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Anyone have a Chromebook?

Stargazer77 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 01:06:17 GMT

Does anyone have a Chromebook? How do you like it?

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

ninjasmom — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 01:30:36 GMT

I LOVE my chromebook. No updates.no anti virus costs,never slows down,everything stored in the goggle cloud.No need to worry about losing info if your chromebook dies.

By the way,mine has hit the deck a million times and it works perfectly.I could not give a higher recommendation on any product.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

staciesmom — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 01:40:38 GMT

I love my Chromebook! I highly recommend it. No need for anti-virus protection, and super fast speed.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

151949 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:12:46 GMT

I had an ASUS tablet and it died after only 15 months so I bought a chromebook. I like it - not as much as the tablet because it does not have a touchscreen, but it is certainly adequate and was inexpensive. It came with an additional 2 years warranty as well.Since all android devices save all your info out on the cloud you don't lose your stuff if something happens to your device - you just go to the cloud and there are all your photos etc just waiting for you to retrieve them.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

gardenman — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:20:07 GMT

Just a heads up if anyone's interested, a refurbished Toshiba Chromebook is a Shell Shocker Deal at Newegg.com today (7/27/2014) for $184.99 from 3:00 PM PT to 5:59 PM PT. (that's 6:00 PM-8:59 Pm for those of us on the East coast.) That's a saving of about $85 off the normal retail price for one. The Toshiba Chromebooks get pretty good reviews at Amazon and have a larger screen than some at 13.3 inches. A lot of Chromebooks get returned when people find out their limitations, but if you already know all there is to know about a Chromebook, those returned units make a great bargain for the rest of us.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Nuttmeg — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:40:44 GMT

I brought a Nexus 7 2013(32Gb) tablet from Amazon Warehouse Deals, used like new, in January. This was an open box item with a 30 day return, and a one year warranty from the manufacturer. It is still working fine.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Q_spirit — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:48:41 GMT

On 7/27/2014 gardenman said:
Just a heads up if anyone's interested, a refurbished Toshiba Chromebook is a Shell Shocker Deal at Newegg.com today (7/27/2014) for $184.99 from 3:00 PM PT to 5:59 PM PT. (that's 6:00 PM-8:59 Pm for those of us on the East coast.) That's a saving of about $85 off the normal retail price for one. The Toshiba Chromebooks get pretty good reviews at Amazon and have a larger screen than some at 13.3 inches. A lot of Chromebooks get returned when people find out their limitations, but if you already know all there is to know about a Chromebook, those returned units make a great bargain for the rest of us.

'a lot of returns' sounds of something to be concerned. )-:

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

151949 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:50:37 GMT

On 7/27/2014 gardenman said:
Just a heads up if anyone's interested, a refurbished Toshiba Chromebook is a Shell Shocker Deal at Newegg.com today (7/27/2014) for $184.99 from 3:00 PM PT to 5:59 PM PT. (that's 6:00 PM-8:59 Pm for those of us on the East coast.) That's a saving of about $85 off the normal retail price for one. The Toshiba Chromebooks get pretty good reviews at Amazon and have a larger screen than some at 13.3 inches. A lot of Chromebooks get returned when people find out their limitations, but if you already know all there is to know about a Chromebook, those returned units make a great bargain for the rest of us.

I paid $177 for my brand new HP chromebook including the additional 2 yr warranty, I got it at Staples. it has a 13" screen which seems to be adequate for me. My tablet only had a 10". I do recognize that a chromebook has it's limitations but for my needs - i don't do any actual work on it except paying my bills online - it is totally all I need. This is why I am not interested in investing in a ipad - i just do not find I need all that it is capable of doing. paying for all that is great if your going to use it - but I would not so why pay for what you don't need.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Minneygirl — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:54:52 GMT

I love my Chromebook...have had it for several months now. I think of it as a cross between a laptop and a tablet. Great for the internet, has a keyboard and you can use a mouse. I have no virus worries and the speed is great. Mine is a Samsung.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

151949 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:42:52 GMT

What kind of "work" do you all use your chromebook for - I come to this site, FB, e mails and photobucket, and I get on my banking site. Otherwise an occasional internet search to research something. And I play games on the AARP free games site. I do check the weather daily, and store recipes in my pocket site. Otherwise that is about it, so this inexpensive tablet is more than adequate.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

dionline — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:58:56 GMT

I've been curious about Chromebooks for so long now. I'll be watching this thread to see what everyone has to say about them.

Thanks for starting this thread!!

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Alter Ego — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:00:15 GMT

I bought my Chromebook a year or so ago specifically because I wanted to take it with me on vacation - there is a specific website that I could access my work computer from and I didn't want to lug my larger, more expensive laptop. I actually now use it much more than my laptop because it is smaller and so fast to log on. Unfortunately, I can no longer log onto my work computer anymore as Chromebook no longer supports the Citrix application needed to access the site. [Should check to see if there has been any new fixes for this, actually.]

I don't do anything with photos or scrapbooking, etc. Just use it for the internet and I love it for that.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Sunshine Kate — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:08:25 GMT

I've been wondering too. Will keep an eye out for more replies.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

151949 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:35:42 GMT

It is lightweight and very quick to log on. Nice to carry with you anywhere. The camera on mine stinks but I can use the very nice camera on my phone and they automatically transfer over here to my computer - don't ask me how that works because i don't know but every picture i take with my phone has appeared on my chromebook without me doing anything to make that happen.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

gardenman — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:46:07 GMT

On 7/27/2014 Q_spirit said:
On 7/27/2014 gardenman said:
Just a heads up if anyone's interested, a refurbished Toshiba Chromebook is a Shell Shocker Deal at Newegg.com today (7/27/2014) for $184.99 from 3:00 PM PT to 5:59 PM PT. (that's 6:00 PM-8:59 Pm for those of us on the East coast.) That's a saving of about $85 off the normal retail price for one. The Toshiba Chromebooks get pretty good reviews at Amazon and have a larger screen than some at 13.3 inches. A lot of Chromebooks get returned when people find out their limitations, but if you already know all there is to know about a Chromebook, those returned units make a great bargain for the rest of us.

'a lot of returns' sounds of something to be concerned. )-:

It's actually nothing to be concerned about. You get uninformed buyers who think they can install Windows based software on the Chromebook and then return them when they find out they can't. The devices generally work better than most laptops on the market, but they use apps instead of the "normal" Windows software. People who don't know that, and there are a lot of uninformed people out there, buy them, try to install the software, find out they can't and then return the perfectly good Chromebook which can no longer be sold as "new." Therefore there are a lot of refurbished Chromebooks available at good prices.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Sunshine Kate — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:23:47 GMT

Would it be safe to pay bills from a Chromebook through my bank?

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

151949 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:24:57 GMT

On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
Would it be safe to pay bills from a Chromebook through my bank?

I have been doing so since around April with no problem.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Sunshine Kate — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:31:18 GMT

On 7/27/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
Would it be safe to pay bills from a Chromebook through my bank?

I have been doing so since around April with no problem.

Thanks!

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

gardenman — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:05:56 GMT

On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
On 7/27/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
Would it be safe to pay bills from a Chromebook through my bank?

I have been doing so since around April with no problem.

Thanks!

It does pay to be on a secure network when doing so and not a public wifi hotspot.

Re: Anyone have a Chromebook?

Sunshine Kate — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:55:03 GMT

On 7/27/2014 gardenman said:
On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
On 7/27/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/27/2014 Sunshine Kate said:
Would it be safe to pay bills from a Chromebook through my bank?

I have been doing so since around April with no problem.

Thanks!

It does pay to be on a secure network when doing so and not a public wifi hotspot.

Thanks for the input.