Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on Chromebooks?
I am considering buying one.
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Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on Chromebooks?
I am considering buying one.
Seems a little underpowered for me, but it depends on money and what you want it for.
No idea Ex, but I can recommend The Screaming Jets new CD called Chrome though!
"Smack in the mouth" is gunna be a hit.......do yourself a favour :approve:
Wtf is a Chromebook?
A Chromebook is a laptop of a different breed. Instead of Windows 10 or Mac OS X, Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS. These machines are designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet, with most applications and documents living in the cloud.
They are low spec and cheap - $300 - $600.
Anything that relies on a fast, cheap and reliable internet connection is doomed to fail in Australia.
PSA - As well as something that you should always remember:
Nobody cares how fast you can download porn.
Buy a real laptop/notebook. Problem solved.
i would hazard a guess that a chrome book would be just fine for your everyday use of browsing and emails. I would personally go for a lightweight linux laptop.
If all you want to do is run a browser and emails, then probably perfect.
http://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=2...l=1#post391803
I now have 4 Toshiba Chromebooks - one for each member of the family. IMO Toshiba's hardware is rock solid - there are other models but the Tosh has a 13" screen and I'm not a fan of Acer/HP etc but OTY. Tosh hardware combined a very slick linux based operating system = tick. If you're after a light, fast (boots in around 5 seconds) solid browser based (cloud) laptop with very long battery life, it's hard to beat for the money.
If you want to install lots of pc based programs like Micro$oft products and lots of bloatware, it's not for you (I use free google docs office products via my chromebook very successfully)
if you want a lightweight Linux OS, runs mostly like windows - i use Xubuntu, runs the xfce user interface.
I use LibreOffice for a MS word/excel replacement and have chrome/firefox installed as the borwser. Can't go wrong :D
Nice. I use Mint KDE on my PC - but Ex asked about Chromebooks :D
Ubuntu boy myself, not exactly lightweight, but I don't have to compromise