Chromebooks

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 15:08

What exactly are they?

Is it a type of laptop that needs wifi access all the time?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

It is a laptop that is basically just a web browser. Specifically Chrome.

Edit: Although you can install Linux on them instead/too if you feel like it.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Pretty much. It uses the Google suite of online apps, and if you don't have access to them, it is pretty useless.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 15:12

Cheers chaps, no wonder they are cheap.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 16:09

Trooper wrote:

Pretty much. It uses the Google suite of online apps, and if you don't have access to them, it is pretty useless.

They all work offline though, don't they?

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 16:34

My wife has one and yes they do work offline, you can work on anything you have saved to your hd, much like any other laptop.

Malc

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 17:18

What are the disadvantages.....

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 17:20

It doesn't run Windows 8.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 17:22

Grim... wrote:

It doesn't run Windows 8.

Not bothered about that, it is not for me.. :DD

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 20:48

It's not windows, it only supports some printers natively (others have to be printed through a windows computer connected into a google account), the one my wife has (the cheapest acer one from about 18 months ago) slows down if you have too many tabs open.

That's about it really.

Malc

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 20:49

Essentially if you happy to use google chrome, google docs etc it's perfectly adequate for that.

Malc

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