This all started when on a whim I bought a HP 14 inch Chromebook with 4 gigs of ram and a 32 gig solid state hard drive about 6 weeks ago with plans on sticking Ubuntu on it in a dual mode.
Found the the Apps from the App Store did what I wanted done without installing Ubuntu and a couple of weeks I bought a ASUS Chromebox with the Haswell processor like the Laptop has.
Google Drive gives 100 gigs of free storage space for 2 years + the regular free 15 gb.
There are several off-line apps now too and after watching several U-Tube videos I learned a lot about the Chrome O/S.
The only 2 issues that I really had was setting up my Brother wireless color laser printer to work. That was NOT the fault of the Chrome O/S but hard to understand instructions from Brother.
The 2nd issue was Skype but after watching a few videos. Discovered that you can use Skype through your Hotmail, Live, or Outlook Microsoft email app. That was not really an issue for me as I use Google Hangouts anyway but wanted to see if it would work.
Is a Chromebook and/a Chromebox for everybody? No but for many people who surf the net, do email, watch video, U-Tube, etc., it works fine.
I have a Windows 8.1.1 desktop and a ASUS Ultrabook also running Windows 8.1.1 and both are not seeing much use anymore.
Wife has a Windows 8.1.1 laptop and has already said that her next computer will be a Chromebook.
Boot time is about 7 seconds from either the Chromebook or Chromebox.
No Virus, Trojan, Malware, Keyloggers to worry about either. Updates are done in the background.
Found the the Apps from the App Store did what I wanted done without installing Ubuntu and a couple of weeks I bought a ASUS Chromebox with the Haswell processor like the Laptop has.
Google Drive gives 100 gigs of free storage space for 2 years + the regular free 15 gb.
There are several off-line apps now too and after watching several U-Tube videos I learned a lot about the Chrome O/S.
The only 2 issues that I really had was setting up my Brother wireless color laser printer to work. That was NOT the fault of the Chrome O/S but hard to understand instructions from Brother.
The 2nd issue was Skype but after watching a few videos. Discovered that you can use Skype through your Hotmail, Live, or Outlook Microsoft email app. That was not really an issue for me as I use Google Hangouts anyway but wanted to see if it would work.
Is a Chromebook and/a Chromebox for everybody? No but for many people who surf the net, do email, watch video, U-Tube, etc., it works fine.
I have a Windows 8.1.1 desktop and a ASUS Ultrabook also running Windows 8.1.1 and both are not seeing much use anymore.
Wife has a Windows 8.1.1 laptop and has already said that her next computer will be a Chromebook.
Boot time is about 7 seconds from either the Chromebook or Chromebox.
No Virus, Trojan, Malware, Keyloggers to worry about either. Updates are done in the background.