Current Events > anyone here have a chromebook?

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what is your experience with them, can they replace a PC?
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No. Being stuck on Chrome is way more restricting than you might think. It can run android apps and stuff, but its not fantastic.

If you're like a student or just need a computer to be mobile and have another one its fine, otherwise its only a little bit better than trying to use an ipad as your PC

Mine ran into a weird issue with the battery after like a year, but that might just be an issue with the model (one of the cheaper ones).
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Proto_Spark posted...

No. Being stuck on Chrome is way more restricting than you might think. It can run android apps and stuff, but its not fantastic.

If you're like a student or just need a computer to be mobile and have another one its fine, otherwise its only a little bit better than trying to use an ipad as your PC

that doesnt sound good... i was thinking since on my windows pc all i really do is use browsers, spotify, ms office & read pdfs that i could feasibly replace it with a chromebook but maybe its too restrictive

Antifar posted...

Mine ran into a weird issue with the battery after like a year, but that might just be an issue with the model (one of the cheaper ones).

weird battery issues with my windows pc is actually whats prompting me to consider switching lol
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I use it when I travel, it gets the job done and its pretty light and portable so I think it works for me. But it definitely sucks not having access to your normal MS office products, at least for me

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Romulox28 posted...

Proto_Spark posted...
No. Being stuck on Chrome is way more restricting than you might think. It can run android apps and stuff, but its not fantastic.

If you're like a student or just need a computer to be mobile and have another one its fine, otherwise its only a little bit better than trying to use an ipad as your PC

that doesnt sound good... i was thinking since on my windows pc all i really do is use browsers, spotify, ms office & read pdfs that i could feasibly replace it with a chromebook but maybe its too restrictive

There are a lot of things that you might not use a lot but when you flat out can't use a certain thing on a . chromebook, its a much bigger problem.

If you still have a regular PC and need to do basic stuff like browser, E mail and such from mobile you can probably be fine, but might run into some of these awkward issues every now and again.

If you aren't a student or anything, a lot of these can disappear for you mostly just knowing you won't need to download this weird excel add on for a class or something.

Proto_Spark posted...

If you aren't a student or anything, a lot of these can disappear for you mostly just knowing you won't need to download this weird excel add on for a class or something.

hmm i am studying for a certification now & i may go back to college in the future so perhaps this isnt right for me
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My kids do, school supplies them, Id ask them but theyre at school... and I dont really like talking to them anyway
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R1masher posted...

My kids do, school supplies them, Id ask them but theyre at school... and I dont really like talking to them anyway

atta boy
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Chromebooks are trash. Literally just a chrome browser.

I have the original one that they gave out for free. I don't think it's a true pc replacement at all.
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It would be fine for grade schoolers and maybe the absolute poorest university students that aren't taking STEM classes. It's not a replacement for Windows or Linux though
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Chromebooks are meant as an iPad competitor not a PC competitor.

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