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Or you could get a raspberry pi... 

 

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Or you could get a raspberry pi... 

^I second this, why spend more if all you need is web browsing?

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^I second this, why spend more if all you need is web browsing?

Oh my god some people on this forum for real

Emmh... Maybe consider killing yourself before you talk to me?

 

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Or you could get a raspberry pi...

Get your mom to understand Linux, meeeh I'd rather buy her a computer >_>

Emmh... Maybe consider killing yourself before you talk to me?

 

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Oh my god some people on this forum for real

I agree with that. raspberry pi if its just for internet browsing.

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Oh my god some people on this forum for real

 

Get your mom to understand Linux, meeeh I'd rather buy her a computer >_>

 

Once it's set up, anyone could use ubuntu, you just need to install it for her. Especially if all she needs is opening chromium, which has its own big fat icon she can click.

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I don't think a raspberry pi is fast enough to play youtube video's, which a lot of people consider general internet browsing. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

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Or you could get a raspberry pi... 

the raspberry pi is really slow with web browsing

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I don't think a raspberry pi is fast enough to play youtube video's, which a lot of people consider general internet browsing. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

you can but you will need xbmc

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Come on guys a raspberry pi while cheap is not exactly a great PC plus the learning curve for some people is a bit much ><

 

For like $300 that is probably a decent machine, a cheap prebuilt will suit that task just fine though you could build something quite nice for $200-$300 also!

 

Or a chromebook / chromebox might be a good idea too

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I'd rather get an ASUS Chromebox.

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Well just saw this on newegg, can't complain about that price really.

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-1801139-_-08122014_1

 

 

Or you could get a raspberry pi... 

^I second this, why spend more if all you need is web browsing?

 

Raspberry Pi is way too underpowered for web browsing. It's a basic dev platform and a decent media player but that's about it.

 

Build a cheap PC yourself, get a Chromebox/Chromebook, or one of those eBay Android stick thingies

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I would go Media PC/Browsing PC combo and get something like this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nWfmNG

this will be also very low power since that APU has only 25W TDP.

 

For those that recommend Raspberry pi.. come on guys. Just because he want to just browse on it doesent mean that he want to have slide show experience while doing it. Also video playback is something that pi can handle very hard at 1080p especialy if you are doing another things with it while runing videos.

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Come on guys, a raspberry Pi.. What if she wanted to do something else besides web-browsing? 

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Why not get an older tablet for basic web browsing?  At least it comes with a screen.

A PC with a 3.8Ghz quad-core processor is hardly a facebook machine for your parents/grandparents.  That shellshocker is actually a good deal, I'm thinking for for dormroom students.  Get it, play with virtualization, cause...why not?

 

(edit:  unless your talking about the second one, the dell, then yea.  that is a pretty low rent system)

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Raspberry Pi is way too underpowered for web browsing. It's a basic dev platform and a decent media player but that's about it.

 

Build a cheap PC yourself, get a Chromebox/Chromebook, or one of those eBay Android stick thingies

 

It can play quake 3 at 1080p. it's MORE than enough for web browsing.

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It can play quake 3 at 1080p.

So can a Pentium 3, but you wouldn't wanna browse the web on one of those. RPi is slow and shit. It is not fit for general daily usage.

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It can play quake 3 at 1080p. it's MORE than enough for web browsing.

 

Just because the RPi has a good GPU doesn't mean it doesn't have the CPU equivalent to an iPhone 4.

 

So can a Pentium 3, but you wouldn't wanna browse the web on one of those. RPi is slow and shit. It is not fit for general daily usage.

 

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Chromebook/Chromebox

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