Chromebook and cloud outage
I have decided to replace my laptop with a chromebook.
With yesterday's cloud outage, I was wondering if there were any problems with chromebooks since it's cloud based. I know my gmail and audacy apps had to kind of reboot. |
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1) switch to an apple device 2)unless you have a massive amount of info that needs to be covered by the cloud always opt out of cloud backup. It's just not necessary.
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That's why I don't have a chromebook. I like keeping my data local and portable at the same time. It all goes to a thumb drive. |
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not a fan
when my wife laptop became a bit dated, we opted for the chromebook since she uses it primarily to surf the web , go on facebook, and play games.
for these items it works well everything else - not so much trying to learn new spreadsheets and word processing was tedious but she managed. virtually EVERYTHING is kept in the cloud, and it is NOT always obvious where. also, major issues with printing seems the book does not natively print, but uses some kind of app to do that and the app frequently gets corrupted |
Chrome books are great if you are going to do very basic tasks online, such as email, surfing the web...etc. Anything beyond that and they are not worth the hassle.
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Been using a Chromebook since they came out, gave up on Windows years ago. You have to option to store files locally on the Chromebook, but I've never had a problem getting to the web.
I find Google Calc to be very close to Excel and the same with Google Docs and Word. I can read a Word doc and save it as a Google Doc, make changes and save it as a Word doc. Same with Calc. If a local wifi is not available (or I don't trust it, which is most of the time) I use the mobile hotspot on my phone. |
I agree with Freehiker
Chromebooks don't use the Windows operating systems; so there is a learning curve with Chromebooks if you are used to working with Windows. I am a Chromebook user and overall I agree with previous poster who said that Chromebooks are not worth the hassle. Just on overpriced toy IMHO.
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Only magic chromebooks work when the internet goes down...
Unfortunately, they no longer sell magic chromebooks! |
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I have thought about getting a Chromebook for travel. Screen would be larger than my iPad plus better keyboard. Don't want to carry around my Macbook Pro.
Thoughts? kathy |
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