1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,879 as satisfying as it might be to piece together a high-end computer capable of 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:12,080 doing everything from running games at 4K to trying to find the grand unified 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:16,880 theory often times you probably find yourself just needing something to check 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:21,400 your email or post a video selfie about how much you hate people who take 5 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:25,160 selfies and even though you can do these things with a tablet or with a 6 00:00:23,119 --> 00:00:30,240 smartphone there's no denying the convenience of being able to use a good 7 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:34,960 old-fashioned physical keyboard well Google jumped on this idea a few years 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:39,800 back by rolling out the Chromebook a line of lightweight laptops tightly 9 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:44,840 integrated with Google online services and pushed as an alternative to 10 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:48,840 Windows-based laptops but how exactly are they different then from the 11 00:00:46,239 --> 00:00:53,039 traditional notebook PC and are they actually a compelling buy for people who 12 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:59,120 don't need the you know peasant Destroyer over 9,000 gaming laptop will 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:03,719 Chromebooks differ from regular laptops in two main way ways one they ship with 14 00:01:01,719 --> 00:01:09,520 Google's own operating system the Linux-based Chrome OS instead of Windows 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:14,960 this OS relies heavily on web applications such as Google Drive and is 16 00:01:12,479 --> 00:01:20,479 essentially built around the Chrome web browser two because they are so tied to 17 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:26,520 the internet and specifically to cloud storage they tend not to come with a 18 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:29,920 whole lot of on device storage capacity 19 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:32,200 most Chromebooks only pack 16 to 32 GB 20 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:36,840 of internal storage though at least they are ssds so while you won't get a whole 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:40,920 lot of space your read and write speed should still be quite a bit faster than 22 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:46,719 a traditional laptop with a mechanical hard drive well lonus that actually 23 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:50,360 sounds pretty dumb uh why would I want a laptop with a tiny drive that basically 24 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:54,640 needs to be connected to the internet all the time great question although 25 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:59,159 Chromebooks aren't as feature Rich as Windows laptops there are some distinct 26 00:01:57,039 --> 00:02:04,280 advantages the most prominent of which being cost Chromebooks are generally 27 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:08,479 cheaper than traditional laptops and while prices do depend on the hardware 28 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:14,760 inside you can get them new for as low as 150 bucks although 250 is a more 29 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:20,680 common price point Chromebooks also try to blur the line between laptop and 30 00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:25,599 mobile device with long battery life most Chromebooks can get between 8 and 31 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:30,599 13 hours on a single charge not to mention that their lightweight usually 32 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:34,800 in the 2 to 3 lb range on surprisingly though the focus on web-based 33 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:38,959 applications and Ultra portability comes with some compromises Windows 34 00:02:36,959 --> 00:02:43,599 applications won't run on Chrome OS meaning you'll have to find alternatives 35 00:02:40,519 --> 00:02:46,319 for things like Skype and iTunes uh it 36 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:50,959 may come with 100 gabt of cloud storage for two years but after that you'll have 37 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:54,720 to start forking your cash over to Google negating some of those cost 38 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:59,120 benefits that you got for yourself by spending Less on your laptop and because 39 00:02:56,879 --> 00:03:03,959 most Chromebooks have Celeron or even ARM-based processors you won't be able 40 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:08,599 to do a lot of that computationally intensive stuff that we alluded to at 41 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:13,480 the beginning of the video unless you purchase one of the few higher-end 42 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:18,040 models that spored an Intel core I3 or better processor but even with these 43 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:22,720 limitations developers are coming up with tricks to make the Chromebook a 44 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:27,200 more capable machine for instance Adobe has come out with a version of Photoshop 45 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:31,840 for Chromebooks that actually offloads the processing to Adobe servers so you 46 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:36,439 can still edit photos even on a low power CPU cool right and Google does 47 00:03:34,439 --> 00:03:41,120 include functionality for things like creating memos in Google Docs 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