You can run them off-line mode but they (obviously) don't necessairily do a
lot (any website that uses offline storage works - like Gmail etc.).
Pretty much all my day-today surfing/computing is done either on one of
those Chromebooks, or an old laptop with Chromium OS (the unbranded version
of the OS).
If all that is needed is a web browser that's the thing to get.
Tom
On 14 January 2012 23:28, HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> wrote:
I gather Chromebooks are basically useless when not
connected to
t'Internet, but they'd probably be good for our purposes, since we'd mostly
be using them to get online.
Harry
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*From:* James Forrester <james(a)jdforrester.org>
*To:* wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
*Sent:* Saturday, 14 January 2012, 23:13
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations?
On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment
to
support future events/activities at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech
Input on this would be very welcome - please edit the page directly, or
leave
comments on the talk page.
In particular, I'm going to recommend that we purchase a couple of
laptops
this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when
visiting the office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need
for getting these asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated.
The default option at the moment is a standard cheap Asus
15"/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the pre-installed Windows wiped and
Linux installed - but there must be better low-cost laptop options out
there than that...
What about Google Chromebooks? They're a little cheaper, but more
importantly they're near-impossible to damage the OS (so you can hand
them out at an event, get them back then "wipe" them). Also, no
Windows tax. :-)
J.
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