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Izo
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He said and I quote the misspelled 'panisonic'. Y510P is a Lenovo. Shut up? Thanks.
Looking forward to the cheaptop review, chaos
Go back to when Ceno65, with regards to the Lenovo, stated, and I quote "nm got if from lenevo with a military discount for 1150"He said and I quote the misspelled 'panisonic'. Y510P is a Lenovo. Shut up? Thanks.
Looking forward to the cheaptop review, chaos
So, shut up. Thanks.
Izo
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Yes, that was before the statement about the Panisonic, not necessarily related. If it is, Ceno65 is a moron. Shut up the both of us.
chaos
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Initial reaction to the chromebook was actually pretty good. for 200 bones this thing is ok. I got the Acer c720 which has pretty excellent reviews online from people who have put Linux on these things and just in general. I went with the 2GB memory model, not the 4. My needs are basically I need something I can edit documents on for schools, in Skydrive/Google Docs if needed, and I need something I can compile on. And research on the net, etc.
So to start I put VNC Server on my computer and VNC Viewer on the chromebook. This works ok. I have pretty much full access to my computer. The only hiccup was that UPnP didn't pick up the VNC software and forward the port in my router itself, so I had to manually do it. No big deal. So now I can access my computer and compile/edit word docs there. But the view is pretty awful, it only give you this tiny window. I plan to mess around with it and see if I can find a sweet spot where you can actually view things and do work on the home computer through the VNC Viewer plugin.
Then I went and installed Ubuntu. There are detailed writeups everywhere on how to do this. I used Crouton andInstall Ubuntu On Your Chromebook Using Crouton ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog< that method. It was pretty painless. The only bump in the road was installing the JDK so I can install JGrasp (compiler my school uses pretty exclusively). I haven't used Linux since I was like 14 so this was an adventure for me. But a little googling made it pretty easy, I managed to install Opera and OpenJDK easily with some help from some websites.Downloaded JGrasp, tested it out, everything is working correctly. So for 200 bucks I managed to get a nice little "desktop extension" (i wouldn't call this thing a laptop, too small) and it does everything I need.
After I get more comfortable with this I plan to try running Wine or something to see if I can run MS Office in the Ubuntu install so I can edit documents locally.That is a minimum of a few weeks away.
So to start I put VNC Server on my computer and VNC Viewer on the chromebook. This works ok. I have pretty much full access to my computer. The only hiccup was that UPnP didn't pick up the VNC software and forward the port in my router itself, so I had to manually do it. No big deal. So now I can access my computer and compile/edit word docs there. But the view is pretty awful, it only give you this tiny window. I plan to mess around with it and see if I can find a sweet spot where you can actually view things and do work on the home computer through the VNC Viewer plugin.
Then I went and installed Ubuntu. There are detailed writeups everywhere on how to do this. I used Crouton andInstall Ubuntu On Your Chromebook Using Crouton ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog< that method. It was pretty painless. The only bump in the road was installing the JDK so I can install JGrasp (compiler my school uses pretty exclusively). I haven't used Linux since I was like 14 so this was an adventure for me. But a little googling made it pretty easy, I managed to install Opera and OpenJDK easily with some help from some websites.Downloaded JGrasp, tested it out, everything is working correctly. So for 200 bucks I managed to get a nice little "desktop extension" (i wouldn't call this thing a laptop, too small) and it does everything I need.
After I get more comfortable with this I plan to try running Wine or something to see if I can run MS Office in the Ubuntu install so I can edit documents locally.That is a minimum of a few weeks away.
gogusrl
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What notebooks are available with full HD IPS screen at 13-14" without a fucked up keyboard (lol latest lenovo carbon x1).
I'm a big fan of Lenovo but not with that fuckingabomination.
Not interested in gaming on it or any other bling. If it looks like a thinkpad t4x I'll be the happiest man alive.
I'm a big fan of Lenovo but not with that fuckingabomination.
Not interested in gaming on it or any other bling. If it looks like a thinkpad t4x I'll be the happiest man alive.
chaos
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A quick (really quick) update for anyone who cares or is considering this. I am still liking this. It runs Gimp fine. I never did set up Wine because why. I edit documents in skydrive and am thinking about getting some kind of open source office suite for linux but so far skydrive has been enough. So much so that I haven't even used the VNC software I sweated about getting set up and secure.
I have run into a lot of permissions issues when trying to install stuff and it is hard to tell if it is my limited Linux experience fucking the dog here or if these are applications that just won't run on this flavor of Linux or on this hardware. The specific errors I am getting make me think the former, but the google results I am getting for the issues make me think the latter. Overall, very happy with it. I am considering upgrading the hard drive but I think it is kind of a waste of time. We'll see.
Linux is very forgiving when it comes to running software, most likely it is a permissions issue. Some apps will require you sudo via the command line to install and then go back to your normal user to finish installation. Give an example of a app you are trying to install and post the error messages here.
chaos
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Yeah when I get a chance I will post the errors, I am swamped with school and work right now (can't bring the laptop into work, either). I think that I am having permissions issues with the Software Center app. I have tried running it using sudo and gksu and it lets me run some things but not others, and updates always seem to error out saying I don't have permissions to install them.
When you try to update/install the app are you being prompted for a password? Alternatively you can open up a terminal type
and after that finishes running, type:
There's no way you should be getting that error via the command line when you sudo.
Oblio
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I am looking to purchase a Laptop for my In-laws to act as a media center for them. I was going to build them a Media Center PC but I ended up pricing out around $700 and i realized I could probably buy them a Laptop for that that they could use on the road trips etc. This is will mostly be used for Internet and Netflix, with the occasional Angry Birds style game so a Touch Screen would be nice. I also plan to buy them aLogitech TK820 Wireless KBMto use when they are at home.
Would appreciate some suggestions as I have not been in the Laptop Market for quite sometime.
Would appreciate some suggestions as I have not been in the Laptop Market for quite sometime.
chaos
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Yeah the command line worked, the gui still doesn't work with either sudo or gksu. Weird as shit.
meStevo
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We got a c720 to replace my wife's aging Windows 7 laptop that I never blew up and put stock Windows 7 on so it's full or bloat and stuff. She loves the Chromebook so I get the laptop to do whatever I want with.
Likely getting one for my mom and my mother in law now after they've had a chance to try this one, probably with external cd/dvd drives to deal w/ things like photo discs they've got.
Likely getting one for my mom and my mother in law now after they've had a chance to try this one, probably with external cd/dvd drives to deal w/ things like photo discs they've got.
Curious about this as well. Is there another laptop out there around the price and quality of the y510p? Probably going to pick something up in the next couple weeks or so.
We just sent back two of them because the track pads broke almost instantly. Dunno if it's a known issue with them but they weren't exactly getting shitloads of use.