Chromebooks?

[mr__ed]

I'm a long time Microsoft OS user, and have been curious about Chromebooks since they're priced a lot lower than other laptops. In my research I discovered many positive, as well as negative remarks concerning them. My main concern is being locked into Google things, like Chrome browser.

If any of you are currently using a Chromebook, I'd like to hear your positive/negative experiences. Thank you.

[2oldman]

External drive with Chromebook

[rk911]

2oldman wrote:

TenOC wrote:
They do NOT have a hard drive.

Mine has a usb port for a thumb drive. But yeah, sans internet connection they're pretty much a brick. But I knew that. Cloud data doesn't bother me.

the USB port should also be able to power a portable hard drive. 500gb up to 2tb drives are very affordable. I use the cloud for one layer of my backup routines but really prefer to have my data local. we use traditional desktops at home and a laptop on the road.

[2oldman]

TenOC wrote:
They do NOT have a hard drive.

Mine has a usb port for a thumb drive. But yeah, sans internet connection they're pretty much a brick. But I knew that. Cloud data doesn't bother me.

[TenOC]

They do NOT have a hard drive. All data in on the cloud.. . :S . . :h

[2oldman]

They're nice, boot up quick. No problem using Chrome.