB - 16GB RAM is a pretty wide spread. As wide as you realistically get on any other laptop range.
16GB - 512GB of storage.
The range in Chromebooks is actually more, not less, than normal other products. Way larger than macOS' range.
Then I supposed the ones i've seen have all been low end.
4gb ramm is what i usually see .
anywhere from16gb Storage - 32 gb Storage.4GB is middle ground. But you can get 32GB at least I think.
Google makes models with big SSDs, Acer makes them with big procs. Here is the specs from one Acer model...
Chrome OS
Intel Core i7-8550U processor Quad-core 1.80 GHz
Intel UHD Graphics 620 with Shared Memory
16 GB, DDR4 SDRAM
64 GB SSDI stand corrected.
