anyone use a chromebook

[aaront903]

so I use my phone for the Internet and using the forum etc but have seen these chrome books and they seem reasonably priced,anyone use one?I would just want it for general Internet,YouTube, fb etc,any advice would be brill,thinking of the Acer chrome book 15

[jh]

i have a acer chromebook 13
great little laptop, i get 12 hours from the battery fully charged
very light, perfect for surfing net,facebook,youtube etc
i have a sony viao full size laptop which is now redundant and only used for updating mods.

[aaront903]

that's what I wanted to hear lol,I don't have anything for updating mods so that won't bother me

[Bobsbeer]

OH uses an HP Chromebook. She only uses it for internet and email plus watching iplayer in bed. She likes hers and finds it easy to use.

[nanotm]

aaront903 when you say for a good price how cheap is it ? I ask because a cheap tablet with optional keyboard will do everything the chrome book does and quite possibly more and whilst the 10/12" screen size might seem small it wont heat up your lap and you can detach the keyboard and hold it with less effort than decent sized book, in fact being much more akin to a large more capable smartphone in most ways, of course you can go down the silly money route buying a top of the line job or save cash and get one from places like Argos (in store) and if you don't like it take it back within 16 days for a full refund /

[aaront903]

I got a refurbished acer chrome book 15 for 150 from argos,got a tablet but this handle Web based pages better than the tablet that would run mobile sites 90% of the time

[fagin]

I got a new one from Amazon for about £150 (Lenovo).
Took a little getting used to everything being in the clouds, but apart from that easy to use, small, light and battery lasts all day.

Someone up there mentioned heating up in your lap. Mine has a small solid state HD (I think that's what it's called), no fan (so totally silent) and never feels even slightly warm.