I am picking up a Chromebook today with the idea to have a mobile android development device. I am going with the HP Chromebook x360. Not the latest one which actually has a NVME SSD, but the one before that which sadly still uses eMMC. But it's currently discounted $200 off and I have a $100 gift card to effectively save me $300. But this one has the i3-10110U and 8gb RAM. I was stuck between just buying a 14' Ryzen 3 PC and using Linux. But I miss the simplicity of a chromebook and the insane battery life they offer. I had the $169 Lenovo Chromebook 3 and I loved that thing. Albeit aside from the lack luster 1366x768 TN screen and no backlit keyboard. Other than that I would buy one of those again because of how cheap they are. But I wanted something with at least 8gb of RAM and at least 4 threads. Sadly the i3 in the HP is not 4c-4t. But it should be decent enough for learning and writing a few basic apps. Plus if I need the extra power I have a full desktop workstation I use for my full time job as a 3d Artist.
Thanks for the video. I have other laptops but I ordered my ASUS Chromebook for when I need to travel and code. I would like to learn how to use Android Studio for Android Development and I will download vs-code for programming with Django. Question? What does the Chrome os use in terms of a Terminal or PowerShell? Does it have a built in Terminal or do you have to download something like vs-code and use the terminal from this editor?
So I can run Intellij, Android Studio, VS code etc softwares in chromebook. But usually chromebooks have very less storage and very low processor. So how is the performance?
Hi, yeah you can run them all. As for performance it really depends on what Chromebook you have. I have an Asus Intel i5, 8gb ram and 125 GB of SSD. Performance on my machine is really good.
The Chromebook website will hopefully help you decide better than me. Try this link and it will hopefully redirect you to the India version. www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chromebook/ here you can filter by performance and so on. The Acer spin Chromebook and Asus C 2in1s have i7 models
Depends what type of coding you want to do. It would be fine for things like Visual Studio Code and anything from the app store. Running Android Studio will probably work however might be slow. Hope this helps!
Hey! The CPU is probably good enough for most things. The ram is perfect you don't really need more than that on Chrome OS as it is very efficient. Hope this helps.
Yes! It all depends on how powerful your Chromebook is however I have a video where I go through the installation process. It is easy and runs very smoothly.
Recently asus has launched Chromebooks (I AM CONSIDERING C214 flip model), can I go for them , are they suitable for coding They offer 4 gb ram and comes with Intel celeron dual core processor PS:- I AM A Beginner, i will be starting with html then python then java and then so on Do reply fast
Absolutely. In fact my first Chromebook had 4gb ram and it was fine for coding. Mobile app development might be a bit more slow, however should still work !