Chromebook
My trusty Dell Windows laptop was given last rites and is now headed for recycling graveyard.. My friend wants to give me his new seldom used Chromebook but I have reservations about it.. Surfing the ...
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dieseltruckdriver wrote:
There is a lot of partial information posted do far. I have been using Chromebooks for many years and Google Docs, Sheets and Slides are very good replacements for Word, Excel, and PPT. They will download .xlsx, .pdf, .csv etc. format so there are no issues not being able to access your documents.
There is also a "work offline" mode to allow working with and saving your files without being connected to the internet.
I should put a caveat up that I almost never use either Power Point or Slides, so that might not be as good as Docs or Sheets.
Chromebook is an Android based OS which is also based on Linux.. Not exactly 100% substitute for a Windows based PC.
In a pinch, a Chromebook can give some useful access to workaround substitute programs and if you have online access you can use the online web based MS Office suite.. But with some caveats and limitations..
But once again, it isn't not for everyone..
In the OPs case, if someone is giving you a Chromebook for free, try it, might work for you, might not.. But free is free.
If you were buying one, doesn't make sense to pay $100-$200 for a Chromebook when for a bit more you get much more in a real OS..
A new basic Windows based laptop can be had for $300-$400 and doesn't have the limitations of Chromebook..
