Chrome book

Angel_Girl · ‎03-10-2010

Can anyone recommend a Chrome Book for a 14 year old. He does use Google classroom in some classes at school. TIA

maestra · ‎03-09-2010

My middle school students for the past several years have used Chromebooks in school to replace text books.

I cant recommend a certain type but can say from my school experience that ASIC are rubbish.

I just retired.

shoptheQ · ‎09-10-2010

I love my Toshiba chromebook. Highly recommend.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@Angel_Girl wrote:
Can anyone recommend a Chrome Book for a 14 year old. He does use Google classroom in some classes at school. TIA

Hi @Angel_Girl,

If the school is using them, I would find out what kind they are using. Chromebooks come in different sizes, with different amounts of memory to them.

That being said, both my husband and I have 11.6" Chromebooks.

Mine is a newer HP, that I got back in November of last year, and his is an Acer Chromebook that he got in November of 2014.

The differences between ours are the colors and the keyboards. My keyboard is white, and the keys seem to be easier to type on. His are black, and I think that his keyboard is a little bit more difficult to type on. He agrees with me.

Also, my hard drive is a flash drive, and his is a solid state drive.

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

I want to purchase a new computer. I was thinking of buying a Chromebook since they're not that expensive I figure if I don't like it I can still buy a new laptop. I'm not tech savvy and was wondering if this is easy to set up right out of the box? Also I know there is not much storage on the Chromebook itself, you get cloud storage free for 2 years. What do you do after the 2 years? Also I was reading that Chromebooks have an end of life and only get updates for a certain number of years, is that true? I was looking at an Acer Chromebook 14" or Toshiba Chromebook 2.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I love my Dell chromebook. Bought it from the dell website - price was great and it has a rubber type case around it to help absorb shocks if it is dropped - important for me because of arthritis in my hands and the keyboard is also water resistant. Not water PROOF but at least resistant. They are made for kids.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@Jordan2 wrote:
I want to purchase a new computer. I was thinking of buying a Chromebook since they're not that expensive I figure if I don't like it I can still buy a new laptop. I'm not tech savvy and was wondering if this is easy to set up right out of the box? Also I know there is not much storage on the Chromebook itself, you get cloud storage free for 2 years. What do you do after the 2 years? Also I was reading that Chromebooks have an end of life and only get updates for a certain number of years, is that true? I was looking at an Acer Chromebook 14" or Toshiba Chromebook 2.

Hi @Jordan2,

You can always buy more Cloud storage, if you want to.

Here is a link to End of Life info. for different Chromebook models, from Google Support:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en

I think that they are easy to set up, out of the box.

You plug it in, and then just follow what comes up on the screen regarding the fields to fill in, in order to get connected to the internet.

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

@Toppers wrote:
@Jordan2 wrote:
I want to purchase a new computer. I was thinking of buying a Chromebook since they're not that expensive I figure if I don't like it I can still buy a new laptop. I'm not tech savvy and was wondering if this is easy to set up right out of the box? Also I know there is not much storage on the Chromebook itself, you get cloud storage free for 2 years. What do you do after the 2 years? Also I was reading that Chromebooks have an end of life and only get updates for a certain number of years, is that true? I was looking at an Acer Chromebook 14" or Toshiba Chromebook 2.
Hi @Jordan2,

You can always buy more Cloud storage, if you want to.

Here is a link to End of Life info. for different Chromebook models, from Google Support:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en

I think that they are easy to set up, out of the box.

You plug it in, and then just follow what comes up on the screen regarding the fields to fill in, in order to get connected to the internet.

@Toppers thank you for your reply and the link! I will definitely read it. I just read the link, if I understand correctly you need to get a new Chromebook every 3-5 years depending on the model?

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

You don't have to get a new one every 3 years but they won't get automatically updated after the end of life date. Honestly, what can you expect from a device that only costs a couple hundred dollars in the first place? Anyway -my chromebooks EOL date isn't till 2020.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

Hi @Jordan2,

It looks as though the average age of the End of Life for most of the Chromebooks is somewhere around 5 years of life, depending on when it was manufactured, from what I can tell.

For some, it looks like 4 years, and for some, it looks like around 6 years.

According to the article, Google is just saying that the software will become obsolete by that time, and that "updates are not guaranteed."

This is just my own opinion that I'm going to add here, but if you want a point of reference, just think about Windows too, and think about the support that's offered for their operating systems. Think of it in the same way, where it also has expiration dates for it.

Software changes all of the time. By the time that you buy a new computer, another one is ready to be launched, and others are being developed. That's how it is with technology.