Hi everyone.
I adore Arch Linux. I work with Ruby, Ruby on Rails and Stata. I am going to buy a laptop to take my work environment with me. I think the newer Chromebooks are a good fit as I already use a 64GB USB 3.0 drive.
My question and solicitation for all opinions:
Would you choose something like an hp or toshiba chromebook with 64-bit celeron processors or would you go for the new Samsung Chromebook 2 with the exynos 5422?
Samsung Chromebook 2 specs:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1794376
I imagine I can run the 32-bit versions of Stata and Sublime Text 2 on Arch ARM, correct? ( I could not find any info with the search function )
From the basic testing data of the exynos 5420 vs the 2955u, I am assuming that I will have equal if not greater speed with the ARM v7 5422 compared to the intel 2955u. http://www.computingcompendium.com/p/arm-vs-intel-benchmarks.html
The samsung Chromebook 2 is certainly my prefered laptop as it has 4GB RAM, is .65" thick, 3.1 lbs with a 1080 display and 8-9hours claimed battery life. Seems ideal.
I just want to get any and all opinions from y'all running Arch ARM to feel out whether I would be better off with a 64-bit celeron system or whether the 32-bit ARM 5422 will be just the ticket.
Thank You All!