Electronics

[151949]

I had to buy a new computer today and we really did our research - ended up getting a google chromebook from HP for only $210, which includes 3 years of warranty. I am fully aware this is not the newest or greatest thing out there - but is sufficient for my needs and fell well under our max budget for this purchase. i think that often people buy more than they need in computers because they want whatever is the newest toy weather or not they need it. We were very careful not to fall for that. I looked at an Ipad but could not justify the price because so much of what it does I would never use. I certainly hope this turns out to be a good purchase. I am accustommed to using google chrome so it is an easy adjustment for me. I used to have a Asus tablet - i am very dissappointed to say it was a piece of junk.

The one thing I will really miss is the touch screen but for this price i can adjust.

Woopie - I no longer am sharing a computer with DH. He also bought himself a Samsung tablet and he is happy playing with it right now - getting it set up. My set up for the chromebook was so simple - I just moved everything that I had on google chrome already over to this device - easy peasy.

Since this was the last one they had at Staples we had to take the one that was the display - thus the very good price. They reset everything back to the factory settings but , boy was there ever a bunch of junk in the bookmarks - p*rn and everything that I had to erase.I guess a lot of fingers have been on these keys.Honestly, why would people set things, sites, on the bookmarks on the store display computer? Esp. p*rn - there are a lot - really a lot - of sickos out there.

[gardenman]

Chromebooks are a neat little gadget. For most users they do everything you need a computer to do. They're safe, inexpensive, reliable, and easy to use. I'm pretty sure the future lies in cloud computing and Google is leading the way with their Chromebooks.

[glb613]

On 4/26/2014 gardenman said:

Chromebooks are a neat little gadget. For most users they do everything you need a computer to do. They're safe, inexpensive, reliable, and easy to use. I'm pretty sure the future lies in cloud computing and Google is leading the way with their Chromebooks.

There has to be better security for that to happen.

"Happy Housewife" said

i think that often people buy more than they need in computers because they want whatever is the newest toy weather or not they need it.

While you're entitled to your opinion, I find that to be very short sighted. Buying only what you need now makes a computer obsolete sooner. There are people who like the latest and greatest. I'm one of them and have never regretted my purchases.

[Nuttmeg]

I just moved everything that I had on google chrome already over to this device - easy peasy.

I used to have a Asus tablet - I am very disappointed to say it was a piece of junk.

I find your statements to be very interesting. You learned by using the Asus tablet for 15 months. It made the Chromebook easy to run. How could it be a piece of junk?

[glb613]

On 4/27/2014 nutmeg3 said:

I just moved everything that I had on google chrome already over to this device - easy peasy.

I used to have a Asus tablet - I am very disappointed to say it was a piece of junk.

I find your statements to be very interesting. You learned by using the Asus tablet for 15 months. It made the Chromebook easy to run. How could it be a piece of junk?

Probably because it didn't last more than 15 months.

[gardenman]

Re: security on the cloud. Compared to what many web users do now, the cloud is very safe and secure. Something like 20+% of computer users use no security software at all. An even larger percentage never back up their files. Chromebooks and their cloud do all of that for users which makes computing infinitely safer for those types of users.

Now if you're going to be on the cloud you want to be sure to use a good password that's hard to break. Way, way too many people use easily figured out passwords (pet's name, child's name, online nickname, etc) as their password and that's just making life far too easy for the bad guys. A good password should look like a jumbled mess of gibberish containing upper and lower case letters and numbers. If your daughter is named Molly you don't want your password to be "mollysmom". That's just making life too easy on the bad guys. If your password looks something like "AiF4tg2Cve8" then a hacker would have to be very lucky to figure it out.

[dooBdoo]

Chromebooks are interesting and do fill the need for some folks. Here's an article about some of the limitations involved (the comments are worth reading, too):

Living Within Limitations: Trying And Failing To Get Along With Chrome OS

(link goes to: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/02/08/living-within-limitations-trying-and-failing-to-g...)

Regarding cloud computing, I'm still of the same opinion as Steve Wosniak (who certainly knows a lot more than I). We have a long way to go toward solid security, in my opinion.

[brii]

You bragged about that Asus tablet and now it's a piece of junk. Okay.

Now you bought a floor model for a cheap price that won't last that long either.

[151949]

On 4/27/2014 glb613 said:

On 4/27/2014 nutmeg3 said:

<em>I</em> just moved everything that I had on google chrome already over to this device - easy peasy.

I used to have a Asus tablet - I am very disappointed to say it was a piece of junk.

I find your statements to be very interesting. You learned by using the Asus tablet for 15 months. It made the Chromebook easy to run. How could it be a piece of junk?

Probably because it didn't last more than 15 months.

Exactly - it was in the shop twice in 15 months - now they said it needed a new motherboard. Forget it. It was great when it worked but did not always work.

[151949]

On 4/27/2014 brii said:

You bragged about that Asus tablet and now it's a piece of junk. Okay.

Now you bought a floor model for a cheap price that won't last that long either.

But this one is warrantied for 3 years. If I get 3 years for the money i paid that is sufficient for me. I did love my Asus and did say so often, but one day it wenyt into a loop and kept going on & off every 30 sec - sent it in for warranty repairs and they were great. Got it back in 2 weeks all working fine - all my stuff was out on the cloud and easy to recover etc etc. Then 4 months later - it simply would not turn on. Needs new motherboard. Thank Goodness for the cloud ! As for security - nothing that is out on the web is 100% secure. All you can do - as previously noted - is be very careful with your passwords.