Chromebooks?
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 ...
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2oldman wrote:
Actually, I kind of like that. It's amazing how I can be searching google for something or talking about it on here, and then I start seeing ads for those products. I don't have a problem with that.
These are my feelings exactly. I get adds about kayak fishing products instead of women hygiene products or the latest in snowflake shoes. In my opinion this is a win.
Also using Sheets or Docs you can work on something and seemlessly integrate it with Excel or Word. This can even be done offline. People just assume a Chromebook can't do anything offline.
They are NOT Windows computers and shouldn't be expected to compete the same way. That being said, we are currently parked about 30 feet from a lake with the walleyes starting to bite and we are each on our own Chromebook. The new Windows 10 laptop with a hybrid SSD that boots nearly as fast as our Chromebooks is sitting at home because Windows is just too "clunky" to use for 95 percent of our use.
If you need particular programs on a Windows machine, such as my ham radio logging program, video editing, or my wifes accounting programs you still need to use a windows laptop. For "normal" speadsheets, word processing etc. a Windows computer is no longer needed.
