I was FORCED to buy a Chromebook….

My son needs a Chromebook for school so I began my search to find the best bang for the buck Chromebook...and of course, we tried to game on it.

Take a look at the available Chromebooks below:

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Chromebook Penetration
1:16 are Chromebooks bad?
2:01 look how cheap they are!
2:40 Linus goes shopping!
4:10 better luck online?
6:18 IMPORTANT TECH TIP
7:30 Gaming on Chromebooks
11:14 Why did you Cheap Out??
12:58 Outro

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[nimoy]

As a retail employee, it's good to know that the security alarms on Lenovo Duets are equally touchy in every store. -.-

[battmarn]

This video could very easily just be called “Linus figures out how to make his kid’s school laptop tax-deductible”

[roanoconnor]

Linus: "knowing that he's my son, he will probably forget his charger"

Me: knowing he's your son, he will probably drop it after a segue to ridge wallet.

[chazmichaelmichaels]

I worked for a learning management software company, a HUGE portion of the issues we received were from chromebook users. It was very difficult to tell people they essentially "bought the wrong laptop".

[JDragonblade]

i like to imagine his son was horrified having to tell linus he needs a chrome book.

[Zathren]

"Why can't they just be good?"
A great question, Linus. Truly great question.

[jude]

imagine being a fan of Valve games, waiting 18 years since the release of HL2, and then finally seeing mention of the word Borealis in an official Valve project… and it’s just Chromebook compatibility

[yanille]

bought mine for under $100, I have a gaming pc I just get distracted so its nice to have something portable I can get school work done on. I actually do understand the criticisms, but for under $100 this shit goes hard. It fits a specific niche of users, dont buy it if you're looking to do everything a pc can

[robert-zrkx]

Imagine being the BestBuy employee watching Linus mess with every chromebook and then do his little freak out when the security alarm went off.

[tfsamrtguy]

Knowing Linus, his son will need something drop-proof.

[philtkaswahl]

Son: "Dad, I need a Chromebook for school."
Linus: "Our family has been dishonored. Shameful display! I mean, seriously, look at that picture quality, and those bezels. Eugh."

[Balaaazs]

0:20 the best emotional change i have ever seen on a persons face he looked like he was on the verge of crying

[sethcooper]

As someone who is an IT support for 10 primary schools, at least half of my week is spent repairing, maintaining, and setting up Chromebooks for students. It's so painful.

[stephengere]

Imagine walking up and seeing Linus setting off a Chromebook alarm.

[bradleymickna]

I know you guys like to talk about repairability on this channel. I work in the tech department at a high school and once warranty runs out on these things, being able to buy a screen or battery for $30 and swap it out is huge. Those are the two things I see broken most and they are the easiest to fix. Some windows laptops aren’t even that easy.

[snowpea]

our school district recently gave every single student (besides the elementary, cheeto dust crusty 1st graders /j) new laptops.

this is great and all, but since they are all chromebooks (which run on chrome OS) they are very limiting, and annoying. want to change your desktop? you cant. want to add people shortcuts for when you boot up the device? cant. want to use the stylus? pay $30 please. (lenovo did that, still annoying how the school advertises that.)

what really ticks me off about those computers is that they all have this really thick case (very difficult to remove.) it's uncomfortable to type while the case is on, and the top lid is much harder to open with it on. it adds like a pound to the original lightweight computer, personally very annoying considering we all walk around with 15 pound backpacks already..

the computers themselves have pretty good specs. (for what they are-) touchscreen and 360 hinge design with 4gb of ram, but i think that since it's on chrome OS the computer is being limited to what it could really do.

note: my classmates and i have been speculating if our school district is spying on us with our computers, even if we aren't on our administration managed account. can the administration access our other accounts if we are on a school-managed chromebook?

[finchhawthorne]

The issue with school issued or required chrome books and iPads that a lot of people who grew up with the one computer in the back corner of the library or who got a laptop for accessibility don’t clock is the ridiculous oppressive restrictions and surveillance placed on “education” software. Time locks and software restrictions on something you’re forced to buy that remain restricted and may even remain attached to their network long after you should leave it.

[TheeGrandpoobah]

Been working the Chromebook for the last 2 yrs in a school environment. The main issue is not the OS, it is the manufacturing side. Cheap build materials, where screws fall out/ left hinge screw mountings breaks after the amount of usage these CB going through in an average school day and/or @home. Plus the general kids handling/ carrying in school bag...ect just being kids. Also be very warry about repair costs, especially replacing the glass. Some cheaper models, its cheaper just to buy a new 1.

[backslashio]

Linus' son is one of the few where parents know exactly what they need to buy whereas other parents will most likely get one that only has 6 months of OS support left or have some ridiculously overpriced Samsung

[azmiraclegirl]

I love my HP Chromebook! My company replaced my laptop with one. I hated it at first but I love how quick it is. I'm an accountant and it does Excel calculations SO MUCH FASTER than my windows one. I'm talking genuinely 5 minutes faster for the most laborious tasks (30 minute calculations take 25!). This is apples to apples with i7 processors and SSDs.