The test has begun. Our kitchen notebook, a Toshiba we’ve had a real long time that originally had XP and then was upgraded to Vista, was showing its age pretty good and frustrating us. I’ve used Google Chrome since it came out and have been very happy with it, and have followed the Chromebook development a bit....so, (you know where this is going) we ordered and received today the 14” screen HP Chromebook. This post is being typed in Google Docs.
I’ve only had it up and running for four hours or so, but we’re impressed with it. It’s fast, responsive, and it’s come with enough work apps to keep me happy. Alice and my Google accounts are all available seamlessly and there was no transferring of files or data needed.
A nice surprise is Google Remote. Using the wi-fi I have total access to my main PC upstairs that we do the web-sites on, and other application that require “local” apps such as Quicken. Technology has improved tremendously since the day when I was using PC Anywhere to remote into the office from the house. Of course those were dial-up days and it brought the early Windows to its knees....times they do change!
So, long story short we’re very impressed with the Chromebook. It’s inexpensive ($329 plus tax), it’s reasonably fast, and it does the basic things we need: E-mail, web-browsing and access, music and video streaming. What’s not to like? :).
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