Author: Malcolm Greene
Posted: 2014-08-30 09:08:11 Link
Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the
usefulness and performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?
Pros, cons, tips, techniques, gotchas ... vendors or specific
product models to consider or avoid? What to upgrade (memory,
SSD's?), etc. How easy is printing? Performance? Ease of
transitioning from a thick client to browser based client?
Use case:
1. Personal use with cloud based email, online technical
research and reading, online accounting (Quicken/Quickbooks),
collaborative writing via online wikis or Google Office, blog
maintenance.
2. Potential as laptop/desktop replacements for customers with
mostly browser based workflows and/or virtual desktops/Citrix
apps running back in their data centers.
Thanks!
Malcolm
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Author: Virgil Bierschwale
Posted: 2014-08-30 09:37:08 Link
What I think is going to make the chromebook really take off is that even
out here in the boonies, the school here just issued a chromebook to
everybody from 6th to 12th grades and made it a requirement that it be used.
If this is happening nationwide, well it was a smart marketing move, and I'm
thinking about buying one myself when I can
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Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the usefulness and
performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?
Pros, cons, tips, techniques, gotchas ... vendors or specific product models
to consider or avoid? What to upgrade (memory, SSD's?), etc. How easy is
printing? Performance? Ease of transitioning from a thick client to browser
based client?
Use case:
1. Personal use with cloud based email, online technical research and
reading, online accounting (Quicken/Quickbooks), collaborative writing via
online wikis or Google Office, blog maintenance.
2. Potential as laptop/desktop replacements for customers with mostly
browser based workflows and/or virtual desktops/Citrix apps running back in
their data centers.
Thanks!
Malcolm
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Author: Paul McNett
Posted: 2014-08-30 10:06:45 Link
On 8/30/14, 7:08 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote:
> Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the
> usefulness and performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?
Chromebooks are great little devices if:
1) You are happy living almost completely in the Google ecosystem.
-or-
2) You are comfortable configuring Linux (developer mode) and living
without all the tight integration of Google apps and the OS.
I found to get on a VPN (OpenVPN) I had to resort to #2, when everything
else worked just fine in #1. Unfortunately, they are mutually-exclusive
modes. This would have been fine for me but out of the question for my
customer.
Paul
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Author: Stephen Russell
Posted: 2014-08-30 10:21:33 Link
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Virgil Bierschwale <vbiersch@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What I think is going to make the chromebook really take off is that even
> out here in the boonies, the school here just issued a chromebook to
> everybody from 6th to 12th grades and made it a requirement that it be
> used.
> If this is happening nationwide, well it was a smart marketing move, and
> I'm
> thinking about buying one myself when I can
>
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This is just a jump from one family of of goods to another.
I have an android tablet. Works great.
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Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2014-08-30 11:02:53 Link
We love ours! We got an HP referb on Woot for about $200. Free life
time T-Mobile (slows down after 250 mb but still provides data when no
wi-fi). Beautiful picture. Super fast because of SSD. I use Remote
Desktop to work on my development machine and also access my server when
out visiting customers. I'm taking an online course and the picture and
sound is great. Light & nice keyboard. 8+ hours of battery life.
I can't think of a single drawback. Of course as Fred would say, "YMMV"
On 8/30/2014 7:08 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote:
> Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the
> usefulness and performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?
>
>
>
> Pros, cons, tips, techniques, gotchas ... vendors or specific
> product models to consider or avoid? What to upgrade (memory,
> SSD's?), etc. How easy is printing? Performance? Ease of
> transitioning from a thick client to browser based client?
>
>
>
> Use case:
>
>
>
> 1. Personal use with cloud based email, online technical
> research and reading, online accounting (Quicken/Quickbooks),
> collaborative writing via online wikis or Google Office, blog
> maintenance.
>
>
>
> 2. Potential as laptop/desktop replacements for customers with
> mostly browser based workflows and/or virtual desktops/Citrix
> apps running back in their data centers.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Malcolm
>
>
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Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2014-08-30 13:16:15 Link
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
I can't think of a single drawback.
Well, it doesn't run FoxPro.
OTOH, it doesn't run Windows malware, either :)
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Author: Jeff Johnson
Posted: 2014-08-30 13:49:37 Link
Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it
runs everything Windows.
;^)
On 8/30/2014 11:16 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
> I can't think of a single drawback.
>
>
> Well, it doesn't run FoxPro.
>
> OTOH, it doesn't run Windows malware, either :)
>
>
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Author: Ted Roche
Posted: 2014-08-30 14:00:14 Link
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
> Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it
> runs everything Windows.
>
As do I with several Linux and Android boxes around here.
But the malware stays on the other end ;)
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Author: AndyHC
Posted: 2014-08-30 16:50:36 Link
I finally gave in and bought a tablet ( http://tinyurl.com/qbfldvl ) -
£90, 'free' keyboard, 32Gb, WiFi, high definition hdmi output - and it
just works out of the box. I'd have liked 3G built in but there was
nothing with that at under double the price; another £10 for a 3G dongle
solved the problem.
On 30/08/2014 16:21, Stephen Russell wrote:
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> ----------------------------
>
> This is just a jump from one family of of goods to another.
>
> I have an android tablet. Works great.
>
>
>
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Author: AndyHC
Posted: 2014-08-30 16:59:48 Link
On 30/08/2014 20:00, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jeff Johnson <jeff@san-dc.com> wrote:
>
>> Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it
>> runs everything Windows.
>>
> As do I with several Linux and Android boxes around here.
>
> But the malware stays on the other end ;)
>
Do I need Chrome browser on the Win/Linux PCs to use these RD apps on
android?
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