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I got Dell XPS 15 with a i7 2nd Gen, 6GB Ram, 750GB HDD, and 1GB Nvidea for very cheap recently. Watch eBay and other used sites to find barely used cheap PC's. You can get a i5 for under $300 if you just watch for deals.
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Travis said:
i5 for under 300 is a great price for sure. I'll probably get my next laptop like that then.
froggyboy604
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Travis said:
Great find. Thrift stores, pawn shops, and used computer stores are also a good place to buy affordable used computers with good specs now since more casual users are switching to iPads, Chromebooks, Google Android tablets, and smartphones, so they are selling their computers and laptops.
I think when there are more Chromebook makers like Samsung, HP, and Acer, there maybe cheaper Chromebooks selling for $150 or less like Google Android 10.1 inch tablets made by smaller electronic brands selling tablets on Amazon like Dragon Touch - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DW9 ... nch+tablet
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Jerlene said:
There is Google Cloud Print Printers http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/ which work with Google Chromebooks, and printers like the Epson WorkForce WF-2540 available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0091U ... sgamsto-20
Installing Ubuntu on a Chromebook's drive or SD card also gives Chromebooks USB Printing, and scanning because Ubuntu and Linux supports USB printers and scanners, and Chromebooks have USB ports.
froggyboy604
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Jerlene said:
There are inexpensive $59 Printers which are Google Cloud Print Ready like Epson XP-310 Wireless Color Photo Printer with Scanner and Copier which also works with Windows XP-8, Mac, iOS, Smatphone/tablet and Linux operating systems, so you can use it for more operating system and devices. It also has Wi-Fi, 1.44 inch LCD color screen, and SD memory card reader. It is available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FTG ... sgamsto-20 for $59 which is a fair price for a Printer, Scanner, and Copier combo with so many features, and compatible with so many operating systems, and devices.
Setting up a Google Cloud Print Ready printer to work with Google Cloud Print shouldn't be much harder, or easier compared to setting up a printer to work in Windows, and Mac where you need to install a printer driver, and connect it to a PC with a USB cable.
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You can also choose to spend no money by setting up your current desktop printer connected to a Windows,Mac, and Linux computer connected to the web to work with Google Cloud Print, so you can print from a Chromebook without the need to buy a Cloud Print Ready Printer. All someone need is a Google Account which they have because they need a Google Account to use a Chromebook.
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Great info froggy. Personally, I'd rather get a $400 laptop than a ~$200-300 Chromebook, but from what you've shown it's still a valid option, as in you couldn't really go wrong in getting one. Really depends on what you do with your computer.
froggyboy604
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Gamer Outpost said:
I think some poorer Desktop PC Gamers may want to spend less money on mobile devices like Laptops, and save up their money to buy a faster $500 video card like a Nvidia GTX 780 3GB , so a Chromebook could be a good option for users who just need a laptop for taking notes for class, but don't need a more powerful $400 laptop, or don't want to own a $400 laptop, and a $500-1000 Gaming Desktop PC since their desktop can do all the tasks of their laptop when they are at home. With the $200 savings, they can use the $200 they save toward a faster $500 video card like the GTX 780 3GB which would still be able to play PC games at medium to high settings for many years to come.
A Chromebook can do most of daily tasks for many users. I find it good for replying to e-mail, Blogging, foruming, social networking, watching streaming video, flash games, and uploading content to YouTube, and other media sites.
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froggyboy604 said:
Yeah. I recommend the Nvidia GeForce 560 Ti, it is the best value video card on the market (at regular price), and with pretty much any quad-core processor and at least 6 gigs of ram it can run Battlefield 4 on High settings with 50 fps easy.
If you plan on using your $400-500 laptop for mostly social networking, documents/spreadsheets, and web browsing, you had might as well get a Chromebook. I hate to see someone overpay for their computer when they won't use the extra power enough to get their money's worth.
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My father uses a Chromebook for just about everything. The only thing he ever does is use the internet, so it's perfect for him. He has the Samsung style that came out a few years ago, and he loves it! They're built pretty well, and the keyboard has held up great. It's responsive, and very user friendly. 🙂
Would recommend to anyone with little to no computer experience, as well as people who only use the internet in their day-to-day computer use.
Would recommend to anyone with little to no computer experience, as well as people who only use the internet in their day-to-day computer use.
froggyboy604
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User500 said:
Indeed, it is. I'm happy that I no longer need to run disk defrag, disk cleanup, and scan disk on a Chromebook like my old Windows laptop with a mechanical 5400RPM hard drive which was pretty slow compared to a SSD on a Chromebook.
Plus, it is so quiet if you choose to get a fanless Chromebooks like HP Chromebook 11 which don't need mechanical fans to cool it. Although, the Acer C720 Chromebooks with a small fan is also very quiet because the fan does not spin very fast which makes a lot of noise like regular laptops which sometimes even heat up the keyboard, and back where you can feel the heat when you put it on your legs to use, and also hear the large blower fan.
There also are fewer or no virus, malware, and spyware problems like Windows because a Chromebook the Chrome App store is tightly controlled by Google which unpublishes malware apps, Chrome is also more safe to use than Internet Explorer and the Chromebook's OS is based on Linux which is one of the most secure operating systems in the world because the open source Linux community has many volunteers which quickly finds, and fixes security problems.
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