does anyone know about this acer

jennifer408 · Jul 22, 2014

google has it for sell. i want to hook up a hdmi so i can hook it up to the tv, i want to hook up an external drive to it to get movies and tv series from and i want to go online with it.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrom...k.html?gclid=CJy8voy82r8CFWELMgodyUwAMQ#specs

jennifer408 · Jul 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:34:38 07/22/14) google has it for sell. i want to hook up a hdmi so i can hook it up to the tv, i want to hook up an external drive to it to get movies and tv series from and i want to go online and harass YTC folks with it.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrom...k.html?gclid=CJy8voy82r8CFWELMgodyUwAMQ#specs

Royse · Jul 22, 2014

I've been trying to bite my tongue on this topic, but a 16GB hard
drive and a Celeron processor would not be high on my list of wants.
Might I ask why you need HDMI to hook it to your TV?
Most modern TVs have a standard VGA port.
Many even have there own built in internet/network connection.

old bc · Jul 22, 2014

Here are some reviews on it.
Acer C720 Reviews

rustyacres sd · Jul 22, 2014

HDMI will give a better picture. Use HDMI for my second monitor on the computer cause the vga gives a crappy display.

MarkB_MI · Jul 23, 2014

Understand what you are buying. The Chromebook runs ChromeOS, not MS Windows. Chrome is based on Linux, and you won't be running Windows applications on it. The reason it only needs a 16GB drive is that it's assumed you will keep your data "on the cloud", meaning on Google's servers. Many of the applications also reside on the cloud and are pulled down when you need them. So for it to work well you need a reasonably fast internet connection.

With HDMI and USB 3.0 ports, I don't know why you couldn't stream movies off an external drive, but I don't know how easy Google has made this. Obviously they are going to make it easiest to store everything on the cloud, because that's how they expect to make a profit.

It looks like a great solution for someone who needs more than a tablet but doesn't want to spend a lot of money on a Windows laptop.

NNP · Jul 23, 2014

I've seen a few of those Chromebooks in use.
If all you want it to do is browse the internet and stream some movies, they work very well.
As a replacement for a 'real' laptop, not so good.

I considered one because my older laptop doesn't have hdmi out, so I was using the TV VGA port to connect them. Wasn't happy with it.

I have a home network, and my laptop has IR ports,
so after reading about the ChromeCast dongle, I gave it a try.
(plugs into the TV hdmi port)
$30....too good to be true, right?
It works surprisingly well. If you can see it in the Chrome browser, you can pipe it to the TV with no wires.
nice picture too.
(nicest feature is using all google owned apps/sites...my old laptop with Chrome browser, watching a youtube HQ video in the standard window,
click the chromecast button and you get full screen video on the tv. no window, title box, menus, comments, nothing but the video with a perfect picture, while your laptop will still have the standard window, so you can pick the next video, whatever)

Anonymous-0 · Jul 23, 2014

You'd probably like the $35 Chromecast or the $50 Roku better for movies and TV series. If you want a limited notebook computer capability in addition to the movies and TV, there are a lot of better notebook computers around. YMMV

jennifer408 · Jul 23, 2014

ok, well i ordered the acer c720 from best buy online last night and im gonna give it a try, if i don't like it i can and will return it.

MarkB_MI · Jul 23, 2014

16 GB SSD is plenty if you're keeping your data in the Cloud.

Celeron doesn't use a lot of power, good for battery life. Since it doesn't need to run resource-hogging Windows apps, the Celeron is adequate.

Didn't VGA go out with disco and platform shoes? HDMI is digital, VGA is analog. HDMI carries video and audio, VGA is video only.

Royse · Jul 23, 2014

<Sigh> This is why I try to stay out of these subjects.

"16 GB SSD is plenty if you're keeping your data in the Cloud."
There are certainly no security concerns in that.
Maybe store it on Target's servers?
But if you're not, that's about 3 or 4 movies worth of storage.

"Since it doesn't need to run resource-hogging Windows apps, the Celeron is adequate."
I have Ubuntu running on a Celeron. I find it inadequate for that too.

"Didn't VGA go out with disco and platform shoes?"
I have every input port in use on my TV including VGA and HDMI.
Its a very nice home entertainment system running off a PC.
If you tend to buy the cheapest equipment, cables, etc that you
can find you will have issues. I don't have any trouble with mine.

BTW, I have a turntable hooked to my home entertainment
system and my lime green bell bottom corduroys still fit too!

IH2444 · Jul 23, 2014

Hdmi vid is better than VGA.

My computer and monitor has both. HDMI beats out VGA.

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