Subj : Re: Google Chromebook
To   : Mike Dippel
From : claw
Date : Mon Feb 27 2023 07:48:09

On 26 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...
 
 MD> This may or may not qualify for 'Retro' but someone gave me an HP
 MD> Chromebook several 
 MD> years ago. It was a hassle to use only because it needed a new battery. 
 MD> If it shut down, 
 MD> I had to remember a long stringed password to be able to use it.  So I
 MD> gave up on it.
 MD> 
 MD> Fast forward to today.  My wife's Windows laptop is definitely on its
 MD> last legs, so I 
 MD> decided to take the Chromebook out of mothballs and start it up.  It has
 MD> probably been 3 
 MD> years or so since I used it.
 MD> 
 MD> It booted up VERY quickly, and when I inputted my password, the O/S was
 MD> up to date 
 MD> and nothing was lost since it is all in the cloud.
 MD> 
 MD> I was able to print a document to a remote printer so everything about
 MD> it is inviting me 
 MD> to bite the bullet and replace the battery.
 MD> 
 MD> I guess I didn't realize what a gem this thing was, and it will now be my
 MD> wife's main 
 MD> computer.
 MD> 
 MD> Mike Dippel

They are basically a glorified browser.  They have become slightly more sophisticated lately but still a glorified browser.  Doesn't take much to be a browser.  As long as it supports the latest web standards it will be good to go.

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