I love to tinker but my best investment has been a recent purchase of an Acer 11" Chromebook ("311 spin") for the kids. Touchscreen/convertible, Celeron 4100, 64gb.
It just works, is less than 1kg, 9h battery life, no worries or what the kids might click/install/... and for myself a hassle-free Linux (VM?) for some quick evening fun.
Just wow. All my preconceptions about Chromebooks are gone.
Only downside is that for kid accounts you can't install chrome extensions - so no ublock. But you can install Firefox' android version so also not the worst.
Yeah, forgot to mention weight. The hp stream I talked about is about 1kg/2lbs weight so it's super lightweight. Seems like we're talking about similar machines, though you have extra storage space that would certainly make it more comfortable to use on a day-to-day basis.
Don't really know why hp decided to kill de 11" form factor. I suppose that "competes" with 11" tablets? Who knows. It's super comfortable to use and I've taken it on a few trips sometimes and it can certainly show a presentation slide, and even some light python programming on the go (but certainly not numpy or anything "heavy").
Which is why those Ryzen 3200 notebooks looked so interesting at sub-$200! But like I said, I'm certainly waiting for Renoir and seeing if some lightweight, well powered, energy efficient, well-priced notebooks apper in the market.
It just works, is less than 1kg, 9h battery life, no worries or what the kids might click/install/... and for myself a hassle-free Linux (VM?) for some quick evening fun.
Just wow. All my preconceptions about Chromebooks are gone.
Only downside is that for kid accounts you can't install chrome extensions - so no ublock. But you can install Firefox' android version so also not the worst.