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Post by Braz on Sept 13, 2021 11:57:50 GMT -8
Hey all- going to get a new personal laptop in the next few weeks. I likely will use it for bbs, personal banking/stonks and general browsing/streaming if i travel. no need for gaming or massive memory idt.
looking into mac book air but its about 1K. figured id ask my virtual friends for some advice if you have something thats been good bang for buck or other opinions
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Post by Galo on Sept 13, 2021 11:58:27 GMT -8
Surface Pro >
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Post by autumn harold on Sept 13, 2021 12:11:26 GMT -8
just get a chromebook. all you need.
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Post by Go Niners on Sept 13, 2021 12:12:12 GMT -8
MacBook Pro.
Love mine!
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 12:20:39 GMT -8
Macs are overpriced.
I love my wifes old SurfacePro + (it plays the old version of OOTP for online fun)
But for what you listed, Habes is right, all you need is a chromebook
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Post by 2 years left on Sept 13, 2021 12:29:59 GMT -8
make sure its AMD!!!
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Post by Braz on Sept 13, 2021 12:53:42 GMT -8
Macs are overpriced. I love my wifes old SurfacePro + (it plays the old version of OOTP for online fun) But for what you listed, Habes is right, all you need is a chromebook this is all good info. i was also looking at surface/chrome book which seem to be far cheaper. i guess with out doing too much research the mac air is apples expensive pretty version of such a thing |
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Post by Braz on Sept 13, 2021 12:54:46 GMT -8
thats just a dif processer vs intel right? |
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 12:56:38 GMT -8
thats just a dif processer vs intel right? yeah. When you narrow down your choices, we can talk processors should you go with a non mac. The answer isn't just MAD vs Intel one is better. It varies by price point. |
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Post by Braz on Sept 13, 2021 12:58:57 GMT -8
thats just a dif processer vs intel right? yeah. When you narrow down your choices, we can talk processors should you go with a non mac. The answer isn't just MAD vs Intel one is better. It varies by price point. ty. ill PM you if needed. HP chrome books start at like 300. so maybe worth saving 700 to not have an apple on the laptop i use sometimes...hmm |
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Post by GAME on Sept 13, 2021 13:06:34 GMT -8
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:12:25 GMT -8
yeah. When you narrow down your choices, we can talk processors should you go with a non mac. The answer isn't just MAD vs Intel one is better. It varies by price point. ty. ill PM you if needed. HP chrome books start at like 300. so maybe worth saving 700 to not have an apple on the laptop i use sometimes...hmm FYI a Chromebook is a fancy tablet and is not Windows based so you install apps akin to a phone. It's not a "true" laptop |
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Post by 2 years left on Sept 13, 2021 13:19:38 GMT -8
can chromebooks run FBB
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Post by autumn harold on Sept 13, 2021 13:20:50 GMT -8
hr recently released a cloud version so yeah |
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Post by kobe on Sept 13, 2021 13:21:49 GMT -8
love my chromebook
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Post by Orlando Magic Johnson on Sept 13, 2021 13:22:24 GMT -8
mac dat ass
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Post by kobe on Sept 13, 2021 13:27:06 GMT -8
you can basically do everything on chromebook that you can on windows. just takes some figuring out
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:29:37 GMT -8
probably not. It has more than enough resources, but it's running android which is linux. You can put an emulator on it or wine(this is not something that is supported mind you), but older programs usually have issues with them as they tend to use C libraries that talk directly to the GPU etc. |
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:31:00 GMT -8
you can basically do everything on chromebook that you can on windows. just takes some figuring out could you get it to run OOTP5? I've always had issues with it on VMs / emulators |
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Post by kobe on Sept 13, 2021 13:31:13 GMT -8
def go chromebook if you're just gonna be using it for browsing/streaming
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:33:18 GMT -8
def go chromebook if you're just gonna be using it for browsing/streaming |
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Post by kobe on Sept 13, 2021 13:36:47 GMT -8
you can basically do everything on chromebook that you can on windows. just takes some figuring out could you get it to run OOTP5? I've always had issues with it on VMs / emulators i didnt try would def be a headache |
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Post by Braz on Sept 13, 2021 13:46:29 GMT -8
def go chromebook if you're just gonna be using it for browsing/streaming well i assume it doesnt come with any sort of Microsoft stuff.- word ect. but no reason i cant use google docs / a cloud version i suppose. any other drawbacks |
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Post by 2 years left on Sept 13, 2021 13:50:26 GMT -8
acer swift 3 a good 'cheap' option instead of chromebook?
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:54:32 GMT -8
well i assume it doesnt come with any sort of Microsoft stuff.- word ect. but no reason i cant use google docs / a cloud version i suppose. any other drawbacks there is an office app in the play store, so as long as you have the MS subscription, you should be able to use office. there is even a way to install Rstudio so you could run the script. As Kobe said, newer stuff there is a way to get around the limitations, but if you are willing to spend some time, you can get most stuff to work. like everything, the faster the processor and the more ram, the smother your experience will be. They dont have a lot of internal storage, but get a usb 3.0 thumb drive for stuff that you would save to a normal HD |
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Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Sept 13, 2021 13:58:02 GMT -8
acer swift 3 a good 'cheap' option instead of chromebook? acer tends to be good quality, and for the most part all the ones I just looked at have decent specs. There were two with a 1.1 GHz processor that I myself would spend the little bit more to get to the 2.4GHz ones. |
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