Chromebook Performance Baytrai

[Britwit]

So its been quite a while from when I last did any laptop shopping and now that my 2010 macbook died its time for a new one. I've decided on a chromebook and usually with anything I look at reviews. I ended up buying an ASUS c300MA with 4GB RAM while general performance was snappy enough when I went to Picarto.TV to watch the art streams I like It would be very choppy to the point where it wouldn't work and I couldn't chat at all. Inside it uses a N2830 Celeron. It even stuttered and lagged with Google Docs. Two things that just wouldn't cut it so I ended up returning it. Upon trying to test the same work load with my mother's HP laptop with a N3540 and it worked without a hitch. I'm now looking at a Dell chromebook 13 with the core i3 5005u and I'm not too sure on the performance of it compared to the Celeron and Pentium in the other computers I've tested. I know they're based on different architectures from baytrail m and broadwell. Does anyone else think that the new i3 would be able to support all the multistreaming at the lower clockspeed of the two?

[CandleJakk]

25 minutes ago, Britwit said:

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i have a chromebook... they suck

 

if you really need a cheap laptop get an HP Stream, or buy a used mid-high end laptop.

 

if you wanted to spend more money then... http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/hewlett_packard_hp_350_core_i5-5200u_15.6_hd_ag_led_sva_uma_webcam_4gb_ddr3_k9j03ea/version.asp?refsource=LDadwords&crtag=LD&gclid=CjwKEAjwxce4BRDE2dG4ueLArHMSJADStCqMS4rgRV6mkmfLYbbLDPe1mjceZkaz4jweo9DiHA4_aRoCGAXw_wcB (£350, i5) http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-silver-10137559-pdt.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwxce4BRDE2dG4ueLArHMSJADStCqMZiJaGvVlWhZFpgdaYnGDzssPTiW8iq4IQFe0ZzKCbRoCkFXw_wcB&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!93617644579!!!g!132120350179!&ef_id=VlCYAQAAACuGVGYm:20160416173525:s (£300, decent processor, will perform a lot better than a chromebook)

[Britwit]

2 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

i have a chromebook... they suck

 

if you really need a cheap laptop get an HP Stream, or buy a used mid-high end laptop.

 

if you wanted to spend more money then... http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/hewlett_packard_hp_350_core_i5-5200u_15.6_hd_ag_led_sva_uma_webcam_4gb_ddr3_k9j03ea/version.asp?refsource=LDadwords&crtag=LD&gclid=CjwKEAjwxce4BRDE2dG4ueLArHMSJADStCqMS4rgRV6mkmfLYbbLDPe1mjceZkaz4jweo9DiHA4_aRoCGAXw_wcB (£350, i5) http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-g50-15-6-laptop-silver-10137559-pdt.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwxce4BRDE2dG4ueLArHMSJADStCqMZiJaGvVlWhZFpgdaYnGDzssPTiW8iq4IQFe0ZzKCbRoCkFXw_wcB&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!93617644579!!!g!132120350179!&ef_id=VlCYAQAAACuGVGYm:20160416173525:s (£300, decent processor, will perform a lot better than a chromebook)

So you'd say the 5005u is a decent processor? I'm completely fine with chromeOS as it is just being used for internet use, that's it. Any work I do is done on my desktop. 

[CandleJakk]

4 minutes ago, Britwit said:

So you'd say the 5005u is a decent processor? I'm completely fine with chromeOS as it is just being used for internet use, that's it. Any work I do is done on my desktop. 

K well why are you posting if you are fine with everything about your laptop..? cya

[Britwit]

3 minutes ago, CandleJakk said:

K well why are you posting if you are fine with everything about your laptop..? cya

I'm in the market for one...

[Donut417]

6 minutes ago, Britwit said:

So you'd say the 5005u is a decent processor? I'm completely fine with chromeOS as it is just being used for internet use, that's it. Any work I do is done on my desktop. 

Only advice I will give you is get a mouse. I hated the touch pad on the Samsung Chromebook my dad has. Other than that I think you will be fine. As long as you understand the limitations of Chrome OS then your good. 

[Britwit]

3 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Only advice I will give you is get a mouse. I hated the touch pad on the Samsung Chromebook my dad has. Other than that I think you will be fine. As long as you understand the limitations of Chrome OS then your good. 

Yeah. With going back to school its being used for documents, web surfing, video watching. That's really it. I'm just not sure about these mobile processors in these laptops anymore. That's all I'm confused about in this case.