Chromebooks

[Kchrpm]

Now that there is at least one company out there offering conversion of any old Intel (or x86?) computer to Chromium, the discussion has come up on The Verge of what old laptop would be the coolest to give a second life with Chrome OS.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/19/11...tall-chrome-os

Some thoughts from the writer and the comments:

Spoiler:

[thesameguy]

I wonder how one addresses reasonable network connectivity on those old machines...

[Kchrpm]

Don't you bring reality to my dreams of a dual screen Libretto that runs smoothly and lasts several hours!

[thesameguy]

As I guy who hacked plenty of OSs into places they weren't supposed to be, I feel the need to share that feeling of ultimate uselessness that results. Sure, it's a cool accomplishment but WTF do you do with it when you're done? BTDT, so many times.

[Kchrpm]

tsg, expert dream squasher.

[thesameguy]

You should do what you're good at?

Weekend before last I got XBMC installed on this weird c2000 DVD player artifact than runs on x86 hardware. Now I have a XBMC machine that cost mountains of hours and is no more useful than a $40 Amazon Fire. Blah. Old shit is old.

[Kchrpm]

You sound like the perfect person to get Chromium onto a sweet old piece of hardware for me!

[thesameguy]

I'd not be opposed to giving it a go. Just because the destination sucks doesn't mean the journey is a waste.

[Kchrpm]

TO EBAY!

Edit: One Toshiba Libretto W100 in America for $250...OH THE TEMPTATION!

[thesameguy]

I wonder how the touchscreen does with Chronium? That hasn't been a strong suit of Google's OSs.