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Google Intros Chromebook Plus Devices With More Power, Apps and AI for $399 (www.cnet.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The new Plus category of Chromebooks is an assurance that you'll get a higher level of performance and features but still at a reasonable starting price.

With Chromebook Plus, you're guaranteed to get at least the following specs, with a starting price of $399:

12th-gen Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 7000 processor or better
8GB or more of memory
128GB or more of storage
1080p-resolution IPS LCD or better
1080p webcam with temporal noise reduction

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (37 children)

Unless you can easily upgrade the RAM, Storage, and replace the OS when it loses support, it's still ewaste.

Yes, installing Linux is possible, but it isn't easy. I put GalliumOS on my old high school Chromebook.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

You can upgrade the RAM and storage on some of them. Installing either Linux or windows is also possible.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Possible != easy. Putting Linux on any old Windows PC is dead easy, takes not even half an hour. Linux on a Chromebook? Easily hour+ long headache on your first time.