1775 wrote:
... if you want to do anything with documents, spreadsheets, etc. you have to have wifi to be able to connect to Google Drive. Google designed the Chromebook around their online suite of apps. With a Chromebook you are working completely in the "cloud" that the computer/tablet industry now wants us to believe is safe and foolproof which it is far from. At least with an Android tablet there are a number of apps that allow you to work on the tablet with not internet connection at all.
Wow! There's some of that misinformation about Chromebooks that keeps getting bandied about. It's true that Chromebooks use Google Drive and can store documents in the cloud. However, the documents can be accessed while offline, viewed/created/edited or whatever, then when an internet connection is re-established, those docs will be synced with the cloud. You are NOT forced to work completely in the cloud.
If you check the Chrome app store, you'll find a whole section on offline apps. Here's a link to the offline app section:
Chromebook Store offline appsThere are games, music & video players, Kindle Reader, Google Drive, Utilities, etc... that can all be used without an internet connection.
