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Thursday 14 June 2012

Google And Samsung Introduces Chromebox

By Eddie Jones


Samsung's brand new Chromebox is basically a desktop edition of its Chromebook. It's really a little cheaper at 280, instead of 380 for the Chromebook Series 5 550. It is deficient in the display, but has a lot more connectivity - especially in relation to video output. Click this link for more details.

Yet 280 is just not particularly cheap. For this sort of money, you could get a Windows-based PC using some sensible components. We are really not discussing gaming rig right here, but certainly with some more oomph than the Chromebox.

Stylistically, there is not much to say about the Chromebox. It's a box. A black one, within which might be some pretty standard PC elements. There's, for example, 4GB of RAM plus an Intel "Core" processor chip. Not really a high specification machine by any standard, however recognisable to be a PC nonetheless.

Obviously, you'll want to present your own keyboard and mouse, however we had no problem using wireless hardware with it. There is no installing drivers or messing about with settings - aside from the mouse speed - and then we were up-and-running in seconds. All computer activities must be like this.

Truthfully, we're slightly stumped with the Chromebox. We know the Chromebook a tad bit more, to be honest. There, it is a light, simple laptop which utilizes the World Wide Web to make sure that you are always backed-up, and accessing up-to-date cloud storage.

Internet connections will also be amazingly ample. There are half a dozen USB sockets filled around the machine: two around the front, four around the rear end. Likewise out back can be a set of DisplayPort connections along with a single DVI port. The 2 DisplayPort sockets are HDMI compatible, even though you may need an adaptor to connect it to any HDMI device. The DVI port is also VGA appropriate, so with a few adaptors, there's virtually no screen the Chromebox won't work on.

There's Wi-Fi built-in, or you can make use of the Ethernet socket around the back of the Chromebox. Fortunately, wireless is 802.11n as well as the wired connection is Gigabit-speed equipped. We're continually thrilled to see this, nevertheless we are really not certain what you are probably going to be doing around the Chromebox that will require Gigabit speeds.

With regards to the Chromebox, it is less likely that it's going to be relocated about much - although it is both small, and light. Furthermore likely is that it will find yourself being deployed in internet cafes the world over, where it'll be a good, secure and easy-to-maintain computer that can't easily be wrecked by clueless backpackers.

However regrettably, going through the Chrome Web Store, there isn't that much to draw you to use the Google Chromebox as a media player. Like any new platform, there is still a specific deficiency of applications available to do helpful things.




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