7:38 & 9:32 Great tip for "Android" & "Chrome OS" users about CPU architecture. Would like to see some good recommendations for "Cromebooks" with "ARM" CPU.
I used to buy Chromebooks, but once Apple came out with Apple Silicon, I realised they were uncompetitive. Recently bought a refurb M2 MB Air 15-inch base (8GB/256GB...same spec as this) for £700. It is 50% more, but it beats it out comprehensively on every metric. For a 5-7-year investment, I know which will age much better so the extra cost will pay for itself easily. Now, the Chrome on ARM browser is as efficient as Safari, and MB Air can easily be a much better alternative to Chromebooks, which is around the £500 range if you look hard enough. I tested my MB Air using Chrome, and the last full charge gave me 18 hours of SOT over a week of usage (7 days standby).
You know what never drops two frames? The M1 iPad Air thats 33 pct off at walmart at 399. It was 599 until the M2 Air came out. Buy the ipad or buy a full windows CPU if you need actual computing but a Chromebook’s is neither here nor there nor a good deal.
And yet the Chromebooks I use - edu tablets, sometimes with detachable keyboards - shut down and start up so quickly, and update so quickly, that I often grab one for quick browsing an YouTubing.
@@mdubb4855 the iPad I mentioned above is capable of the new Apple intelligence and has at least four more years of complete updates left for just $400. It’s better for browsing the Web because it does desktop class browsing with a mouse or your finger in an above average manner.
You know how you can tell people you have no idea what you're talking about? This comment! Every device drops between 1-3 frames when spinning up a video. Even my M1 Max MacBook Pro and the new M4 iPad Pro. If you had stats for nerds open in RU-vid when playing videos you'd see it regularly has 2 dropped frames at the start. For video consumption there hasn't been a noticeable difference between what CPU you use for some years now. They all (Snapdragon/Apple, Intel, AMD) all include hardware acceleration for video playback. Even this video had 1 dropped frame at the beginning on my M1 Max MacBook Pro as I'm typing this!
I will no longer buy HP. Bought a computer and one week after the warranty went out it broke. HP wanted more than what I paid for it to fix it and it would not have a warranty on what they fixed. I took it to a locale computer repair shop. They said they could order the parts and repair it, but they did not want to fix it because HP designed the computer to break. They said the fix might last a week a few months. They said even if worked longer they didn't want their name on it because they didn't want people to thank it was them. BTW it was the hinge that broke. 🤐
I still have my HP (g72) laptop bought in 2011, and it still works without issues. Sure, it's dated, but for a plastic build. Maybe current HP laptops or after 2011 models have probably been lacking lately.
i had audio devices, nvme ssd, whole laptops, and some random other things all break days after warranty, the speakers the next day. bro. its timed at this point.
Same experience, here in the office we had three Elitebooks (the high end business laptops) which all have issues. Battery, four times the keyboard broke, motherboard failure, ram slot failure and ports failing all within 3 years time....
