[QUOTE=Crash155;46862123]32GB hard drive? Is that enough?[/QUOTE]
Believe it or not, there are people out there who use desktop computers for nothing but web browsing and text editing.
[QUOTE=redBadger;46862484]You ever try browsing the internet on an Android device?
I can't speak for apple users but browsing the internet on a phone is so fucking frustrating, clunky, and annoying.[/QUOTE]
I very rarely get frustrated on Safari in iOS 6. 99% of the time it's smooth as jazz. I usually spend an hour or so on it each night.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;46862650]I very rarely get frustrated on Safari in iOS 6. 99% of the time it's smooth as jazz. I usually spend an hour or so on it each night.[/QUOTE]
Yeah iOS browsing is usually pretty nice, even on my outdated iPad 2.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;46862058]Has HP got the hang of thermal design yet?[/QUOTE]
Steve Jobs trolls from the dead.
I really don't get why anyone would willingly suffer something less powerful than an i3.
I think you guys are missing the point, these aren't main machine killers, just like how netbooks aren't supposed to be a main machine, either. You buy one of these and hook up and external HDD and connect it to your TV for home theater stuff, or you buy one for your ten year old kid to go browse the net on. It's not for gamers or people that need a lot out of a computer.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;46863455]I really don't get why anyone would willingly suffer something less powerful than an i3.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, I've got the HP Stream 7, and it has a Bay Trail Z3735G, which is quad core and 1.33GHz. It's weak on paper, but the only time I've had it hitch is when I was running Steam and Chrome at the same time (both applications not known to run well on lower-end hardware.)
For everyday stuff, Bay Trail is fine.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;46862058]Has HP got the hang of thermal design yet?[/QUOTE]
as the proud past owner of a HP ""gaming"" computer that literally overheated to death, i can do nothing but agree
Would these be capable of Steam in-home streaming?
[QUOTE=Billy2600;46863732]Would these be capable of Steam in-home streaming?[/QUOTE]
Should be no problem.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;46863585]I dunno, I've got the HP Stream 7, and it has a Bay Trail Z3735G, which is quad core and 1.33GHz. It's weak on paper, but the only time I've had it hitch is when I was running Steam and Chrome at the same time (both applications not known to run well on lower-end hardware.)
For everyday stuff, Bay Trail is fine.[/QUOTE]
Hell, I've using my Venue 8 (with the slightly older Z3740) to play older games, and it can even muster Skyrim at somewhat playable framerates. Which given that its a processor made for light media consumption and lasting 6-8 hours on a single charge to compete with ARM processors on similarly priced tablets (we are talking $~200, or $100 in the Stream 7's case), is quite impressive.
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;46866284]PLaying Diablo 2 on my Dell Venue 8 Pro was amazing; best touchscreen game ever, even though that was never the intent :v[/QUOTE]
A lot of older RPG's actually work pretty well with a touch screen
Looks like an HP NUC.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;46862397]the only thing cloud storage is useful to me and to most of the people around me are storing spreadsheets and word documents[/QUOTE]
I'd have to agree with this. I have a shed load of OneDrive space and I mainly use it for word documents and so on.
I'm not sure how the OneDrive Windows client works, but I'm quite sure it stores a local copy of your stuff anyway so the 32GB space is still a real issue.
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Actually I've literally just found this while looking at something else:
[url]http://www.howtogeek.com/196416/wimboot-explained-how-windows-can-now-fit-on-a-tiny-16-gb-drive/[/url]
Apparently for some devices, Windows is being booted directly from a WIM image rather than from an installation on the HDD. Wonder if this is the case with this laptop?
[QUOTE=UberMensch;46867691]I'd have to agree with this. I have a shed load of OneDrive space and I mainly use it for word documents and so on.
I'm not sure how the OneDrive Windows client works, but I'm quite sure it stores a local copy of your stuff anyway so the 32GB space is still a real issue.
[editline]6th January 2015[/editline]
Actually I've literally just found this while looking at something else:
[url]http://www.howtogeek.com/196416/wimboot-explained-how-windows-can-now-fit-on-a-tiny-16-gb-drive/[/url]
Apparently for some devices, Windows is being booted directly from a WIM image rather than from an installation on the HDD. Wonder if this is the case with this laptop?[/QUOTE]
You can choose which files you want to store locally as well as online.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;46867765]You can choose which files you want to store locally as well as online.[/QUOTE]
Ah right. If I have a load of files on my OneDrive ("locally"), are they all just linked to their cloud-stored versions then? Think I might have to do some experimentation on this :P
[QUOTE=UberMensch;46867779]Ah right. If I have a load of files on my OneDrive ("locally"), are they all just linked to their cloud-stored versions then? Think I might have to do some experimentation on this :P[/QUOTE]
If you choose to make your files available online only, you'll just get a placeholder file - when you try to open it, it'll download the file and make it available offline. If you make them available offline, they're stored just like any other file, just with a backup on OneDrive.
In Office 2010 (and I presume you do this (much easier) in Office 2013 as well) you can work with documents stored in OneDrive without actually making the file itself "Available Offline". I'd assume it just downloads a temporary copy to your HDD, but maybe it's just kept in RAM, I wouldn't know.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;46863585]I dunno, I've got the HP Stream 7, and it has a Bay Trail Z3735G, which is quad core and 1.33GHz. It's weak on paper, but the only time I've had it hitch is when I was running Steam and Chrome at the same time (both applications not known to run well on lower-end hardware.)
For everyday stuff, Bay Trail is fine.[/QUOTE]
Baytrail is crazy good
I use an Asus T100TA and the I got the thing to play nearly 10 hours of SD video on battery
[editline]6th January 2015[/editline]
when it steps its shit up its capable of decoding 1080p bluray at full speed too, a lot of power given how minuscule its power consumption is
[QUOTE=redBadger;46862484]You ever try browsing the internet on an Android device?
I can't speak for apple users but browsing the internet on a phone is so fucking frustrating, clunky, and annoying.[/QUOTE]
I browse just fine, except when I sometimes click an inappropriate rating by accident.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp2;46867461]Looks like an HP NUC.[/QUOTE]
Except bigger and slower. (And cheaper) I'd love a nice NUC though.
Oh boy I can't wait until I can buy another hot piece of plastic
I'm never going to forgive HP after my God awful experience with a Pavilion dv5 series laptop I got from them.
It lasted barely two years, and spent 1 1/2 of those years barely being able to watch YouTube videos without overheating. I had to keep it on a giant shoebox with holes cut out of it and a huge fan blowing straight into it to keep it from shutting off on idle. Eventually killed itself by melting- not cracking, yes, melting- the solder points of the onboard GPU.
But maybe they've learned by now with this, and I hope so because the world needs more cheap somewhat reliable PCs for people with a shitty income. A usable computer with internet is becoming a necessary utility rather than just a luxury.
Everyone in this thread is ignoring the fact that these are obviously for office use, to compete with chromebooks in the Google Apps for Business space. Now people can run Microsoft 365 (which is the business version of one drive) from extremely cheap machines running windows natively. This is a massive thing because other you'd have to purchase a 500$ desktop for every office user, now they'll save a lot of money. It's not for gaming, or local storage, it's for big businesses to kit out their offices with new machines that are cheap and fully cloud compatible.
Man, I love my Elitebook 8460ps. We have three of them in the household and they run wonderfully cool and are incredibly easy and cheap to service as well as being built like tanks, without even any screws holding the bottom on (just one latch).
HP and Acer get a bad rap because they cater to the ultra-value-brand market, but I personally love their higher-end stuff as much as any other brand.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;46872856]Man, I love my Elitebook 8460ps. We have three of them in the household and they run wonderfully cool and are incredibly easy and cheap to service as well as being built like tanks, without even any screws holding the bottom on (just one latch).
HP and Acer get a bad rap because they cater to the ultra-value-brand market, but I personally love their higher-end stuff as much as any other brand.[/QUOTE]
Generally as a rule, consumer notebooks can be pretty hit or miss. Business ones tend to be better built, at least compared to your average best buy special for $300.
[QUOTE=Levelog;46868840]Except bigger and slower. (And cheaper) I'd love a nice NUC though.[/QUOTE]I don't know, the Intel DN2820FYKH is pretty cheap. All you need is any old 2.5 Sata + 4GB of RAM.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp2;46875539]I don't know, the Intel DN2820FYKH is pretty cheap. All you need is any old 2.5 Sata + 4GB of RAM.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it is cheaper for what it is, still pricey all together, I remember I built up 2 of the it msata ones with 500gb 840 EVOs once. Thing was fast, wish it was for me.
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