Man I got a computer engineering degree in 2015 with a $200 Chromebook chrooted into Debian. And I worked professionally for years on an 8gb MacBook Air. The Neo is definitely something younger me would be interested in.

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jjice an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Did the same for my freshman year of Uni on a $99 Chromebook. Java and C dev on 4GB of ram wasn't an issue.

That said, I quickly upgraded to a 4 year used Thinkpad and that was a huge difference.

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xattt 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> $200 Chromebook chrooted into Debian

Are there even any x86 Chromebooks left at that price point? They are only one that are still capable of chrooting into Linux. ARM Chromebooks remain locked up.

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mattnewton an hour ago | parent [-]

There were a bunch of intel atom ones IIRC. I got my degree with a used EEEpc with one of those.

	▲	xyzzy_plugh 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		As did I. The most unbelievable part is that we used that tiny keyboard.

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coldtea an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, never mind younger us. I have a M5 MBP and even I am tempted for a Neo for travelling

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glhaynes an hour ago | parent [-]

There is truly no space in my device repertoire for a Neo and I can say that with confidence because of how much time I've spent trying to find one.

	▲	zephen 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"Finding Neo"