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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From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene

Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:08 AM

To: profox@leafe.com

Subject: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

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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