Any opinion on Chromebooks?

[Vapin' Joe]

Just as a thought, should I get it repaired instead of buying another one?🤔 😏 😂

It's fecked.

As for being persuaded to by an expensive one in Currys, just walk in and tell them your friend wants this particular laptop and left you the cash to get it while he is on holiday. No way can they try and "Upgrade" you then.

 

[raleighnut]

But don't they all get watched by 'big brother'?🤔

Probably

 

[Alex321]

To get a @ I have to press the " key

That means at some point you have switched to US keyboard in the settings.

The @ and " keys are swapped, and a few others work differently (including the £ key and the #)

 

[alicat]

One issue with Chromebook: no print screen key. Not that I can find.

My Chromebook has one. It's a circle within a a rectangle, in the middle of the top keyboard row.

 

[alicat]

I like my Chromebook. It does everything I need. (I do still have access to Windows devices for the odd times I do want to use Office applications.) My only gripe with my Chromebook is that if I'm on a Zoom call and have too much open at once my Chromebooks tells me I don't have enough memory and I can't hear the other participants. Oh and when it switches to battery saver it does so abruptly and the screen goes very dark.

 

[simonali]

My opinion would be avoid anything to do do with google

 

[stephec]

My opinion would be avoid anything to do do with google

Put a tweed jacket on it and Accy will snap it up.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I am changing my opinion on Chromebooks. Things I can do easily on Windows I can't do on Chromebooks. Just now I wanted to print off an email, and I cannot work out to do it. I find Linux easier. Shame, because the screen on my Windows laptop is bust.

 

[alicat]

Quick thread resurrection - my Lenovo ip duet 5 Chromebook has got quite flaky recently and the magnetic detachable keyboard has stopped attaching and stopped working. it's bad timing because I'm 10 days away from my major brain surgery...

I never used the Chromebook as a tablet and would like to get a fairy small replacement to use most of the time, preferably one from a physical store so that I can check how it looks and feels.

I can hook it up to a large monitor when I need a bigger display.

Any ideas of the best make/model to get and the cheapest place to eyeball it to check it's look and feel?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jenkins]

No idea what's good these days - I'm still using an older Acer and a slightly newer Lenovo.
Probably the best place to actually see one before buying is Currys or possibly John Lewis.