Chromebook usage
Does anyone use a chromebook at home or on the road? What are the pros and cons? I need something in addition to my Dell laptop and am looking at options. Thanks in advance.
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- Good points all..so IF I can load ebooks on it I would have to have internet to be able to read them? I read a lot of books using a kindle app on my android tablet now, can I do this with a CB?
HackerAce wrote:
I use my Chromebook for travel since its loss does not put my data at risk and it only cost $200
The downside is if you do not have a network connection use is limited.
yeah, this sums it up for us. My high school age kids both have one for school, it's nice cause if it goes missing or gets destroyed it's not a huge financial or logistical event. They mostly use it for school with google docs, and also social media instathings that the kids do these days.
Even the train they take to/from school has wifi on it, as does home and school. It's a connected world lol.
But I like my laptop. I store my stuff on an actual hard drive and can access it anytime I want with or without internet. They borrow my laptop sometimes when they want to work in an offline situation, so the chromebook is not a full replacement option for a laptop imo.HackerAce wrote:
I use my Chromebook for travel since its loss does not put my data at risk and it only cost $200
The downside is if you do not have a network connection use is limited.
I agree totally with this. That's my reasoning.- I use my Chromebook for travel since its loss does not put my data at risk and it only cost $200
The downside is if you do not have a network connection use is limited. - Also, you need a cloud based(wireless) printer. You cannot use a USB printer.
- CB is nice, but no hard drive makes storage a different concept. Almost no boot up time is really nice.
