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What should I do with my new Chromebook (Acer C720)?

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Hey guys,

 

I've just purchased an Acer C720 and was wondering if any of you have some awesome ideas that I can do with this Chromebook? I've currently installed Ubuntu on it, that's about it really.

 

Any ideas are appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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Watch porn? Idk, download some stuff or something.

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Hey guys,

 

I've just purchased an Acer C720 and was wondering if any of you have some awesome ideas that I can do with this Chromebook? I've currently installed Ubuntu on it, that's about it really.

 

Any ideas are appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

Use it? haha I dunno

 

I actually like Chrome OS

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So you basically just purchased a chromebook for the lulz and don't know what to do with it now? #firstworldproblems    :D

I needed a note taking device for uni, but want to see if there's anything else this thing is useful for...  :P

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i really cant think of anything

u just installed ubuntu on it and got rid of that c**p

 

watch movies i guess

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MC (and I don't remember more linux compatible games for that thing...)

get some movies

eat it

dunno

I am feeling pretty hungry actually. 

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Sell it. Buy better laptop to use for note taking.

It was a pretty cheap laptop, don't really need it for anything else. 

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It was a pretty cheap laptop, don't really need it for anything else. 

 

If you dont need it for anything else, why do you want suggestions of what to do?

 

 

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If you dont need it for anything else, why do you want suggestions of what to do?

 

 

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Well initially I just need it for note taking, but just wanted to see what else it could do... 

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Browse the web. Again and again and again.

 

Run Windows on it (if possible) and use it as a Steam stream machine?

Someone actually did that, but with Ubuntu.

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Hey guys,

 

I've just purchased an Acer C720 and was wondering if any of you have some awesome ideas that I can do with this Chromebook? I've currently installed Ubuntu on it, that's about it really.

 

Any ideas are appreciated.

 

Thanks!

Someone on Youtube made a video showing the Acer C720 with Ubuntu installed running In-Home Streaming with Witcher 2 and it seems to work very well. You should try it :)

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I picked up an Acer C710 chromebook not too long ago. It's an awesome cheap little laptop that can do quite a lot, surprisingly. I was originally going to install Linux on it but found the chromeOS was more than adequate for my needs. 

 

Some inexpensive upgrades I did was swapped out the slow 320GB HDD for a 120GB SSD - boot times went from 20 seconds + down to about 7-8 seconds. Also swapped out the 2GB stick of RAM for a 4GB stick - this helped quite a bit with the more demanding tasks (like running AutoCAD 360 and having a zillion tabs open). 

 

Many people - especially on PC enthusiast sites like this, may talk smack about chromebooks, chromeboxes and chromeOS, but for many people this is all they really need. They have a place on the market and they actually do make a lot of sense. 

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do A LOT of web browsing bacause chromebooks are meant for that. not for gaming at all. maybe make it your travel laptop. but the bad thing is u cant get microsoft office

 

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I picked up an Acer C710 chromebook not too long ago. It's an awesome cheap little laptop that can do quite a lot, surprisingly. I was originally going to install Linux on it but found the chromeOS was more than adequate for my needs. 

 

Some inexpensive upgrades I did was swapped out the slow 320GB HDD for a 120GB SSD - boot times went from 20 seconds + down to about 7-8 seconds. Also swapped out the 2GB stick of RAM for a 4GB stick - this helped quite a bit with the more demanding tasks (like running AutoCAD 360 and having a zillion tabs open). 

 

Many people - especially on PC enthusiast sites like this, may talk smack about chromebooks, chromeboxes and chromeOS, but for many people this is all they really need. They have a place on the market and they actually do make a lot of sense. 

You're totally right. For me, a Chromebook is perfect. I don't need a fully functioning laptop for uni as I do most of my CAD work either on my computer at home or on computers at uni. So to me, it made no sense having a $1500 laptop for taking notes, listening to music or watching videos. When I bought the Chromebook though, the sales assistant tried talking me out of it, he said "you know this isn't a real laptop, right?"... Not many places in Australia even sell Chromebooks, it sucks that the people that are supposed to be selling them don't... 

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Browse the LTT forums?

Excellent idea  :P

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