This was a MISTAKE - Switching to Chromebook
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Chapter Titles:
0:00 Goodbye Apple
1:24 Hello Chromebook
2:15 The Pixel Life
4:29 A Chrome OS tablet is fine, right?
5:35 Day 1
7:20 Pixel Buds aren't it
8:15 The Limitations of the Chromebook
10:05 A Friendly Check In with Ken
11:52 Making a Thumbnail
13:25 Maybe this was a bad idea
15:03 Don't tell JerryRigEverything
16:17 My breaking point
18:41 Was it all worth it? - Věda a technologie
I think we can all agree his problem started when he opted for the 4G RAM variant instead of something that has 8 or higher
Problem is like 90% of owners are entry level so this is more realistic
@@bradleyf1342 not google enthusiasts. People who dive into an ecosystem like this will get nicer products.
@@bradleyf1342 But he's not comparing entry level if the other side of his usage isn't entry level.
@@bradleyf1342 be that as it may. But the idea behind this is, as far as i understand, to swap out Apple for Google products. So they should at least be comparable in some way.
It started when he selected a Chromebook.
I think for the sake of this test, as it was more of a "switching to the Google Ecosystem" and didn't have any budgetary aspect to it, you should have gone for a higher end Chromebook that was more in line spec-wise to your typical daily laptop. Trying to use a >$400 Chromebook in place of your $1500+ MacBook wasn't a fair comparison.
But then again, if you could buy a $1500 mac vs a $1500 Chromebook, the choice is obvious
@@s4credarr0w It's not as obvious as you think. 1500 is high for sure, but if you don't intend to use that chromebook for anything MAC and you aren't technically inclined, there is a large market for high end ChromeOS oddly enough.
If you’re going to buy a high end chrome book you might as well buy an actual laptop at that point
He said the Chromebook was 1/10th the price, so we can only assume his Macbook is like $4000, so it must be loaded with everything you can get on it.
Bro he was doing basic tasks?? This should have worked flawlessly , he wasn't rendering video or editing audio files, or touching up photo's ... this is a fail.
As someone who daily drives a Chromebook, I think this video would’ve turned out very different if he had picked something like an Acer Chromebook Spin 714 or a Lenovo Flex 5i. Maybe next year 😉?
Agreed, though the Duet 3 is certainly not a bad choice if the primary usage is as a tablet. As a laptop, the Flex 5i is definitely better.
The result would have been the same, he has clearly an emotional attachment to apple products.
He might as well have compared hes apple eco system to an old 286pc with 1meg of ram, still same result.
Naah those acer spin chromebooks are rlly slow.
I need to use macrium reflect, batteryinfoview, flightgear, other browsers, iTunes, and other software and you can’t and the program compatibility sucks, and windows has more software support. Windows is way more customizable and chromeos has a way worse file explorer and you have to relogon every once in a whole after you sign out which requires time and worst of all it requires wifi, so sometimes you’re quite literally locked out of your laptop. Also chrome books have horrible upgrade ability and literally the only thing you can upgraded is the wifi card. Chromeos also doesn’t allow icons on the desktop so quite literally is wasting 95% of the space on login for just a wallpaper. Literally the only thing good about chrome books is the battery life and MacBooks already do that better and with better performance. Windows is way more versatile and capable, admit it. A chrome book is just an android tablet with a keyboard. Any 150 dollar thinkpad or elitebook quickly outpaces a 150 dollar chrome book easily. And imagine naming an OS after a browser. 😂😂😂
imagine daily driving a chromebook lol. You have to find one that has replaceable storage and install linux on it. Then they are decent little laptops
We can all agree that the chromebook was straight up an unfair fight from the get-go. Okay sure chromebooks are not that great but something like the 'HP X360' chromebook at least would have made it acceptable to work with. Even though Austin said he doesnt hate chrome OS, he should have took an attempt to try a decent chromebook, not the e-waste chromebooks people ditch within 2 years.
Exactly and would have been $20 more right now.
I would have been much more interested if you went with a quality Chromebook. I want to see how a high end Chromebook with usable specs can be utilized rather than immediately knowing it’s going to be a trash experience with 4gb of Ram
The use case doesn't make much sense though. If you're going to spend 6 or $700 on a laptop, why would you go the Chromebook route instead of a proper Windows machine?
@@teh_bruno150 agree. i bought asus tuf f15 2021 for 600$ from bestbuy. (rtx 3050 + i5 11400h). great deal i think
Quality and Chromebook? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@teh_bruno150 You can get a good experience in the $500 range. I have a Pixelbook Go I got used, here are the benefits I get:
1) Thin, light and no fan.
2) Much better build quality than similar priced windows laptop
3) Great battery life
4) No issues with standby/hibernation. I close my laptop, I can be confident I'll have battery left days later.
5) Chrome is quick, and I can fill it up with a ton of tabs (I normally have 100+ open) and not experience any significant issues.
I simply don't need Windows on my laptop, so I'm paying for an inferior piece of hardware, for the option to maybe use software I've not used ever? That doesn't make sense to me.
That’s just wasting money at that point you may as well buy a real laptop
Looking back, I know there are not many reasons to justify an over 500$ Chromebook but replacing a Macbook with a 390$ (or less) Chromebook doesn't really sit right with me.
Of course the hardware difference, not to mention the software, is going to affect the experience. Not trying to compare directly with the Macbook (because that is not really an apple-to-apple comparison), but you should have at least chosen a Chromebook with specs that is good enough so the experience would depend mostly on the software, not both.
More so if you're trying to do a lot of tasks you used to do on a Mac.
From the start, you brought to yourself a lot of avoidable frustration.
He's slumming.
I think what he did and what he planned conflicted
What he did on the Chromebook didn’t even seem that demanding though. Considering most chromebooks that people would consider are in that price range, not a good look.
This. He picked a device that would replace and ipad not a mac.
@@darkmaster539 Even the cheapest iPad is far more expensive than this. That wasn't his intention, he replaced his workhorse top end MBP that is $4K with a $380 ChromeBook. That or one pretty low end device to replace both not so low end.
Buying that Chromebook with 4 gigs of RAM was the equivalent of buying a GT 520 for gaming in 2022. That's not the "entry" level, that's the "why would you even bother" level.
I'm one of those weirdos who's been using premium chromebook solely for work related works( I don't want an option to do anything else on it other than what I need to do to focus, and I prefer that simplicity). Good hardware does make a huge difference. When I made a switch from Pixelbook to Pixel Slate, the difference in hardware was big. I hated that flappy keyboard with weird circle shaped keys and the processor that i purchased was lacking(later they updated it but I did not get that). And when I made my switch to pixelbook go, it was all great again. Premium chromebooks do last. I still use my pixelbook from 2017 daily at home for simple stuff like browsing the web to chromecasting to pc. Your criticism on chromebooks hardware could have been fixed easily if you went for at least a pixelbook go. It's not a massive jump from your $380 chromebook. Considering your daily driver cost you $4000.
this is "using tablet with 4gb of ram challenge" not a chromebook challenge . I don't understand why Austin didn't go with a better chromebook
I'd say if he had gone with a decent Android tablet like the Nokia T20 with only 4GB RAM/64GB storage, he would have had a better outcome then a 4GB Chromebook for his task using Android apps, and the Google Chrome beta browser.
From my experence with ChromeOS unless you are doing really lightweight stuff 4GB is just not enough, as I have an older Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny mini desktop attached to my 4K TV with an Intel Pentium J series CPU(got it for $40), and it only came with 4GB of RAM, and just doing some simple task at 1080p was not a good experience with ChromeOS Flex I had installed on the 256GB SATA SSD, but once I popped in an 8GB DDR3 SODIMM it really brought that little computer to life with ChromeOS Flex, and I was able to enable the use of Linux apps to do even more things.
Bc Chromebooks are supposed to be cheap? What’s the point of spending $500 or more on a Chromebook when an used Mac or even new Windows laptop is that much more capable?
Because he intentionally wanted the challenge to fail.
@@ekim4926 ram isn't all that expensive though
@@hydrochloricacid2146 and laptops with upgradable RAM are? Chances are most Chromebooks in that range have soldered memory
This was a fun video, no doubt, but I really feel like the chromebook was not given a fair shot here. I don't understand the choice to go for a cheaper less powerful machine. You even said yourself there was a better (admittedly more expensive) option available
because if you have 700 dollars you're not buying a chromebook
@@theteddychannel8529 exactly.. I'd better off with windows rather than 700$ Chromebook
he couldve listen to spotify if he wanted but made the challenge harder fir himself by going STRICTLY Google products, hell, he couldve just used youtube rathe trash YT music.
@@alponselrik depends if you're comfortable with Linux apps or not. I'd rather do software engineering on my Chromebook than my gaming laptop running windows because of Linux
@@17arando Or just buy a good Windows laptop and dual boot Linux on it. I've been doing that for years.
I've had a chromebook duet 5 since lunch and have worked just fine for going to meetings, clients, university and do some light work at home with office 365. Like some people said, the problem was him picking a budget chromebook to replace his Mac.
He also intentionally bought himself the 11-inch version so he could complain about the keyboard. He was never going to give this a legitimate shake. Whole point was to just laugh at Chromebooks for being less powerful.
I also have 2 duet 5 and i love them. For the price, and the quality of the screen, it's really good. Those machines are built for cloud stuff, and they work just fine for that. I have to agree tho that apps on a chromebook are a fifty/fifty. Some works really well, some don't.
Ohh and battery life is off the charts.
I use a Chromebook as a daily driver for personal stuff, and a couple of Windows 10 laptops for my work. I think if you understand what a Chromebook is meant to do - and what it isn't meant to do - it works just fine.
I don't think I could use a chromebook as a daily driver forever either but I don't think it was given a fair shot here, if your routine requires a certain spec level then you have to account for that and not get one of the cheapest ones you can find. I'd love a redo of this but with a better Chromebook and a fitbit over the pixel watch (it says Google on the box now I think it can count on technicality)
linux would save my ass
Agreed, he should have gotten a better Chromebook, and supplemented things with Android apps, along with turning on the ability to use Linux apps, and that would have fixed a lot of his problems, and an easy fix for the Xbox controller would have been to just plug it in via USB if it's having bluetooth issues.
Tier wise it is a dud. I have been using Kruton as a sideloader for years. I don't daily drive it 100% but, it gets about 75 % work and travel wise. I don't mind it but running just chrome os I would probably snap.
Using a Chromebook for daily tasks is not bad if you only use the Google web apps.
Also, Austin should do the Intel ARC Challenge.
bro shut up npc
I think Austin games mostly on his Xbox but if he completely replaced his Xbox with a 13900k + 32GB RAM + Intel Arc system, that might make for an interesting video. I think the problem with the Arc challenge (unless you're big on VR fitness like Linus) is that you can simply not game and make it through. Whereas this Google ecosystem challenge really can mess you up as shown with the part with the sponsor meeting.
With some finagling you can also unlock it to use Linux. So Austin really should have gone for the $700 chromebook (which would have been more fair) and then unlocked it. It takes a couple minutes and google has a guide. It's 5 clicks. Would have given him way more options.
Now to be fair. For a normal Joe, they likely wouldn't do this. But also to be fair, a normal Joe is probably gonna get a laptop from work, or just buy a mid range windows laptop. And if they wanna do anything more serious I don't think it would take long for them to come across the 5 steps needed to enable Linux on a chromebook.
@@dragofand but when spending $700, its more worth it to just buy a well established windows laptop? Or hell even a used macbook.
He changed the name of the video
the amount of work that gets done behind the scenes is crazy.
With my Chromebook which was slightly more expensive with an i5 and 8gb ram I ditched windows completely. I can do everything I need on my Chromebook. I'm no video or photo editor so I can imagine that the Chromebook is not suitable for that kind of work. But as a Network/Server/Security engineer I can safely say that I never need a Windows or Mac for that kind of work.
His frustration with the Chromebook was his own doing by going cheap. That's his fault, not the device.
Real
Fr got the lowest spec device to replace a higher end one. Don't understand the thought process lol
Indeed, buying something that costs way less is just to save him money, but if you do a video commit to it and do it properly
Yeah like what in the hell is this apple bias? Apple is straight up garbage, and while I wouldn't recommend getting a Chromebook over a Windows laptop, it's still better than the walled garden that is apple
Exactly the duet Chrome book are for kids to watch video's on and basic games and google docs not video editing or photo editing
I'm not sure what to say. You just purchased a device with 4 GB of RAM & promptly went on to complain about and suffer the consequences of that purchase.
How you think it would be at all appropriate too discuss and ecosystem in that context, particularly when 4GB of Ram with a mac would handicap you significantly more, is bizarre.
I really like your review, nex time try a high end Chromebook, somethink like the Acer Spin 714.
While reviewing Chromebooks I always check the following list.
When reviewing Tablets , I think that a few use cases should always be covered like:
1.- Note taking
2.- Drawing
3.- Book Reading
4.- Video Viewing and video streaming to TVs
5).- Audio listening quality
6).- Productivity Apps: spread sheets, document creation, presentation tools
7).- Video Conferencing
8).- Photography and image editing
9).- Video Editing
10).- Programming - Software Development: IDE + Programming Languages
11).- Connectivity with screen displays and other accessories.
You review touch most.of the above checklist, It's not easy to find content on CZcams with this much of information.
Thanks 🙂👍
It may not compare to a mac/apple lover, but coming from the frustrations of someone who've owned many windows computers "crashing, viruses, slow hardware drives, and difficulty archiving docs, Chromebook is very user friendly & eliminates most troubling issues... I gave my 70+ yr old mom one for her birthday & she loves it because its so easy to use.
i want this same challenge but with the new "Gaming" chromebooks
Been there done that. Its hit and miss on what works on Gaming chromebook. The laptop itself is ok.
I'm bummed that you bought a tablet instead of an actual Chromebook. The Duet is not a comparable product to your Mac. There are of course Chromebooks out there that are more comparable to your Mac. A Duet 5 maxed out would have been more advantageous but still not comparable to your Mac. It just seems like this experiment was setup to lose from the start.
Oh well gotta make apple look good
How else was he going to make content where he was all dramatic and complaining if he didn't do that level of illogical? He should do another video where he replaces the MacBook with a stick of gum or a laptop from 1995 next, it would make the same amount of sense.
He should have got an Acer Spin 5 or Pixelbook Go.
if your going all google you gotta go with the higher end pixelbook or atleast a better supported chromebook. i have the hp x360 and its a happy medium with 8gb of ram, but id love to get a 16gb chrome os
I appreciate that you did this experiment, Austin.
The error Austin made was going for a budget chromebook, if he wanted to do like for like he should have really got a high end one.
Or a Samsung one.
Hell he was trying to use the whole the google ecosystem, he could have gotten one I’d those high end google chromebooks
error? what error? it was an intentional choise to make the crhomebook fail harder. Damn, I'm surprised Austin didnt break the screen on purpose just to cry harder.
You dont get an old, underpowered, 300$ on sale chromebook and then s**t on it because it can keep side by side multitasking with your last model, 4000$ version apple-book.
It's a, what?, three? four? order of magnitude in difference. He was prolly paid to s**t on something while making apple shine.
I use a regular Chromebook laptop, and it's great. My thought process is that I have a desktop for any heavy lifting, the laptop is for work and cloud gaming.
To go all in on the Google Ecosystem he had to buy the Pixelbook Go.
I feel like this wasn't quite a fair fight here.
The Pixel watch is a first gen product vs that 8th Gen Apple Watch, the Mac Book Pro vs an anemic Chromebook. I too want the tighter integration like apple has but I'm not entirely sure you gave it all a fair shake.
Except for MacBook, I use my iPad Pro as my all round small laptop while carrying my moto edge 20 fusion and realme buds 3. Also having a windows laptop that also runs Linux for programming, some editing and all. So I don’t think every person can have all the Apple stuff while wanting that connivence that android and windows gives. So I use different things in my daily life so that I don’t feel bound to one ecosystem.
As someone who recently bought Chromebook, he really should have bought a better Chromebook with at least 8GB of RAM.
Check what % of chrome book owners are entry level owners and see how this is 1000000% closer to reality for the majority of the owners
@@bradleyf1342 I'm just saying; I got an 11th gen i3 equiped Chromebook with 8GB of RAM for just $269. 🤷
Also, most people aren't doing the kind of work he's doing.
Chrome books are still trash, at that point buy a Windows PC or a Mac.
@@corruptedpoison1 Eh, it's been more capable than I initially thought. I think there's a purpose, but I do agree there's a certain point where it is straight up better to get a Windows based machine. But there's still better Chromebooks than what he got for less money even.
@@bradleyf1342 Problem is he specifically did tasks that majority of owners would never be doing...
For imaging, I use GIMP on my Chromebook (through the Linux option).
Also runs Blender this way quite well
I use my 10.5" tablet in portrait mode for reading purposes. So yes some of us do use tablets in portrait mode for certain use cases
"I'm a content creator so for this challenge I'm going to find the cheapest possible Chromebook without the specs I need to actually complete this challenge."
You could of gotten a more updated chromebook...this test was doom to fail from the chromebook that was choosen..
There should have been an option to format a Windows machine with Chrome OS for higher specs, and a section in your video about the software alternatives you managed.
The only thing wrong with ChromeOS is I had to Google how to take a screenshot 😂
Been using a Chromebook for nearly 3 years and I love it
"I'm going to say chromebooks are bad by going middle of the road and not giving them a fare shake. Should have gone with the $700 one since that's the one people who'd actually think of buying one for anything more than a netbook would buy." Yes, I have tried many chromebooks and currently to my right is the Chromebook Slate from Google. Sitting on top of the Surfacebook 2, both I don't touch. I just need a new battery in the Surfacebook. Since I kind of still like the device.
Why spend as much for a Chromebook as for a PC? Just get the PC. Price is the only advantage of the Chromebook.
The only reason someone would want to buy a Chromebook is because of how cheap you can get one. He should have gotten an 8gb one, yes, but if he had bought a $700 one, it probably would have amplified how awful it could be compared to something like, say, an equivalent Windows computer which would be way more capable.
Sounds like a waste of 700.
@@whitekong316 Not if your whole gimmick is, "Chromebook challenge".
@@tdata545 would definitely still be a waste of 700. More ram yes but that can’t cost that much.
That pixel 7 video actually looked great to me, I honestly didn't know it was off of a phone in that indoor shot of you sitting until you said so.
compared to an iphone it's actually not even close. but yeah the video is completely fine looking.
in the chromebooks defense, it was a 350 dollar laptop being compared to a macbook that easily cost over 1500 dollars
He could have spent the EXACT same amount of money at the exact same store and gotten the Lenovo Duet 5, which has double the ram and a 13-in OLED display.....
But it costs 300, comparison seems unfair
Do again, but with a top end Chromebook 😈
Austin you could have gotten the 12th gen framwork chromebook that way it'll be more fitting to compete with the macbook pro.
I would like to see him do a high end chrome book and see how it does
ChromeOS is for most people's everyday computing. It's not for your work and everything as someone who needs specialised software. Buying something so cheap was also odd.
Yeah, he bought a notebook with 4gb of ram, he wasnt even trying.
I have to agree, the cheap chromebook option made me take this less seriously unless they were trying to go budget versión.
guys, just a heads up for the controller issue. 90% of xbox controllers need to be updated (xbox accesory app on Windows w/ usb c cord plugged in, unless you have an Xbox wieless adpater) for bluetooth to function properally. Discovered this with my steam deck.
You'd think if he was going to replace his MacBook for 30 days, he'd go for a higher spec Chromebook like the Acer Spin 713 or any other one with at least 8 or 16 GB RAM and at least 256 or 512 GB of storage. Plus the bigger screen size would have been great too. I'd only say this if his budget wasn't limited as that's what I'm assuming.
Windows or Mac would take the whole 20mins of this video to just start running on a 4GB machine 😂
I had a Jerry rig flash when you started to bend it. All I thought about then was "grooves at a level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7"
That Chromebook has a 8Gb option, I'm very surprised you didn't pick that one or at least something that isn't super budget.
Also I have the older version of that Chromebook for 2 years and it's perfect other than a few scratches on the screen. It was fine for me during school and playing games on Android apps with no performance issues with the 4gb option :/
I have the 8GB Duet 5 and it's fantastic. Obviously I'm not a video editor, but it does everything I need pretty well.
Swapping a MacBook for a Lenovo tablet seems like a weird choice. Move of an ipad exchange imo
You should've gone into the Google site and gotten the pixel book go, it's a little more expensive, but it's definitely worth it, pretty much syncing up with all your Google devices rather easily
I run a Pixel 7 pro, a Pixel Watch, Pixel buds and still have my freaking Pixelbook from back in the day and don't have these troubles. Also I was blown away when he complained about the ANC on the buds, the ANC on my buds is so good that I keep one in at almost all times as it helps tune out the background notices that cause me issues with my injured ear. Best part is I don't even have to wear both, nor wear it in my bad ear, to get the help it provides.
I think the main issue with this though is just jumping right in, only giving it a small timeframe. Most people in an ecosystem have been there from the start and have worked out kinks and learned how things work to get the results they want. I think not having that grace period hurt the overall review. And picking the crummiest Chromebook didn't help lol.
I'll give him the pixel watch issues though, I have the pixel watch and there's been a lot of frustrating issues leaving my Galaxy Watch4 and coming to this, most notably not being able to sync and dismiss alarms from my watch.... Who tf thought that was a good feature to *remove*!
Since you were using a macbook pro you should have bought a chromebook with betta specs, it’s not gonna make a huge difference software wise but the extra horsepower would help in tasks like video editing
I've been in the Google eco for quite awhile. I have the Google Pixelbook Go, Pixel Watch (Need new charge base because I cat chewed mine up), Pixel 6 Pro, 4x Chromecasts with Google TV (1x HD, 3x 4K), 5 Google Home Minis, 2x Google Nest Display Pro, 1x Nest Speaker, 1x Google Nest Display, Pixel Buds Pro.
I have the upgraded version of that (larger screen and 8gb of ram)
It's a great device I love the battery life and screen
i always found it wild that people would compare apple to windows but the windows machine would be some like 800$ workstation compared to a $2k mac... the same probably applies here lol
If you knew 4G of RAM wasn't going to be enough, why did you buy a Chromebook with only 4G of RAM?
If you knew the CPU wasn't going to be enough, why did you buy a Chromebook with a slower CPU?
Were you hamstringing yourself on purpose?
If you could barely tell the difference between transparency and noise cancelling modes of the Google Pixel Buds Pro, did you think maybe they were either broken or you were doing it wrong? The difference is obvious and dramatic; I've never heard of anyone that couldn't tell the difference.
Otherwise, I agree there is a lot of things that Chromebooks are terrible for, especially the lower end ones. I use an old one for casual around-the-house stuff and love it, but there is no way I could possibly use one for my work.
It was a deliberate hatchet job. There wasn't even a pretense of being fair.
I really like my pixel buds pro. Maybe it's because I've never used any other high end earbuds. But hey, to each their own. 🙂
As someone that has a pair of Sony the high end buds and a pair of pixel buds they are definitely the best in their price range. I especially like being able to turn the volume up with my bud instead of the phone itself. They also are getting constant updates. Check the settings and then they have a lot of new EQ settings and are getting comparable software wise. Even The noise canceling is getting updates. One thing Google is good about is updates as long as their product is still supported
I love mine too. And what they lack in codecs aptx latest LDAC etc. it makes up for with integration IMHO. Also the multi-point is flawless. Jabra/Sony have alternatives that support more but when using Google's high-end translation features, I bet the pros are what you're going to want to have.
I used a Samsung Chromebook Plus for over a year when I was broke and couldn’t afford a new MacBook. Worked absolutely great for my web dev classes
I actually have one similar, i love it. In fact i was using it when I wrote this. Chrome-OS isn't the best, I hope that they eventually work on merging android and chromeos into a single ecosystem.
Bro boutta become a Google librarian 💀
I can't tell if this or Luke and Linus going Intel Arc for gaming is more self-inflicted torture.
He really could have found a better Chromebook for that price, like 8gb of RAM and i3 at least.
My chrome book with a similar build quality has lasted me almost 4 years and it’s still going strong today.
That call gave me so much stress it made me feel like I was late for a virtual exam with the camera on. 😅😅😅
It also feels very.....staged.
Going entirely Google is not great lol Windows with a couple mods can utilize most of Google's first party features, without having terrible hardware and further software limitations. Android is an open bag aside from a couple Pixel features, which again, can be negated with APKs or a couple root mods if needed. Going from those to strict Google based devices isn't as much as going from Apple devices to anything else.
What if he got a chromebook that was more appropriate to the needs of his business? I wonder what the results of that would be. He should defnitely do a higher end chromebook version of this if he wants to do a truly more fair assessment/comparison.
As soon as he came out with the Lenovo. I thought to myself: "he's going to have a bad time..."
???
The non-Chromebooks Lenovo laptops are great.
- Lenovo Legion 5/7 for gaming.
- Lenovo Thinkpad T14 G3 for analysts/accountants/project managers/C# programming/Linux fanatics.
- Lenovo X1 Carbon G9/G10 for traveling sales/consultants.
I've been a Windows user since Win98. I tried and switched to everything Apple 6 months ago. Though I really liked the iPhone 13 mini and AirPods pros, I really really do not like Mac OS. Quite a painful experience.
I originally made the switch when my XPS 15 started to really feel slow. While I was waiting for my new M1 Mac 14, I tried using the Lenovo Duet 5 with 8GB. It worked surprisingly well with my LG 48" OLED48CXPUB.
I've made the decision this past November to give the Google eco system a shot after seeing the new Chromebook gaming systems. I tried the Lenovo Gaming Chromebook but hated it. Horrible keyboard experience. I now have the Acer Chromebook 516 GE. It's awesome with 8GB, i5 1240P and an awesome 16" 120Hz screen. I'm loving the experience with it. Then the rest of the eco system is easily on par with Apple level integration.
This whole challenge is basically you regretting buying a tablet rather then an actual chromebook. Should have got a lenovo 5i or something. Mine has an i5 and 8gb of ram and I basically use it for word. My gaming pc does everything else.
A Chromebook is good for very basic things, but if you're used to use a robust full office suite or some of the editing programs you've used on a Mac you're going to be very dissapointed. If you primarily live in the browser anyway, a Chromebook is fine for most tasks. For me, it's just sort of a backup computer. I use my Windows machine most of the time.
Going from the RAM to the kickstand and included keyboard like it's a worthy tradeoff
Yeah, probably should've gone with the 8GB version.
The funny thing to me is that I've been using the original Chromebook Duet as my daily driver at work for just over two years, and I've rarely had problems with it. Granted, there were a few teething problems at the start with using Android apps, but they got themselves sorted out after a few weeks.
Most of the time, I'd have the Vivaldi browser running with a mix of Android apps and Chrome-based PWAs going on at the same time, and I've rarely had hiccups. It's probably because its processor is more optimised for Android apps despite being weak compared to the Snapdragon featured here.
I'm looking at getting the og duet, since none of the others are being offered in my country. How is it? I've heard a lot of good, but also a lot of bad, and the bad is really bad. I already have a PC, and I'm looking at this as a secondary device as I go to and from work, light web browsing, and media tablet. Would you recommend?
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YMMV, and I'm not a hardcore gamer, so that'll already put me against the majority of the channel's viewers, but as long as you don't go crazy with opening so many Chrome tabs at once, you should actually be fine with it.
I'm actually holding back my OG Duet's performance by running the Android app version of Vivaldi as my main browser, and I've actually had very little problems with it so far, even with another three Android apps running at the same time.
Office productivity: you can use the Google Productivity suite perfectly fine as web apps, and the Android apps are also serviceable. I usually use the Android apps, but will switch to the PWAs if I need a bit more functionality.
Media production: for a Photoshop alternative, Photopea is a great PWA, and if you want to do things offline, enable Linux and install GIMP. In terms of video editing, if you don't mind paying a subscription, and you have a good internet connection, WeVideo is quite good. Alternatively, try going for one of the more reputable video editors from the app store. As long as you don't have too many things going on in the background, you can put together a few 720P videos, quite possibly 1080@30 videos too.
(I'm only speculating on this as I've got a phone with a similarly weak chip set that can run Lumafusion just fine.)
The one major downside is that the OG Duet is perpetually stuck on Android 9, which means some apps (like Lumafusion) will remain out of reach until someone actually gives Lenovo a good kick up the arse. The other thing to worry about is the end of scheduled updates, but that won't be for another 3 years or so.
This is what we need. More CZcamsrs using what there not comfortable with. Weather it’s android or Apple. Thank you Austin.
Is the weather good?
Love the way day 1 ended initially looking like it was a massive workout having to use Chrome OS 😂
Yessss for the ETB boxes in the background😁💪🏾
Honestly getting the pixel book go would have been more Google and a better experience
Probably should have went with a pixelbook Go or a Chromebook that was of similar cost as the MacBook for a better experience. Also, 18:06 didn’t know you had a boss Austin 🤣
9:04 Which Logitech Mouse is that? That looks sick as heck
I did the Google life back in 2015-17. Nexus 6 and an HP Chromebook 14. Was a blast. I say. Was, because I’ve long abandoned that life. Apple’s Ecosystem just works so well.
I can relate to your experience. I have a Lenovo 630c with i5, 8GB, and 128GB and an Asus Chromebox 4 with i7, 16GB, and 256GB. I bought the M1 chip MacBook Pro with 16GB & 1TB a few weeks before they announced the M1 Pro chip. for $100 more, I could have gotten that. It has taken me a while to start to appreciate my MacBook Pro. Still use my Chromebook more. The only disappointment was the Samsung Chromebook Plus with Celeron, 4GB, 32GB. from Verizon Wireless for $600.
Imagine being in a situation where switching from Apple is a hard choice
It's not terrible, you just paid too much. It's like criticizing a cheap slice of pizza that you paid $16 for. What is absolutely great for $1, is not necessarily even acceptable for $16.
My guy yeeted the laptop outta there
I would never subject someone to this kind of torture, God Speed Austin
Tbf he picked liked the weakest chromebook possible. When he could have picked something with more ram, power, etc. Would it have been comparable to his macbook? No, but it would have been a lot better.
As others have pointed out, you chose an unsuitable laptop. I recently picked up an Asus cx536 with a huge screen, fast processor, 8 gb or RAM and a 128 GB ssd for $273. The Lenovo you used is really more of a base model IPad substitute and for that application it can actually work rather well.
BTW, if you had used an external monitor would have made things a lot easier!
Lag is due to cpu/gpu; not Gb's of RAM when running a real time app.
most people use chromebooks for casual internet browsing, checking emails, light document typing, and streaming videos when they don't want to use their more expensive laptops for basic everyday things... it's almost like a tablet but in the form of a laptop, that's why most of them are sold with 4gb ram.. Everyone knows by now that chromebooks are not workhorses, they are not meant for hard work such as gaming and video/picture editing.. as a faithful chromebook user, I don't expect it to be like a macbook..
Would a lightweight Linux OS alleviate the shortcomings of functionality? Seeing you unable to use a conferencing link (Zoom?) Was quite painful, as well as missed notifications.
It's one of the things I hate most on my Android phone. I have missed some important notifications recently and it upset my clients. It was sending me notifications no problem then suddenly went silent for hours. Arg.
Could the notification issue be due to resource management? It's why I don't use any power management on messaging and email apps on my phone.
@@TMW_ShadowStarr Definitely is. I've set my mail to "no optimization" but it seems to have been killed at times. Have to run Whatsapp, WeChat, and line as well.
my android phone used to do this a lot, fortunately, i wasnt really receiving any super important notifications.
hope you can get it fixed soon
Props to Austin for literally going back in time for the day 11 update
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Bro the “tiny things” joke 😭😭
Why wouldn't you be able to simply ssh into your Mac server using the Chromebook Debian container? With the Windows server can't you just use the android RDP app to get into your windows server?
I think that this is something that you should reconsider looking at with a more fair shake at the Chromebook. You were coming from a MacBook 14" to a ~$300 Chromebook. There are considerable options other than that to be the choice to get a different experience.
Also this Chromebook regularly goes on sale to under $200. He basically bought it at the full price when it’s probably only this expensive 20% of the time
This would have been hilarious if Stadia was still around. 😂😂😂😂
holy shit I forgot about that already
Cant believe how hard that shit flopped 😂
Austins hair on day 11 🤣he has had an experience!
Is that the only Chromebook that was available?
Why not search for one in the same price rage on the Mac?
Could have just bought a regular laptop and installed chrome is flex which has Linux so it'd be better for work!
I have the smaller Lenovo Duet, for $280. I personally love it, since it does everything I need for school
How good is the keyboard? Like if you don't have a desk and you have to put it on your laps when you are in a bus or something, how stable is it?
Most of your issues with the Chromebook stem from choosing an ARM model, the Intel models with a dualcore are far superior to the ARM models
I've had a 4gb chromebook for two years and it's very much common sense to only use it for streaming and other tasks that aren't demanding