[ale] what can I use this for ?

[Boris Borisov]

I haven't used Chromebook for more than 5 minutes. But I guess will be good
for my wife. She checks her email couple time a day and watches a lot of
youtube videos and Pinterest (whatever that is :). SSD will give me piece
of mind because she is not that gentle with her laptop closing it and
throwing it around.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 8:17 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> On 11/26/2015 05:44 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> >
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-11-6-chromebook-intel-celeron-2gb-memory-16gb-emmc-flash-memory-moonstone-white/8610161.p?id=1219351773817&skuId=8610161&acampID=0&ref=8575135&loc=0&productCategoryId=pcmcat138500050001
> >
> >
>
> Acer CB3-111-C8UB - chromebook.
> Celeron N2830 CPU - this CPU is crap, slow. This is a 3+ yr old CPU on
> performance.
>
> Slow travel computer, with remote access.
> Expect the keyboard to die in less than 2 yrs. Keyboard replacement costs
> $89.
> Don't think it can handle Kodi/XBMC playback. The CPU is too slow.
>
> The keyboard feel sucks.
> The touchpad sucks.
>
> You can replace ChromeOS for some other Linux and the M.2 SSD can be
> replaced,
> if you void the warranty. I run Ubuntu Server with Openbox WM. Do not
> expect a
> modern GUI to work well on this device.
>
> I have a Acer C720 chromebook that is about 2x the CPU speed of the CB3
> and an
> Acer A500 Tablet.  I will **never** buy anything from Acer again due to a
> number
> of small issues with these devices that simply drove me crazy.  The issues
> I had
> wouldn't be an issue for Kodi. At least I don't think they would.
>
> This is $99 for a reason.
>
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