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HP Announces Specs for Chromebox Mini PC

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June 1, 2014 11:49:44 AM

Wouldn't mind having one of those little guys hooked to the TV.

Damn! HP is on a roll! :p 
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June 1, 2014 12:42:50 PM

Can someone explain to me how in god's name you'd need an i7 for that thing?
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June 1, 2014 3:18:59 PM

Why an i7? Because it brings all the geeks to the yard! You need to open that browser 0.2 seconds faster my man.
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June 1, 2014 3:19:45 PM

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Can someone explain to me how in god's name you'd need an i7 for that thing?

Why do people need a quad core for browsing the web and checking e-mail?

Some people just want it to say they have it.....
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June 1, 2014 4:01:58 PM

Anyone else think its weird that the CPU options are either low-end (Celeron) or really high-end (i7) with no middle ground?
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June 1, 2014 6:29:12 PM

i7 is entry level and it's useful for the conferencing aspect on Google Apps via Google Hangouts.
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June 2, 2014 12:07:30 AM

ajr1775 said:
i7 is entry level and it's useful for the conferencing aspect on Google Apps via Google Hangouts.


I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.
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June 2, 2014 8:09:06 AM

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Why an i7? Because it brings all the geeks to the yard! You need to open that browser 0.2 seconds faster my man.


that was funny
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June 2, 2014 8:13:45 AM

I'd love to see one of these with a little more storage and running Windows. I don't know why you don't see a lot of these good looking form factors running Windows, but rather running Chrome OS or even Android. A lot of folks are still upgrading from XP, and these little boxes at affordable prices could be tempting for people upgrading on a budget.
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June 2, 2014 11:56:06 AM

Great little box. Might be a perfect for a few libraries that are looking to upgrade around my area.

Specs are a bit... deceiving. The i7-4600u is basically a dual core with 4 threads. It's not a full blown i7 point for point.

Still might pick up one to play around with. Be awesome if I could load up Windows Ubuntu and get Steam In-House streaming going with this.
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June 5, 2014 5:25:51 PM

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ajr1775 said:
i7 is entry level and it's useful for the conferencing aspect on Google Apps via Google Hangouts.


I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.


An entry-level i7, look at the specs. They just hit the warehouses at Synnex. Ingram and Tech Data don't have theirs unloaded yet. Already have a few orders to fulfill for some clients so it's play time.
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June 5, 2014 11:03:58 PM

ajr1775 said:
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ajr1775 said:
i7 is entry level and it's useful for the conferencing aspect on Google Apps via Google Hangouts.


I hope that was sarcastic...
Pentium is entry level, i3, even, but the i7 is high-end consumer.


An entry-level i7, look at the specs. They just hit the warehouses at Synnex. Ingram and Tech Data don't have theirs unloaded yet. Already have a few orders to fulfill for some clients so it's play time.


Your lack of a definite article confused me. Sorry. I read that as you saying that the i7 proecessors were "entry-level" as in bottom of the market specs for a $300.00 laptop, not an the i7 entry-level, which would be the lowest grade of the i7 processor line.
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