Im thinking of getting this laptop

[ConnorB]

The laptop is a chromebook. You might ask why I would want a chromebook, and thats because I want something light, cheap with good battery. I found one for $180 with 8gb of ram and a 6th gen i5. What do you guys think?

[Fasauceome]

for $180, have you checked if you can get a different chromebook in new condition? I went to best buy and got a really good deal on one for sale, and it looked like there were quite a lot on sale for cheaper models as well. Might want to scope out some other options. If you don't spy a better deal, this one isn't a bad pick.

[5x5]

It has eMMC storage. You can put an i9 with 32GB of RAM and it will still be extremely slow

 

[ConnorB]

1 minute ago, 5x5 said:

It has eMMC storage. You can put an i9 with 32GB of RAM and it will still be extremely slow

 

Im only going to watch movies and play Fallout NV on it probably. I think eMMC should be ok for DX 9 game

[5x5]

4 minutes ago, ConnorB said:

Im only going to watch movies and play Fallout NV on it probably. I think eMMC should be ok for DX 9 game

You can't run few on Chromebooks

 Its a browser,.not a.full operating system. Fallout will NOT be able to install or run. You need windows, Mac or Linux. Chrome OS does not support any graphics API used in modern games.

 

Also, eMMC is like running your OS from a USB 2.0 Flash Drive. In short, horribly horribly slo and annoying

 I would rather use a 2001 Pentium II than eMMC

 

 

[panzersharkcat]

For that much, you can get a T440p on eBay. I actually found one with a 500 GB SSD.

[Gegger]

can't think of any good chromebook deals off the top of my head

 

but if you do get one, put GalliumOS on it, it's a Linux distro designed for chromebooks, so you can play fallout

 

please get one with a ssd in it atleast

[Donut417]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

You can put an i9 with 32GB of RAM and it will still be extremely slow

Thats why Chromebooks dont come with those specs. Im honestly surprised to see an i5 in one. Most of the time its a Celeron or some lower mid range ARM cpu. 

[Donut417]

1 hour ago, ConnorB said:

Fallout NV on it probably. I think eMMC should be ok for DX 9 game

Really...... You trolling? 

 

ChromeOS isnt Windows. Your not installing shit on that machine. Pretty much what comes on it is all you get. OR you can install from the Chrome Web Store. These are built to check email, surf the web and do some basic Office stuff like write documents and some spreadsheets. Thinking you can do more will disappoint you.