My costco bicycle from 2001 is made of "Aircraft Aluminum". And it weighs almost as much as an aircraft... I thought it was gonna be light so I could fly with it...
@@beewaifu1493 🤣🤣🤣 But seriously people using Macs mostly still run macOS simply because it doesn't suck which is opposed to chrome os and also it is actually quite a good one.
People never go to a store and say, "I want a chromebook." They go to a store and say, "I want a laptop for school" and then choose the laptop that costs half as much as the windows laptop next to it.
@@britishthought4018 There pretty disposable pieces of tech sadly so most people don’t even care. It’s really crappy how many of them schools go through so quickly
@@bashirsfar3825 I can't remember the last time we got a security update on our school-issued Chromebooks. This truly is planned obsolescence, and it makes me sick.
"Military-grade aluminum chassis." I think that means you can take out an enemy with it... when they're not looking. The 10-hour battery can also double as an MRE heater....... if you know what you're doing.
@@hecatier I see you've not actually been in the military. Military grade is just as MrClown says: as cheap as possible while meeting all the minimum requirements.
The fact of the matter is you don't actually need to meet any standard or price to claim military grade. You can literally say anything is military grade. So even though it's supposed to mean something, 9/10 times it's just used for marketing purposes. :/
There are thousands of military specifications, and some things are the bare minimum, some are good while not being overkill, and some are extreme overkill. Most are the latter, but just as people are more prone to leave reviews when they've had a bad experience, they remember the mil specs that cause them hardship. I spent 4 years working as an ANSI, mil-spec, ISO, ASTM, DIN, IEEE and any other technical cert association you can think of, verifier and specialist to confirm that the products we were producing meet these specs.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 with consumer goods, they use the term "military grade" to trick Becky into thinking little Jimmy is going to get an amazing high quality flashlight for Christmas
@@cherrypepsi2815 They do have to conform to standards of shock resistance and the like. They have to take bumps and falls that would smash ordinary consumer-grade gear to pieces. Not to mention some additional requirements sometimes, like TEMPEST.
More like: Acer laptop ships with no mouse trackpad - no one cares/whining in twitter Apple laptop ships with no mouse trackpad - other companies to follow, everyone's happy
@@totoco2 I think replacing the trackpad with a joystick with two mouse keys and a scroll thingie would help a lot to make keyboards small enough to fit an extra screen The ROG Duo 15 is a very good example, but they could get it down to 13" or 11" by replacing the trackpad with a joystick-mouse alternative.
I bought mine specifically to run Windows. I had one previously that (at the time) was only early alpha for running Windows. I know, I was the alpha. I wouldn't say it "ran" so much as it "walked with a limp". I eventually gave up, sold it, and bought a much more amenable C720 for about $20 more than I sold the Gnawty. It has run nothing but Windows since then, except for the times I've booted either GalliumOS or Mint Cinnamon to fix something Windows refuses to let me touch, for my own protection. Sometimes the solution to fix a Chromebook is to sell it and buy a slightly better Chromebook with that money (and a bit more of course).
@@mal2ksc Haha, yeah, "fixing something that Windows refuses to let me touch" hits close to home. Linux is just a pain in other ways unfortunately. As a person who plays a lot of games on pc, it's just frustrating to deal with Linux most of the time.
@@hayden.A0 nothing screams fun like a couple hours of troubleshooting to figure out why you cant force linux to play a game, only to realize it was something stupid keeping you from doing it in the first place
The cuts to shots like "homeless pandhandling chromebook", "stunned Office Manager Riley", and "[sorry don't know your name] dude making faces at laptops" really added a next-level touch to this video. There are so many great personalities at LTT at this point that when you add layers over the typical talking head format it really pays off. Well done, gang!
@@Windows98R I use it on my gaming desktop with a rtx 3070 and a r5 5600x and I get around $8 a day before electricity costs and about $5.5 after electricity costs, been using it for a month now
yeah indeed, if someone says "This laptop is military grade aluminum chassis", I'm gonna throw at him with my Panasonic toughbook if he can manage to shield with his "military grade laptop".
Wait, I thought the whole point of chromebooks was that they were ARM-based laptops which lasted for hours on ends... This is just pointless, why would I get a "wintel" laptop which is essentially stuck with a barely functionnal OS?
@@AniviaS Saw it. The design was cool-looking, even if it made the same mistakes as basically all other Chromebooks ever. But once you step away from "everything runs in the cloud" to "some things run in the cloud, some things run locally" you might as well just use a regular 'ol windows/mac laptop...?
Get this Chromebook that can run Windows on top of it. Run this cryptocurrency software for other people and get paid in.. cryptocurrency. The world is so backwards sometimes lol
That sponsor is the shadiest thing ever to happen to LTT. Like seriously, I would delete this video for that And who knows what data they mine alongside the crypto Like not just advertising crap, but credentials, live camera feed, passwords, financial info, and anything that has value on the Dark Web. I wouldn't install it in a container inside a container running on a disposable computer that runs in its own VPN and has no personal info on it. It is literally a virus.
@@matekovacs2696 I get people not liking it, and that is fine, but just throwing wild accusations with next to no backing against a platform that has been used main stream for this long is not very sound of an argument.
@@matekovacs2696 you absolutely don't understand crypto in general let alone mining and pooling that he advertised, and instead of spouting the bullshit you did; do some reading on the topic. Nicehash is EASILY the biggest and most popular casual mining software, millions of people would have noticed their data being scraped. AND it's open source, go and look at the code yourself and see what they're doing.
@@xlordmvx yes but just do some research on the CEO and the company history (H-Bit). The CEO was a botnet master and I would rather mine directly into a pool....
@@lordv1le859 Have no problem at all with my Pixel for a couple years, I had an iPhone before that, it just gets from 50% to 0% in a minute under cold weather. Apparently they still do, my gf is always complaining about that
@@lordv1le859 hardware fault? I have thrown my old pixel 2 out of the second floor directly on the pavement, I thought it stopped working the third time so I put it on the envelope the assurance company gave me to return it, then the alarm sounded the next morning. That's not a phone, that literally a tank.
@@lordv1le859 I just did, I found lots of posts talking about dead pixels(not the phone), some with camera problems(software), and 1-2 about hardware fault about the 4 XL that seems to be isolated, I'm not sure what you talk about, you're probably an apple fanboy, Good phone exists outside of Apple, you should try diversity sometimes, you could be surprised
@@musashigundoh Well there's that enterprise side as said in video. I kinda understand that some new company might want to get services from Google and have out-of-the-box hardware to do it. But still have need for some employee to run something like graphics editing software for marketing whatever.
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 what are you even try to say ? We have no records of anything but the employees and I do think that their work environment is healthy in many ways.
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 I'm sorry but I'm not understanding your point, so you are saying Linus doesn't care about us? I'm not getting it, he cares about his content and his channel. If you want to stay educated stay in school then. Education
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 In real life we can't pretend to know people's intentions and you can't assume anything about the person with proper arguments
@@davidkramer326 my history teacher sent us tasks we should do (now that we’re in home schooling again) and she wasn’t even able to put a link to a website in the email...
Seriously. This happened to “netbooks” back in they day, too. They started out cheap and slowly became as expensive as laptops, so there wasn’t really a point anymore.
@@timurtheterrible4062 At least they have open-source kernels so Linux got good support on modern Intel iGPUs rather than on those god-awful PowerVR Atoms...
*Before* Internet Explorer: "Oh hi what do you wanna sear-" Everyone: "Shut up and install Chrome" *Now* Chrome OS: "Welcome, what do you wanna us-" Everyone: "Shut up and open Windows"
@Oliver Harrison the current version of Edge is built upon Webkit (the same rendering engine used by Chrome, Safari, Opera, and about a zillion other browsers); but the first few versions used an evolution of Internet Explorer's Trident engine. It's a pity, really. The death of Opers's Presto engine and Microsoft's Trident engine means that Webkit is becoming ubiquitous and stagnant. It is, in a way, the new Trident; with Firefox's Gecko being the only competing implementation. Current day web developers find themselves working around bugs in old versions of Webkit (some of which are baked into the firmware of obsolete devices) where they were previously working around bugs in Internet Explorer.
My class was the first in my school to use chromebooks all the way from 9th grade to graduation. Everyone I knew personally hated the damn things, but we were forced into using them by the school administration. The education market is a VERY different beast than enterprise or home use since you can FORCE students to use your systems against their will with the proper political lobbying. This is largely why Texas Instruments is still selling graphing calculators for over $100 despite much cheaper devices being capable of doing the same tasks and most of the time doing those tasks better and in a more intuitive way.
How did he manage to go the whole video without addressing the fact that this has exactly zero benefits over an actual windows laptop. Why would someone buy this?
Chrome os is (well, was, it's kinda became more open and complicated since then) perfect in it's restrictiveness. Just working, super easy to use, runs smoothly on potato. Also it is probably the most secure (apart from exposing data to Google) consumer oriented os nowadays. Everything is sandboxed. Now they even work on sandboxing browser from the main system (which is sort of funny because browser almost was the system at some point).
He pointed this out in the last part of the video. It's marketed towards companies. When students have used mostly Chromebooks in school, they are very familiar with those and not so much with Windows. The thing stopping people from daily driving a Chromebook usually is that there are some things that it can't do, but a Windows machine can. So now they can daily drive a Chromebook, while being able to quickly switch to Windows when necessary. For enterprises this can be a good thing, because Chromebooks are easier to manage. So you can plunk a local(-ish) Windows 10 install on it and not worry about network shares and the like. Manage everything from the cloud and when someone messes up you just 'powerwash' the thing by pushing a key combination and a few (up to 15) minutes later you're good to go.
This video had crypto mining, complaining, silver lining, Oscar-winning acting, pranking Google, and a BRUH moment. I laughed, I cried, my heart broke and was repaired all in one video.
I absolutely love chromeos. I will take pixelbook go over windows laptop anyway tbh. (Windows is good, chromeos is better imo) Play store support and limited Linux functionality is great. Its also faster on low end machine + no boatware + updates in background + experimental features with chrome flags
@@VashStarwind you are getting sinked down by those chromeos haters propaganda r/chromeos subreddit shares a lot of cool stuff u can do on chromebooks Obviously it currently serves DIFFERENT use than windows or macos but my point stands
@@dnghn.design I will check out r/chromeos but it sounds like what you want is actually just linux (except play store support I guess, but I can't imagine why I would want a phone app on my computer)
"You can't run windows on just any old chromebook thats lying around in a third grade classroom" No actualy you can. Im litteraly runing windows on my chromebook right now. Its a chromebook R11. All you need to do is Take the write protect screw out, turn dev mode on,Run a quick script that essentialy puts a seperate Bios on the chromebook, then wipes ChromeOS off of the chromebook. Then you take your normal windows installation key in a USB, and boot from there. Thats litteraly it. If your interested, Here is a more detailed instruction on how to do it. Be warned that it will delete ChromeOS all the way off of your system, and if your not smart, you can brick your system. Its posible to get ChromeOS back on, but its a pain in the ass mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript
@@corb2193 Its not very stable, but it works alright. Look it up, theres serveral how-tos on doing it. It turns your chromebook into a cheap windows PC
@@blakebatty4803 It's not a joke in that there are a number of Chromebooks that can be turned into generic Windows/Linux laptops by flashing a new bios. But obviously from the op there's some work involved.
i use their service too, last week or so its paying better than usual, they must need more hash power on their network or something. They're really good for what they do.
I 100% agree, I hate chromebooks. The OS is crap, the quality of any flip-phone is better and they are too slow to be even used for simple tasks. I also used MacOS, and Windows before and they are both fine. Apple is more user friendly but Windows can run more games and your UI does not hide all the small useful things. What Im interested in, is if game developers actually try to produce their games for both Windows and MacOS now that apples PCs get really fast with the new ARM chips. Chromebook’s will never be loved by anyone, if they experienced any other OS before. Kids play games nowadays, and there is almost no support for any games for Chrome OS. Googles dream of a Corporation controlled world will thankfully never happen if we teach our following generation the things that matter.
@@ItsMerle. You know how I know you've never used a chromebook outside of best buy? That comment. I used windows from it's inception to xp. Switched to Linux. Now planning a switch to mac. Won't give up my chromebook. They're too awesome.
@@mr.osamabingaming2633 I went to a charter school for my last year of highschool and basically lived in a chromebook during that time. I can say that they are completely garbage if anything you want to do is not able to be done through chrome. Like I was taking a computer science class and the class was like hey young child download and install this python ide, but guess what you cant
@@walfman100 they definitely aren't intended for COMPUTER SCIENCE students, but elementary to high school students, for people who only have basic needs. Downloading an IDE is not a basic need.
@@mr.osamabingaming2633 I know but the school I went to was like sorry, but your sol because we spend all of our student tech budget one ipads and chromebooks. I had to go to the district superintendent and get an ordered exception to force the school to allow me to bring in my own laptop so I could complete the class
I'll mention a big problem I have with Chromebooks. You can have hardware that still runs perfectly fine, while software support has ended. If the Chromebook is not a model that can be readily converted to Linux, you're stuck with the choice of either not using it at all, or using it with unsupported software. I have two Chromebooks in my possession, both old enough to no longer be supported by Google/Chrome. One is an Intel model with SeaBIOS. That one has been converted to Linux, and while it's a Celeron, the RAM is a bit skimpy to run a VM (4GB), the keyboard layout basically sucks (there are some mitigations for this available in Linux), and the screen is a 1366x768 non IPS, it's still a serviceable machine that I can use. The other one is an ARM model. That one has no effective way out of ChromeOS and thus still works for ChromeOS stuff and Android applications, but is not really of that much use to me. Admittedly, it never was a big favorite of mine. I don't have that much use for ChromeOS in general. If only I could convert it to a complete Linux system, it would see a lot more use from me. In that case it would basically become a more practical version (no fan noise, slim, good battery life) of a netbook.
Well the reason as to of why they do this is because just notice how windows machine slow down so fast UPDATES slow them down with each and every new feature of the os so google is doing this to preserve the computers and not make them chug alot
School and parents were buying chromebooks so kids could remote learn since chromebooks tend to be cheaper. That's really the only reason the sales were so high.
@proton recuva uh it won't help with app support chromos apps don't run on linux. it doesn't really help with hardware support either, chromebook don't support many peripherals and chromebook/boxes are locked down much like Android hardware afaict
@proton recuva are flatpaks supported out of the box? if not most devs and users won't care and sure there may be a debian container but i expect most users and devs will care more for the android apps rather than the debian apps. why? because its easier, more familiar and less expensive to develop p.s. the kernel isn't all that matters if it was canonical's ubuntu touch would run ootb on android and chromeos hardware
It is an abomination - You're ruining a perfectly good Linux install by infecting it (Linus' words, not mine) with Windows. You should defenestrate your PCs whenever possible.
@@JapaneseSoomi Right? They were introduced the year I went from elementary to middle school. I just assumed that’s how it went: use PCs running on Windows 7, using Internet Explorer and some Word ripoff through grade 6, then start using Chrome and Chromebooks once you hit middle school. Nope, just lucked out with the perfect timing. :/ I almost envy the kids who never had to deal with those sketchy “kid friendly” games (I actually do miss a few of them...) but I also find it funny that school computers don’t just come pre-installed with games anymore: you’re using Chromebooks! XD
@@BrendonGreenNZL well, its a good mix of cutomizability and standatization. You have a lot of things prepared but you can change almost all of them if you wish. In MacOSX you can change icons position and wallpaper. In linux you have to make everything yourself. So unles you have very specific usecase that does not run on windows you have best average experience on windows. The times of constant BSODs is over for a good decade
@@Dukenukem "On Linux you have to make everything yourself" Depends on the distro. If you use something like Linux Mint, you don't need to make anything, everything is already setup for you.
@@matekovacs2696 gentoo really hasn’t changed its core mechanic since then, I’m just saying that google was acting like they built the whole OS by themselves
@@justamustache2324 They obviously didn't build it themselves Not a lot of things do they build themselves And neither has Windows changed its core mechanic In fact, MS only reskinned everything and added bloatware and spying
You should use linux instead I am not a linux elitist , in fact I use windows all the time , but you have to be insane to use chrome os willingly If it is forced on you by a school or something, good luck
Tis was in Parallels Chrome too. There's also Windows on a Mac M1 base system by frankensteining Bootcamp with a Surface Pro X, there's a KVM Hyper-V frankenstein method to run Mac without many bottlenecks (disk i/o) inside Windows Pro Insiders Fast Ring Edition. Nintendo Switch can run the Windows 10 installer but fails installing due to driver incompatibility.
@@flamingkillermc2806 Did you also know that the XBOX Series X virtualizes not only the XBOX and the XBOX 360 kernel, but also the Windows 8.1 kernel and the Linux kernel? The old XBONE UI actually was in a virtualized Windows 8.1. For apps that use OpenGL, the Series X uses the Mesa Graphics Stack from within a paravirtualized instance of Linux!
@@hellothere5437 I kinda did but also no at the same time. I know that you can run window 10 on a PS4 but that’s all it, I real don’t follow console stuff
@@matekovacs2696 technically even windows can run Linux apps and even those with GUIs (with a little tinkering) Android can also run Linux software through a terminal (with certain limitations) so in the end people should just use what they like without shoving it in people's faces.
@@hayden.A0 Yeah I know, they can, and that is great I didn't intend to shove anything in anyone's face, just noted that there are more limiting OSes than ChromeOS.
3:42 omg that has got to be the funniest thing on ltt for a while. Riley and james skits is something i would definitely watch. Channel idea? Wink wink nudge nudge
Windows to ChromeOS: In our corporate environment, if we have access to Windows, we don't really need ChromeOS. It would just be overlap. A suggestion, though, and a VERY environmentally and easy thing to do is take an old corporate laptop and use it as a ChromeOS computer. Corporate laptops are usually spec'd reasonably high-end for a Chromebook and I've been testing CloudReady for some months now and I've not had trouble YET. Neverware has a compatibility list, but I've had good luck so far with random laptops. Even super old Macs.
@@user-tm3fz7qx3s oof also at our school all the chrome books the younger kids have to use the storage is 64gb and its all full and they are still expected to do there homework even tho there is no room in the computer
The biggest issue with expensive Chromebooks is still "why would I get one?" Sure it can run Windows now via virtual machine. But is there any advantage to that over just getting a native Windows laptop or MacBook?
In one of their recent interviews they shoehorned in a "we also have a TH-cam channel" in the cringiest possible way, so good to know their editors with MBAs and no background in tech or journalism are still in charge
I have heard from multiple IT department that their solution is to have Windows in a cloud for devices that don't have Windows. Citrix works in HTML5 so it is totally compatible with Chrome. They also use this for people with Macbooks that need to run Windows-specific software.
No. Usually it means it passed independently performed ruggedness and durability tests and achieved a military grade certification rating. This laptop and the LG G6 are both MIL-STD 810G certified, which basically means they are extra durable.
In the price bracket that Chromebooks tend to sit in, an extra $50 in your budget goes a loooong way. Where as when looking for a gaming laptop, you'll be lucky if that gets you a similar product from a different brand.
Not even close. You can get windows laptops that are just as cheap. The reason Chromebooks are used is A) They can very easily cloudmanaged, and B) Random fucks can't install Fortnite on them forcing the IT people to spend the entire day wiping hard drives.
@@wta1518 I know. I'm just joking. There's no way that school would have enough budget to get 1000$ laptops for each student and even if they did, they would get macbooks anyway. I still wonder why they didn't make a core i9 chromebook. They made a core i7 chromebook so go all out with the core i9 isn't the worst idea.
Ngl the mining sponsor angers me because they already have like 20 GPUs each to the point that everything is expensive as hell and now they want my PC too? Nah man deal with what you got like the rest of us
@@dakoderii4221 its a joke lol no business would buy chromebooks but schools do because they don't know what a good deal is they just see the low price and buy them
@@Moreymoto schools know exactly what they're doing, the cloud management capabilities of chromebooks, their native integration with the gsuite accounts students already have, and their ability to seamlessly stay up to date and be wiped and reset in minutes are all super powerful.
@@EoRdE6 Thank fuck someone here actually used their brain for once. I just spent the past week wiping hard drives on laptops that were sent out for online classes because my recommendation to buy Chromebooks was ignored.
@@aamaruvi Actually Chrome OS is based on Debian. You can even use the APT package manager on it and install pretty much anything you could install on a traditional Debian system, like GIMP or whatever.
I really like my Ideapad Duet. While imo Windows smokes everything else in the Desktop formfactor (I'd never trade in my main PC), ChromeOS works really well as a 2 in 1 OS. I'd go as far as saying it's currently the best solution for that purpose, especially at this price point.
Stealing ??? They Got hacked... and they repaid everyone in the COINS they lost, not in the Fiat Value. So if you Lost 5 Bitcoins when they got hacked, like 8k $, They pay you Back 5 Bitcoins, but now at a price of 20k each, so you get 100k Back instead of 9k
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Next: running Windows on a PS5.
- But why Linus?
- Because I can.
We got linux on a ps3.
Because it would be an excellent value gaming PC
If you can run Linux you can Windows or anything else in a VM assuming you have the horsepower and the PS5 should eat that shit alive!
I got raspberry pi on my switch :/
Why not.. not being a pc is really the Only drawback with ps5
"military-grade aluminum chassis, whatever that means" As someone in the military, I can tell you means that is is cheap, and of garbage quality.
Call Of Duty 'lowest bidder' quote
Lol. Another reason to be wary of buzzwords in advertising.
My costco bicycle from 2001 is made of "Aircraft Aluminum". And it weighs almost as much as an aircraft...
I thought it was gonna be light so I could fly with it...
@@Saythor also got tricked by that and my friends "military aluminum" bicycle split in two sending me flying into a tree.
That's something a Techno Heretic would say.
When it comes to wasting money, Linus is a professional
Not just w professional but the creator
facts
yea
Pretty sure Dennis is
@@zhaiketoledo3658 So true
ChromeOS: what is my purpose?
Linus: you run Windows.
IE revenge
@SUSSY BAKA Mac: Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.
@@beewaifu1493 🤣🤣🤣
But seriously people using Macs mostly still run macOS simply because it doesn't suck which is opposed to chrome os and also it is actually quite a good one.
@@MthaMenMon literally 😂
ChromeOS: oh my god...
People never go to a store and say, "I want a chromebook." They go to a store and say, "I want a laptop for school" and then choose the laptop that costs half as much as the windows laptop next to it.
*I want a laptop for school but will only be usable for 3 years because you need to run real programs for GCSEs
Linux-Windows: ......
@@britishthought4018 There pretty disposable pieces of tech sadly so most people don’t even care. It’s really crappy how many of them schools go through so quickly
All the cheap Windows craptops with similar cheap hardware be like:
@@bashirsfar3825 I can't remember the last time we got a security update on our school-issued Chromebooks. This truly is planned obsolescence, and it makes me sick.
"Military Grade" should be a sign to stay away. Our stuff comes from the lowest bidder.
"Military Grade" is the new "Gamer" :)
@@CakePrincessCelestia rgb gaming assault rifle?
I always found civilian stuff that says military grade hilarious. If only they knew
Those "lowest bidders" do bid a lot of money through lobbying, just saying.
@@jacobjackson8619 If I get drafted to the army I'm sure as hell taking my Razer Chroma Mamba V5x Assault Rifle with me to the barracks.
Microsoft's new product: The Edgebook
Oh no.
*teleports behind you*
"Something happened"
Based on chromiumbook
This wouldnt even be stupid..
Edgelord
"Military-grade aluminum chassis."
I think that means you can take out an enemy with it... when they're not looking. The 10-hour battery can also double as an MRE heater....... if you know what you're doing.
the term "military grade" is just a buzzword really
it just means the bare minimum of something that is working, but no more than that
Nice. Ok, let's get this out onto a tray.
If you don't know what you're doing, the battery can double as an incendiary grenade.
@@Codex_0613 Not necessarily. Military grade uranium isn't non enriched uranium, but the highest enriched.
@@nikkiofthevalley Not true, that is Weapons-Grade Uranium... not Military Grade.
LTT: We hate those miners.
Also LTT: Here's our sponsor!
Its meant for mining on the side not run a farm
Yh at least this means they aint gonna be buying our gpus.
@@navidmehdi6 I bought 4 3080s off nicehash good luck getting a card now prices are just going up and up lmao
@@declanmckeown323 How do you buy gpu's from nicehash. I'ts for selling your gpu power.
@@Xfade81 I mean I bought them "off " (with) the money I made from mining
1:26 "Military grade .... whatever that means"
That means it meets the bare minimum standard for durability, while costing as little as possible.
*while costing as much as possible
actually the opposite, military grade is the best possible.
@@hecatier I see you've not actually been in the military. Military grade is just as MrClown says: as cheap as possible while meeting all the minimum requirements.
The fact of the matter is you don't actually need to meet any standard or price to claim military grade. You can literally say anything is military grade. So even though it's supposed to mean something, 9/10 times it's just used for marketing purposes. :/
There are thousands of military specifications, and some things are the bare minimum, some are good while not being overkill, and some are extreme overkill. Most are the latter, but just as people are more prone to leave reviews when they've had a bad experience, they remember the mil specs that cause them hardship. I spent 4 years working as an ANSI, mil-spec, ISO, ASTM, DIN, IEEE and any other technical cert association you can think of, verifier and specialist to confirm that the products we were producing meet these specs.
Military grade has never meant "high quality"
It just means "cheap and easy to manufacture large amounts of"
"Literally the cheapest thing we could get away with using in this application."
@@needfuldoer4531 yep
Except for the price tag.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 with consumer goods, they use the term "military grade" to trick Becky into thinking little Jimmy is going to get an amazing high quality flashlight for Christmas
@@cherrypepsi2815 They do have to conform to standards of shock resistance and the like. They have to take bumps and falls that would smash ordinary consumer-grade gear to pieces.
Not to mention some additional requirements sometimes, like TEMPEST.
"The delete key is also missing"
Me, a Mac user: First time?
Macs do have it tho
You can use fn + backspace for it
@@Juanguar the backspace in macs is called "delete"
It reminds me of a flipped version of the joke about Internet Explorer’s only purpose was to download Chrome
7:59
"Just get rid of this part"
Later on the news: Acer laptop ships with no mouse trackpad, other companies to follow
More like:
Acer laptop ships with no mouse trackpad - no one cares/whining in twitter
Apple laptop ships with no mouse trackpad - other companies to follow, everyone's happy
@@totoco2 I think replacing the trackpad with a joystick with two mouse keys and a scroll thingie would help a lot to make keyboards small enough to fit an extra screen The ROG Duo 15 is a very good example, but they could get it down to 13" or 11" by replacing the trackpad with a joystick-mouse alternative.
@@SapioiT say hello to the 'nipple'
i want those gone. i always use mouse anyway
I wouldn't mind a world without these. At least some companies make it possible to just disable them.
I love how the solution to fix a chrome book is run windows.
I bought mine specifically to run Windows. I had one previously that (at the time) was only early alpha for running Windows. I know, I was the alpha. I wouldn't say it "ran" so much as it "walked with a limp". I eventually gave up, sold it, and bought a much more amenable C720 for about $20 more than I sold the Gnawty. It has run nothing but Windows since then, except for the times I've booted either GalliumOS or Mint Cinnamon to fix something Windows refuses to let me touch, for my own protection.
Sometimes the solution to fix a Chromebook is to sell it and buy a slightly better Chromebook with that money (and a bit more of course).
@@mal2ksc Haha, yeah, "fixing something that Windows refuses to let me touch" hits close to home. Linux is just a pain in other ways unfortunately. As a person who plays a lot of games on pc, it's just frustrating to deal with Linux most of the time.
@@hayden.A0 nothing screams fun like a couple hours of troubleshooting to figure out why you cant force linux to play a game, only to realize it was something stupid keeping you from doing it in the first place
gaming on a chromebook is like eating soup with a knife
You must have overlooked your IQ to get that analogy. 😆
And every time you eat you cut your mouth
both might end up in a bloody mess.
And soup is not eaten
Fr homie lol
I.T. : Oh, so I can run windows on this Chromebook?
I.T. Security: No
Linus: "Are you awake?"
Me: Don't you dare.
Linus "Awake to hear this message from our sponsor?"
Me: DAMMIT
Smoothest sponsor I've ever seen
Me: Are you awake?
Linus: Don't you dare.
Me: Awake to have your sponsor skipped by my Sponsor Skip?
Linus: DAMMIT
The cuts to shots like "homeless pandhandling chromebook", "stunned Office Manager Riley", and "[sorry don't know your name] dude making faces at laptops" really added a next-level touch to this video. There are so many great personalities at LTT at this point that when you add layers over the typical talking head format it really pays off.
Well done, gang!
His name is Andy, I believe. I mean the guy making the faces.
@@matekovacs2696 yep, its andy
That whole shot was incredible!! Video was good, but i enjoyed that bit way too much!
“Photoshop is A LOT more usable than on windows own arm platform”
Shots fired
Yeah, but to be fair, it's running on a VM powered by a regular x86 cpu
@@Mr.Anders0n_ yeah but if Apple has anything to say about it, seems as though adobe apps work better on ARM when it's done right lmao.
"Rent out your computer when it's not in use to bitcoin miners"
This sounds like a good idea. What could possibly go wrong?
Nothing
Exactly lol but it’s a LTT sponsor so I’m hoping it isn’t just pure BS
@@Windows98R I use it on my gaming desktop with a rtx 3070 and a r5 5600x and I get around $8 a day before electricity costs and about $5.5 after electricity costs, been using it for a month now
@@shreyanj9090 with or without referrals?
@@dr_roomba no referrals
- Aliens: are you humans?
- Nope, we are Linuses of the world.
6:18
bruh
Linii even.
just imagine a bunch of people chanting bad segways and saying lttstore.com
“Military grade". I hope one day this term goes away from the PC space.
To me it says made by the lowest bidder so it is the cheapest crap that barely makes the minimum specs.
@@brokengames9020 Umm OK. You sure you are not talking about Faux News in the wrong video comment?
@@JETWTF Isnt that the definition of millitary grade
@@brokengames9020 yo man what's up, you need help?
yeah indeed, if someone says "This laptop is military grade aluminum chassis", I'm gonna throw at him with my Panasonic toughbook if he can manage to shield with his "military grade laptop".
"This is dedicated to business"
Immediately fires geekbench
Of course
That thing ain't going near any business I provide IT services to.
Rather set myself on fire
"I believe this is what zoomers refer to as a 'bruh' moment" - Linus Sebastian, 2021
Linus: "It's a Chromebook with an i7"
Me: ... why?
I guess you never saw the chromebook pixel
Wait, I thought the whole point of chromebooks was that they were ARM-based laptops which lasted for hours on ends... This is just pointless, why would I get a "wintel" laptop which is essentially stuck with a barely functionnal OS?
@@AniviaS Saw it. The design was cool-looking, even if it made the same mistakes as basically all other Chromebooks ever. But once you step away from "everything runs in the cloud" to "some things run in the cloud, some things run locally" you might as well just use a regular 'ol windows/mac laptop...?
Why not 😅
waste of an i7
Get this Chromebook that can run Windows on top of it. Run this cryptocurrency software for other people and get paid in.. cryptocurrency. The world is so backwards sometimes lol
The nice hash part is so that you can get more constant income from mining than actually mining
That sponsor is the shadiest thing ever to happen to LTT.
Like seriously, I would delete this video for that
And who knows what data they mine alongside the crypto
Like not just advertising crap, but credentials, live camera feed, passwords, financial info, and anything that has value on the Dark Web.
I wouldn't install it in a container inside a container running on a disposable computer that runs in its own VPN and has no personal info on it. It is literally a virus.
@@Examoon they were hacked and they refunder everything
@@matekovacs2696 I get people not liking it, and that is fine, but just throwing wild accusations with next to no backing against a platform that has been used main stream for this long is not very sound of an argument.
@@matekovacs2696 you absolutely don't understand crypto in general let alone mining and pooling that he advertised, and instead of spouting the bullshit you did; do some reading on the topic. Nicehash is EASILY the biggest and most popular casual mining software, millions of people would have noticed their data being scraped. AND it's open source, go and look at the code yourself and see what they're doing.
Crypto sponsor ha......
sh
Hmm. I was one of the NiceHash users that lost all of their money when they got hacked.. I don’t agree with this sponsor 🤔
@@AyreBen it happened yeah - but companys do mistakes because they are run by humans
@@xlordmvx yes but just do some research on the CEO and the company history (H-Bit). The CEO was a botnet master and I would rather mine directly into a pool....
So this is why my mining profits skyrocketed today. Thanks Linus!!
Linus: Damn cryptominers, scalpers are the worst.
Also Linus: Nicehash!
It’s more made for the gamers who already have those powerful pc components who are trying to recoup some cash
"in an interview with The Verge"
*Thermal paste flashbacks*
That poor power supply
*Badly placed ram flashbacks*
dont forget the single channel memory with 2 sticks
@@HoangNguyen-ej4wb all it wanted was some airflow :-:
icing a cake 🍰
Chromebook, more functionality at the cost of less functionality.
task failed sucessfully
Google: we will be rolling in money!
Functionality at the cost of pointless shit.... If your laptop didn't cost at least $1,500 it's gonna run Windows like trash
@@jarkkehhh213 $200 machines run Win10 just fine.
@@rawdez_ Lol yeahhh but they don't
linus: miners smack everything
linus: nicehash advertising
Lol this just reminded me of when I used to install ubuntu on Samsung chrome books for people at school for 20 bucks
20 bucks holy shit, I'd do for free
@@thebagofair 20 bucks is 20 bucks
sigma grindset
He means 20 rupees. Typical Indian English.
I’d have charged more for such a powerful upgrade lol.
"military-grade" means the cheapest shit possible.
- Military Veteran
Maybe you misused it? Its not intended to be used as a shield. Its just a Notebook!
@@lordv1le859 Have no problem at all with my Pixel for a couple years, I had an iPhone before that, it just gets from 50% to 0% in a minute under cold weather. Apparently they still do, my gf is always complaining about that
@@lordv1le859 hardware fault? I have thrown my old pixel 2 out of the second floor directly on the pavement, I thought it stopped working the third time so I put it on the envelope the assurance company gave me to return it, then the alarm sounded the next morning. That's not a phone, that literally a tank.
@@lordv1le859 I just did, I found lots of posts talking about dead pixels(not the phone), some with camera problems(software), and 1-2 about hardware fault about the 4 XL that seems to be isolated, I'm not sure what you talk about, you're probably an apple fanboy, Good phone exists outside of Apple, you should try diversity sometimes, you could be surprised
@Michael You: (here). The joke: (just slightly above you)
Linus: "Chromebook with Windows"
Me: "So still useless"
That's definitely one way to put it.
You see they c h e a p
The video sorely lacks an answer to the question "Why would anyone prefer this over a laptop with the same specs running Windows natively?"
@@musashigundoh exactly. you're like buying a chromebook just to run windows in a virtual machine.
@@musashigundoh Well there's that enterprise side as said in video. I kinda understand that some new company might want to get services from Google and have out-of-the-box hardware to do it. But still have need for some employee to run something like graphics editing software for marketing whatever.
Linus: "...since the delete key is also missing!"
Tim Apple: "It's Magic!"
they might offer it as paid DLC later
The lack of the delete key is so annoying.
*When LTT accepts a miner sponsorship: "You were supposed to destroy the Sith not join them"
linus: "im a nice guy"
me: not to the hardware parts
@Tyler Schultz ikr 🤣
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 You obviously don't know Linus or his employees.
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 what are you even try to say ? We have no records of anything but the employees and I do think that their work environment is healthy in many ways.
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 I'm sorry but I'm not understanding your point, so you are saying Linus doesn't care about us? I'm not getting it, he cares about his content and his channel.
If you want to stay educated stay in school then.
Education
@@lolnjeoglondajmejejplejlis3365 In real life we can't pretend to know people's intentions and you can't assume anything about the person with proper arguments
My kids use Chromebooks at school and they wanted me to get them each one for at home... I laughed and built them PCs.
When even my 13-yo Windows Vista laptop (now running Win7 on SSD) has nearly identical specs to low-end Chromebooks.
Cries in 5400 rpm hdd pc
Yeah Chromebooks are only good for schools cause they're cheap and more locked down than full Windows laptops
Make them use Gentoo
@@mskiptr or Debian as a start if you're not familiar with Gentoo
Linus: Chromebooks dominate education!
Me in Germany: Yeah, so the overhead projector is broken again...
Cries in no wifi in school
Some of my teachers are still figuring out how the projector works
@@davidkramer326 my history teacher sent us tasks we should do (now that we’re in home schooling again) and she wasn’t even able to put a link to a website in the email...
because she is history
Overhead Projektor hahahahaah, ich rolle die DDR Deutschlandkarte zusammen😂😂😂🙈
I love how the music kind of paused when he said "3:2 display" 1:22
lmao why is this funny
Linus, if I had to buy that expensive Chromebook, why won't I just buy a Good Windows laptop
Seriously. This happened to “netbooks” back in they day, too. They started out cheap and slowly became as expensive as laptops, so there wasn’t really a point anymore.
@@float32 they still exist
@@float32 Chromebooks started out as basically netbooks with a retarded OS.
Exactly
@@timurtheterrible4062 At least they have open-source kernels so Linux got good support on modern Intel iGPUs rather than on those god-awful PowerVR Atoms...
Linus: "I like windows"
Houses: yes
*Before*
Internet Explorer: "Oh hi what do you wanna sear-"
Everyone: "Shut up and install Chrome"
*Now*
Chrome OS: "Welcome, what do you wanna us-"
Everyone: "Shut up and open Windows"
this thing is like the FB phones we had back then
Ironic
Internet Explorer, you are dead now. So just shut up. -- Edge
@Oliver Harrison the current version of Edge is built upon Webkit (the same rendering engine used by Chrome, Safari, Opera, and about a zillion other browsers); but the first few versions used an evolution of Internet Explorer's Trident engine.
It's a pity, really. The death of Opers's Presto engine and Microsoft's Trident engine means that Webkit is becoming ubiquitous and stagnant. It is, in a way, the new Trident; with Firefox's Gecko being the only competing implementation. Current day web developers find themselves working around bugs in old versions of Webkit (some of which are baked into the firmware of obsolete devices) where they were previously working around bugs in Internet Explorer.
All mainstream browsers are bloated ass
My class was the first in my school to use chromebooks all the way from 9th grade to graduation. Everyone I knew personally hated the damn things, but we were forced into using them by the school administration. The education market is a VERY different beast than enterprise or home use since you can FORCE students to use your systems against their will with the proper political lobbying. This is largely why Texas Instruments is still selling graphing calculators for over $100 despite much cheaper devices being capable of doing the same tasks and most of the time doing those tasks better and in a more intuitive way.
How did he manage to go the whole video without addressing the fact that this has exactly zero benefits over an actual windows laptop. Why would someone buy this?
Google has the money to run a massive loss on these, to ensure market domination. Same as they have done with pretty much everything else.
Chrome os is (well, was, it's kinda became more open and complicated since then) perfect in it's restrictiveness. Just working, super easy to use, runs smoothly on potato. Also it is probably the most secure (apart from exposing data to Google) consumer oriented os nowadays. Everything is sandboxed. Now they even work on sandboxing browser from the main system (which is sort of funny because browser almost was the system at some point).
Everything you just talked about is on linux
He pointed this out in the last part of the video. It's marketed towards companies. When students have used mostly Chromebooks in school, they are very familiar with those and not so much with Windows. The thing stopping people from daily driving a Chromebook usually is that there are some things that it can't do, but a Windows machine can. So now they can daily drive a Chromebook, while being able to quickly switch to Windows when necessary. For enterprises this can be a good thing, because Chromebooks are easier to manage. So you can plunk a local(-ish) Windows 10 install on it and not worry about network shares and the like. Manage everything from the cloud and when someone messes up you just 'powerwash' the thing by pushing a key combination and a few (up to 15) minutes later you're good to go.
@@agrisimfarming linux is not custom made for specific hardware. You also have to set up all that sandbox stuff. It's baked in on chrome os
This video had crypto mining, complaining, silver lining, Oscar-winning acting, pranking Google, and a BRUH moment.
I laughed, I cried, my heart broke and was repaired all in one video.
The whole getting kids used to Chromebook is kind of scary.
I absolutely love chromeos. I will take pixelbook go over windows laptop anyway tbh. (Windows is good, chromeos is better imo)
Play store support and limited Linux functionality is great.
Its also faster on low end machine + no boatware + updates in background + experimental features with chrome flags
@@dnghn.design Chrome os SUCKS, idk what your smoking lol.
Yeah its messed up. They dont want people to know how to use traditional computers anymore, they want em to use these dumbed down pieces of garbage..
@@VashStarwind you are getting sinked down by those chromeos haters propaganda
r/chromeos subreddit shares a lot of cool stuff u can do on chromebooks
Obviously it currently serves DIFFERENT use than windows or macos but my point stands
@@dnghn.design I will check out r/chromeos but it sounds like what you want is actually just linux (except play store support I guess, but I can't imagine why I would want a phone app on my computer)
Schools should really stop using Chromebooks. They do not prepare kids for what is used in the corporate and even university world.
"You can't run windows on just any old chromebook thats lying around in a third grade classroom"
No actualy you can. Im litteraly runing windows on my chromebook right now. Its a chromebook R11. All you need to do is Take the write protect screw out, turn dev mode on,Run a quick script that essentialy puts a seperate Bios on the chromebook, then wipes ChromeOS off of the chromebook. Then you take your normal windows installation key in a USB, and boot from there. Thats litteraly it.
If your interested, Here is a more detailed instruction on how to do it. Be warned that it will delete ChromeOS all the way off of your system, and if your not smart, you can brick your system. Its posible to get ChromeOS back on, but its a pain in the ass mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript
I’m not sure if this is a joke or not
interesting ive never heard of this and putting a differed bios seems sketchy at the least!
@@blakebatty4803 Its litteraly not a joke. Im litteraly running windows on a chromebook right now
@@corb2193 Its not very stable, but it works alright. Look it up, theres serveral how-tos on doing it. It turns your chromebook into a cheap windows PC
@@blakebatty4803 It's not a joke in that there are a number of Chromebooks that can be turned into generic Windows/Linux laptops by flashing a new bios. But obviously from the op there's some work involved.
I feel like this sponsorship is gonna get people mad
Ngl I kinda love this sponsor, tho I have used their service for about 3 years
i use their service too, last week or so its paying better than usual, they must need more hash power on their network or something. They're really good for what they do.
@@Vihara2 be careful they were hacked back during the previous crypto boom and still haven't finished paying back their customers.
Maybe because they allowed 70M USD of bitcoin to be stolen from their customers & took 4 years to return it all?
@@timbermonson I mean, how fast can you gather 70M USD without going bankrupt in the process?
"Bruh" moment - As a Zoomer can confirm
Verge as a whole is a bruh moment
As a zoomed it is a bruh moment
go back to fortnite
@@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards if you're under 26 you're a zoomer, sad news buddy, live with it
Fellow Zoomer here. Can confirm this is in fact, a bruh moment.
The way you brought the sponsors... 😂. This is one of the factors why I enjoy LTT
Holy shit, I was dozing off (currently midnight) and opened my eyes right when Linus asked if we’re awake. That was trippy af!!!
bruh that would freak me tf out
What time in the video
Nvm
@@dysfunctionate3656 Came here to write exactly that xD
I was commenting the word "bloated browsers" when Linus said "bloated software" in the video 1 sec. after
Video editing on ChromeBook feels eating soup with a fork
lel
🍴🥣
The most amazing part of this was when they changed the default browser in Windows and it didn't ask to use Edge
everyone at my school HATES Chromebook’s, because of how slow they are, I think google is just scaring them away from all laptops.
I feel like hating on chromebooks is one of the very few things that mac people and pc people can agree on
I mean it's cheap but you will have to live with google ecosystem which isn't that bad for most people.
why? What's wrong with them?
@@raidev_ basically any chromebook that isn't cheap is bad.
I 100% agree, I hate chromebooks. The OS is crap, the quality of any flip-phone is better and they are too slow to be even used for simple tasks. I also used MacOS, and Windows before and they are both fine. Apple is more user friendly but Windows can run more games and your UI does not hide all the small useful things. What Im interested in, is if game developers actually try to produce their games for both Windows and MacOS now that apples PCs get really fast with the new ARM chips.
Chromebook’s will never be loved by anyone, if they experienced any other OS before. Kids play games nowadays, and there is almost no support for any games for Chrome OS. Googles dream of a Corporation controlled world will thankfully never happen if we teach our following generation the things that matter.
@@ItsMerle. You know how I know you've never used a chromebook outside of best buy?
That comment.
I used windows from it's inception to xp. Switched to Linux. Now planning a switch to mac.
Won't give up my chromebook. They're too awesome.
6:40 If anything, watching a movie on windows is like using a hometheater setup while a chromebook is like watching it on your phone.
ChromeOS is so flawed. I can’t imagine why anyone would want a computer that’s so locked down. It takes away all the freedom of PCs
"Military-grade" = made by the lowest bidder.
Lmao 🤣🤣 I see what you did there
^this
Chromebook: **Is worse than both Windows and Mac laptops**
Schools: I'll take your entire stock!
They're perfectly fine for their intended purpose.
and this is how chrome os has 11% of laptops
@@mr.osamabingaming2633 I went to a charter school for my last year of highschool and basically lived in a chromebook during that time. I can say that they are completely garbage if anything you want to do is not able to be done through chrome. Like I was taking a computer science class and the class was like hey young child download and install this python ide, but guess what you cant
@@walfman100 they definitely aren't intended for COMPUTER SCIENCE students, but elementary to high school students, for people who only have basic needs. Downloading an IDE is not a basic need.
@@mr.osamabingaming2633 I know but the school I went to was like sorry, but your sol because we spend all of our student tech budget one ipads and chromebooks. I had to go to the district superintendent and get an ordered exception to force the school to allow me to bring in my own laptop so I could complete the class
I'll mention a big problem I have with Chromebooks. You can have hardware that still runs perfectly fine, while software support has ended. If the Chromebook is not a model that can be readily converted to Linux, you're stuck with the choice of either not using it at all, or using it with unsupported software.
I have two Chromebooks in my possession, both old enough to no longer be supported by Google/Chrome. One is an Intel model with SeaBIOS. That one has been converted to Linux, and while it's a Celeron, the RAM is a bit skimpy to run a VM (4GB), the keyboard layout basically sucks (there are some mitigations for this available in Linux), and the screen is a 1366x768 non IPS, it's still a serviceable machine that I can use. The other one is an ARM model. That one has no effective way out of ChromeOS and thus still works for ChromeOS stuff and Android applications, but is not really of that much use to me. Admittedly, it never was a big favorite of mine. I don't have that much use for ChromeOS in general. If only I could convert it to a complete Linux system, it would see a lot more use from me. In that case it would basically become a more practical version (no fan noise, slim, good battery life) of a netbook.
Well the reason as to of why they do this is because just notice how windows machine slow down so fast UPDATES slow them down with each and every new feature of the os so google is doing this to preserve the computers and not make them chug alot
School and parents were buying chromebooks so kids could remote learn since chromebooks tend to be cheaper. That's really the only reason the sales were so high.
Exactly
Linus has properly settled into permanent "dad mode" with that constant clicking sound lmfao.
Nobody:
My school: No
WinChrome...."Now stealing your data, twice!!"
So it has come to this?
Windows runs on things "because I can"
...meanwhile, Linux is the obvious default choice.
well tbf this setup can be indeed be replicated on desktop linux
@proton recuva uh it won't help with app support chromos apps don't run on linux. it doesn't really help with hardware support either, chromebook don't support many peripherals and chromebook/boxes are locked down much like Android hardware afaict
@proton recuva are flatpaks supported out of the box? if not most devs and users won't care
and sure there may be a debian container but i expect most users and devs will care more for the android apps rather than the debian apps. why? because its easier, more familiar and less expensive to develop
p.s. the kernel isn't all that matters if it was canonical's ubuntu touch would run ootb on android and chromeos hardware
Title: "This is an ABOMINATION"
The video: this is actually good
It is an abomination - You're ruining a perfectly good Linux install by infecting it (Linus' words, not mine) with Windows. You should defenestrate your PCs whenever possible.
5 years later:
Linus: Today we're gonna run a Chrome inside a Windows VM in a Chrome OS VM in a Windows VM on a Chromebook!
It says it in Leviticus
"If a Chromebook lies with Windows, he has committed an abomination and shall be put to death"
😂 Sounds about right
"Kids who have used chromebooks their whole life in school" - of, what unfortunate souls... "Can't anybody think about the Children?"
@@danjoredd what... I thought chromebooks were fairly new....
@@JapaneseSoomi Right? They were introduced the year I went from elementary to middle school. I just assumed that’s how it went: use PCs running on Windows 7, using Internet Explorer and some Word ripoff through grade 6, then start using Chrome and Chromebooks once you hit middle school. Nope, just lucked out with the perfect timing. :/ I almost envy the kids who never had to deal with those sketchy “kid friendly” games (I actually do miss a few of them...) but I also find it funny that school computers don’t just come pre-installed with games anymore: you’re using Chromebooks! XD
What's so great about Windows anyway?
@@BrendonGreenNZL well, its a good mix of cutomizability and standatization. You have a lot of things prepared but you can change almost all of them if you wish. In MacOSX you can change icons position and wallpaper. In linux you have to make everything yourself. So unles you have very specific usecase that does not run on windows you have best average experience on windows. The times of constant BSODs is over for a good decade
@@Dukenukem "On Linux you have to make everything yourself" Depends on the distro. If you use something like Linux Mint, you don't need to make anything, everything is already setup for you.
“Windows is that old vcr” I must remind google that they based their system on a OS that released in 2000
Windows is still older though
@@matekovacs2696 gentoo really hasn’t changed its core mechanic since then, I’m just saying that google was acting like they built the whole OS by themselves
@@justamustache2324 They obviously didn't build it themselves
Not a lot of things do they build themselves
And neither has Windows changed its core mechanic
In fact, MS only reskinned everything and added bloatware and spying
@@matekovacs2696 GUI is bloat
@@Napert LFS is bloat, use knight OS
I would like to applaud Google for using the space normally taken up by the Caps Lock key for literally any other function.
Me who has been using a school Chromebook for 2 years: Hmm yes, absolutely trash
Same haha, my longest running "laptop" as well with heavy use, where the screen or motherboard or hard drive hasn't crapped out.
That's an advantage in a school, nobody will knock them off
You should use linux instead
I am not a linux elitist , in fact I use windows all the time , but you have to be insane to use chrome os willingly
If it is forced on you by a school or something, good luck
Linus 2021: Oh the verge said...
The entire internet: Bruh
Everyone knows what they said. "Moar payst!" ^^
Linus 2022: Verge creates high quality prebuilt computers.
Hackintosh: macOS on a windows base system
Bootcamp: Windows on a intel Mac base system
*LINUSTOSH: WINDOWS ON A CHROMBOOK*
Tis was in Parallels Chrome too. There's also Windows on a Mac M1 base system by frankensteining Bootcamp with a Surface Pro X, there's a KVM Hyper-V frankenstein method to run Mac without many bottlenecks (disk i/o) inside Windows Pro Insiders Fast Ring Edition. Nintendo Switch can run the Windows 10 installer but fails installing due to driver incompatibility.
@@hellothere5437 Yes I know
@@flamingkillermc2806 Did you also know that the XBOX Series X virtualizes not only the XBOX and the XBOX 360 kernel, but also the Windows 8.1 kernel and the Linux kernel? The old XBONE UI actually was in a virtualized Windows 8.1. For apps that use OpenGL, the Series X uses the Mesa Graphics Stack from within a paravirtualized instance of Linux!
@@hellothere5437 I kinda did but also no at the same time. I know that you can run window 10 on a PS4 but that’s all it, I real don’t follow console stuff
Chromebooks have made me re-appreciate Windows on 'normal' pc's, even though I still prefer Linux.
Chrome-OS is just so damn limiting.
Then go try iOS or macOS... ChromeOS can at least run Linux apps
@@matekovacs2696 so? Just because it might do slightly more than Mac (and you can get some linux apps to run on MacOS btw) doesn't make it a good OS.
@@matekovacs2696 technically even windows can run Linux apps and even those with GUIs (with a little tinkering) Android can also run Linux software through a terminal (with certain limitations) so in the end people should just use what they like without shoving it in people's faces.
@@CarthagoMike I never said it was a good OS. I just find iOS much more limiting.
I use Manjaro btw ;)
@@hayden.A0 Yeah I know, they can, and that is great
I didn't intend to shove anything in anyone's face, just noted that there are more limiting OSes than ChromeOS.
3:42 omg that has got to be the funniest thing on ltt for a while. Riley and james skits is something i would definitely watch. Channel idea? Wink wink nudge nudge
Windows to ChromeOS: In our corporate environment, if we have access to Windows, we don't really need ChromeOS. It would just be overlap. A suggestion, though, and a VERY environmentally and easy thing to do is take an old corporate laptop and use it as a ChromeOS computer. Corporate laptops are usually spec'd reasonably high-end for a Chromebook and I've been testing CloudReady for some months now and I've not had trouble YET. Neverware has a compatibility list, but I've had good luck so far with random laptops. Even super old Macs.
on the other hand, chromeos wouldn't be relevant outside corporate environment either
Education. Schools and students are realizing that's all they need. Beyond ChromeOS can most times be overkill.
Now Google has bought CloudReady, buying a Chromebook makes even less sense when you can run it on any laptop from the past decade.
Chrome OS feels much smoother than Windows though. I dual boot Chrome OS and Windows on my XPS 13 and I almost never use Windows
@@amirpourghoureiyan1637 that might be the idea... either way now, it's Google's customer
Chromebook are just a rebirth of those raunchy Netbooks that were popular in the 2000s
Linus: complains about gpu market
Also Linus: here's how to mine gpus
So ?
@@RandomDudeOnTH-cam ... think about it...
"Military Grade" = Built by the lowest bidder and hopelessly obsolete.
Lol it doesnt mattter when your school looks up acer laptops until they find the cheapest one possible meaning 4GB ram 64GBecc
Wait, you're lucky enough to have 64 gigabytes of storage? I have less than 8.
@Ricky Dawn Yeah because there is nothing to store on it lol
@@user-tm3fz7qx3s oof also at our school all the chrome books the younger kids have to use the storage is 64gb and its all full and they are still expected to do there homework even tho there is no room in the computer
my school gave us all chromebooks and said "its so people dont feel bad" But then they gave other people better chromebooks than others....
The biggest issue with expensive Chromebooks is still "why would I get one?"
Sure it can run Windows now via virtual machine. But is there any advantage to that over just getting a native Windows laptop or MacBook?
Probably no, since I think a native windows machine would have an easier time emulating google apps, then the other way around.
The zoomers call it a bruh moment when the verge showed everyone how to build a deadly bomb camouflaged as a pc building guide
I see the verge jokes are still good and going.
In one of their recent interviews they shoehorned in a "we also have a TH-cam channel" in the cringiest possible way, so good to know their editors with MBAs and no background in tech or journalism are still in charge
Wait...
when I made a comment with the 'b'-word in it it got removed automatically... how did you...?
@@Trainguyrom well duh even gender studies graduate needs a job even though it's for the bottom feeder of the so called "journalism"
Bruh
- But why not running ChromeOS inside a Windows hosted virtual machine?
- Why would you run ChromeOS if you already have Windows?
Why would you run windows, when you can run Linux?
@@Boborjan1986 different tools for different jobs; as much as I hate that expensive, big-ridden piece of junk, Windows still has its uses.
I have heard from multiple IT department that their solution is to have Windows in a cloud for devices that don't have Windows. Citrix works in HTML5 so it is totally compatible with Chrome.
They also use this for people with Macbooks that need to run Windows-specific software.
for those who don’t know what military grade means: it’s cheap
u sure?
@@Illum_ yep military grade is the cheapest thing that gets the job done... sometimes
It's just another buzzword that really doesn't mean anything.
No. Usually it means it passed independently performed ruggedness and durability tests and achieved a military grade certification rating. This laptop and the LG G6 are both MIL-STD 810G certified, which basically means they are extra durable.
it means it survived Linus dropping it
Ponders Philosophically: "When is a Chromebook not a Chromebook..."
When it is ajar.
In the price bracket that Chromebooks tend to sit in, an extra $50 in your budget goes a loooong way. Where as when looking for a gaming laptop, you'll be lucky if that gets you a similar product from a different brand.
i love how he sneaks a little advertisement of his merch at random times
The only reason chromebooks are used in education is because they're cheap. Kids hate them and teachers think they're annoying
Exactly, and the chromebooks that have this feature are not cheap. Makes no sense at all.
Not even close. You can get windows laptops that are just as cheap. The reason Chromebooks are used is A) They can very easily cloudmanaged, and B) Random fucks can't install Fortnite on them forcing the IT people to spend the entire day wiping hard drives.
My school: I’ll take the whole stock
You're flexing that your school can buy the whole stock of core i7 chromebook
Better off buying ipad pros instead
@@Dave102693 a jailbroken ipad pro can do ton of thing that chromebook only dream of doing.
No? Schools don't get computers with i7 processors, they get computers with Celeron processors.
@@wta1518 I know. I'm just joking. There's no way that school would have enough budget to get 1000$ laptops for each student and even if they did, they would get macbooks anyway. I still wonder why they didn't make a core i9 chromebook. They made a core i7 chromebook so go all out with the core i9 isn't the worst idea.
I didn't hear him mentioned which ports it has, so here you go:
HDMI, USB-A, 2x USB-C, micro SD, and 3.5mm audio
Thx
Ngl the mining sponsor angers me because they already have like 20 GPUs each to the point that everything is expensive as hell and now they want my PC too?
Nah man deal with what you got like the rest of us
Linus: Posts multiple videos about why you can't get a new graphics card.
Also Linus: Check out our sponsor, NiceHash.
LTT: nobody uses chromebooks
Schools: hold my government funding
@@dakoderii4221 its a joke lol no business would buy chromebooks but schools do because they don't know what a good deal is they just see the low price and buy them
I mean if students only need to access the internet they are a good deal for schoolwork
@@Moreymoto schools know exactly what they're doing, the cloud management capabilities of chromebooks, their native integration with the gsuite accounts students already have, and their ability to seamlessly stay up to date and be wiped and reset in minutes are all super powerful.
@@EoRdE6 This 100%, plus most kids won't know how to install all kinds of crazy things on them like normal Windows laptops, or Macbooks.
@@EoRdE6 Thank fuck someone here actually used their brain for once. I just spent the past week wiping hard drives on laptops that were sent out for online classes because my recommendation to buy Chromebooks was ignored.
I installed Linux on my chromebook, it’s a server now.
based
Chromebooks come with Linux on them...? That also would not be a very good server for the money.
@@amihartz they are already based on gentoo of all things
@@amihartz
ChromeOS is Linux.
@@aamaruvi Actually Chrome OS is based on Debian. You can even use the APT package manager on it and install pretty much anything you could install on a traditional Debian system, like GIMP or whatever.
I really like my Ideapad Duet. While imo Windows smokes everything else in the Desktop formfactor (I'd never trade in my main PC), ChromeOS works really well as a 2 in 1 OS.
I'd go as far as saying it's currently the best solution for that purpose, especially at this price point.
Well, Nicehash has come a long way from stealing money from their users to advertising here.
Stealing ??? They Got hacked... and they repaid everyone in the COINS they lost, not in the Fiat Value. So if you Lost 5 Bitcoins when they got hacked, like 8k $, They pay you Back 5 Bitcoins, but now at a price of 20k each, so you get 100k Back instead of 9k
@@RandomDudeOnTH-cam Stealing money and returning it three years later in tiny tiny installments is still stealing.
@@nicosanchez1980 bro, they didnt steal. They got hacked
@@RandomDudeOnTH-cam Yeah, right.
@@nicosanchez1980 Don't poke your nose into things you don't know