tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Also, soundtrap. This is fucking cool!
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tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Simple arrangement of songs works well, the recording is quite good. Take about a month to do a pitch change thouh, but still, lovely interface.
oneflewover
Following "The Tigers"
Acer R13 - happily playing Music and watching films direct from the file manager app. Missing bells and whistles though.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
You know you can get VLC for chromebook now? It's not as good as VLC for other computers, but it's capable of building a library of songs and playing anything.
Which brings me to my one major* gripe with my Chromebook - that I can't cast system audio to the chromecast audio. I download a lot of music and want to be able to cast it without uploading to Google Music first but I seemingly can't...
*ok, slight irritation...
oneflewover
Following "The Tigers"
Couldn't get VLC to find SDcard. The inbuilt player within the file app is playing everything I want at the moment.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
That's odd, it found mine fine. Did you install the version from the chrome store or the Android version from the play store? The R13 has android apps I think? If the Android version then it won't find SD card, but chromeOS version should. At least it did for me.
And I believe that android apps will soon be able to see SD card which will be a big boost as it's been annoying me a little that they can't. Still, can't grumble, it is after all a beta.
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hiraethified
Here's a bloody marvellous £200 Chromebook with a 14" screen
Acer Chromebook 14 review: A standout Chrome OS laptop
Acer Chromebook 14 review: A standout Chrome OS laptop
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Might be interested in the Full HD/4GB version when it launches. I reckon the dual-core in this one is fine for a CPU, but the 2GB ones really chug and I have a bugbear about FHD in 13+" screens. There aren't a lot of mid-range options since Toshiba exited the market. You either take your ~£200 Chromebook with a 1366x768 screen (which is fine with the 11" ones, not so much with larger ones) and 2GB, or you're up around £400 with the business-class ones. If they still sold the Teenager's Toshi for ~£250 (13" FHD, 4GB), I would probably buy it.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
This seems to be true when I did some research lateast year. By the time I worked out the spec I wanted it wasn't such a cheap option anymore.
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
The resolution on the new Samsung is very impressive, but the reviews I read say that it can be sluggish when running Android apps.
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hiraethified
That's probably because Android integration is still in beta. Given that the Samsung Pro has an i3 processor, I can't see it struggling too hard with many things.
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hiraethified
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hiraethified
HP's new 13" Chromebook gets a rave review - but WTF - no touchscreen?
HP Chromebook 13 review: The best Chrome OS laptop yet
HP Chromebook 13 review: The best Chrome OS laptop yet
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
At that price you'd rather expect one. Mind you I'm guessing the other components still push the price up.
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hiraethified
The march of the Chromebooks continues:
Schools in Sweden have made Chromebooks nummer ett (number one)!
Fez909
toilet expert
Does anyone care, aside from you?
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hiraethified
I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying that people aren't interested in touchscreen Chromebooks?
Because that would be a really silly thing to say given the new touchscreen machines coming through, and the glowing press they've garnered.
Fez909
toilet expert
Sorry, was drunk posting last night and could've phrased that better
I did mean it though. I've never met anyone who likes touchscreen laptops and I speak to a lot of people in my job about their computers.
We have a bug on our website that means touchscreen computers behave differently, and when I ask the users if they mind if disable it, they all say they never use it anyway. Every time, without fail.
souljacker
innit
I quite like my touchscreen on my work PC but if I didn't have it I wouldn't care. However, if this chromebook/android thing is happening then I'd say a touchscreen on a chromebook is vital otherwise all the Android apps will be shite.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
For previous Chromebooks, I'd tend to agree with you. But with Android app support, some things just aren't going to work all that well without a touchscreen. I'd say it's essential in any new model.Sorry, was drunk posting last night and could've phrased that better
I did mean it though. I've never met anyone who likes touchscreen laptops and I speak to a lot of people in my job about their computers.
We have a bug on our website that means touchscreen computers behave differently, and when I ask the users if they mind if disable it, they all say they never use it anyway. Every time, without fail.
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hiraethified
You're a bit out of touch. Touchscreens are hugely popular on Chromebooks and they provide a very useful prime/supplemental way to interact with the content. I've barely touched the touchpad on mine and there's no way I'd go back to the limitations of a non-touch device.Sorry, was drunk posting last night and could've phrased that better
I did mean it though. I've never met anyone who likes touchscreen laptops and I speak to a lot of people in my job about their computers.
We have a bug on our website that means touchscreen computers behave differently, and when I ask the users if they mind if disable it, they all say they never use it anyway. Every time, without fail.
Fez909
toilet expert
Out of touch with what?
I can see the appeal of touchscreen for using Android apps, but other than that, I don't see the point. And nor do [m]any of the users of my website.
Chromebooks are getting more popular, but they're still pretty niche. The first time I've seen one outside of a shop was Tuesday just gone.
And within that niche, only 4 models of Chromebook can run Android apps.
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hiraethified
Every model released in 2017 will run Android apps, and previous models will soon be able to as well. Not sure where you're getting this number of 4 from, but it's quite wrong. These are the current machines that are compatible with Android apps:
Chromebooks already outsell Macs in the US, by the way.
Fez909
toilet expert
So it's 8 devices.
But, fair enough if all 2017 models will run Android apps. I didn't know that.
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hiraethified
Like I said, you're a bit out of touch
Google made this announcement back in May last year. There's an awful lot of machines that will be able to run Android apps.
The Google Play store, coming to a Chromebook near you
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