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Post by Slinger on Dec 4, 2018 23:47:04 GMT
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Post by brettj on Dec 5, 2018 5:15:37 GMT
I think this thread probably encapsulates hi-fi forum life. I started a thread asking if anyone else owned a Chromebook. So far... 4 people have replied. 2 respondents have free iPads 1 person saw a Surface 1 person owns a Surface 2 people are now discussing the Surface. 0 people who have replied own a Chromebook despite the purpose of the original post, which was to find out if there were any other Chromebook owners here.    My kids and wife use a Chromebook. It's great for Netflix and Youtube. My teenage girls do the things their ilk do. I have my work Macbook Air, so don't ever use the Chromebook. Do have 11 of my students using Chromebook. The 10-11 year olds don't complain. Most of their work is done using the Google platform. Good for research. Seem to like using Youtube, music, and games. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 5, 2018 6:50:21 GMT
Nah - where's the fun in that?  |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 5, 2018 13:21:15 GMT
I think this thread probably encapsulates hi-fi forum life. I started a thread asking if anyone else owned a Chromebook. So far... 4 people have replied. 2 respondents have free iPads 1 person saw a Surface 1 person owns a Surface 2 people are now discussing the Surface. 0 people who have replied own a Chromebook despite the purpose of the original post, which was to find out if there were any other Chromebook owners here. My kids and wife use a Chromebook. It's great for Netflix and Youtube. My teenage girls do the things their ilk do. I have my work Macbook Air, so don't ever use the Chromebook. Do have 11 of my students using Chromebook. The 10-11 year olds don't complain. Most of their work is done using the Google platform. Good for research. Seem to like using Youtube, music, and games. Apart from the Chromebook, I run 2xPCs, a couple of Android tablets, a Fire tablet, an iPad, a brace of Nooks, and a Kindle, at home. I'm typing this on the Chromebook while I eat lunch. Every device has a purpose (I can only play Shadow Of The Tomb Raider properly on my home-built PC ) and obviously, there are overlaps, but for web-surfing and forum-bothering you can't beat a Chromebook in my opinion. |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 6, 2018 14:07:14 GMT
It's arrived, it's huge, and I have to get to grips with the fact that the keyboard does not extend to the edges of the case. Many, many, typos will follow. The one that's already bugging me the most is hitting the oversized "search" key instead of the "a" which it sits outside of. Overall though it's a really nice machine. I switched it on and the first thing it did was to update the Chrome OS. These updates are automatic, take virtually no time at all, and then require you to reboot which takes up another 15-20 seconds, depending on how fast you can type your password. Cheeky, but Google brag that because of these constant, free, and painless updates, their OS actually "improves with age."  Because it's Chrome all of my browser extensions and bookmarks are "there" waiting for me, as I use the Chrome option which syncs data across all of one's devices whatever OS Chrome is running on. I opened the Acer for the first time, added it to the network, rebooted, and I was up and running. It really is that fast. The Google Play Store icon is sitting next to the Chrome button on the popup "shelf" which remains offscreen like the Windows taskbar in "autohide" mode. It does look big though. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 6, 2018 14:28:29 GMT
It looks from the photo that it doesn't have an extended keyboard so there's a lot of space around it.
Nice. I still have to fish out that old Tosh I have kicking around.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 6, 2018 14:34:07 GMT
The space either side of the keyboard is where they've mounted the speakers, Martin. It's not ideal, but I'll get used to it. The touchpad is also quite large, so takes up more space beneath the keyboard than I'm used to.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 24, 2021 12:38:40 GMT
I've just received a system message telling me that my operating system "auto-updates," cease in June. I didn't realise that there was some sort of expiry date. For anyone using a Chromebook, there's a link to a list of major models and their OS update cease dates below. I should stress that the machines will keep on working perfectly, there just won't be any more updates to the Chrome OS that resides on them when the date is reached. support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366It must be time for me to at least start looking for a replacement. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 24, 2021 15:28:03 GMT
Tivo users who paid for a lifetime sub were even more disappointed
Fortunately the hackers had already been into the Tivo and AltEPG surfaced at no charge
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Post by Slinger on Apr 25, 2021 16:37:17 GMT
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Post by pre65 on Apr 26, 2021 9:46:38 GMT
I've just received a system message telling me that my operating system "auto-updates," cease in June. I didn't realise that there was some sort of expiry date. For anyone using a Chromebook, there's a link to a list of major models and their OS update cease dates below. I should stress that the machines will keep on working perfectly, there just won't be any more updates to the Chrome OS that resides on them when the date is reached. support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366It must be time for me to at least start looking for a replacement.
I would convert my Lenovo Thinkpad Chromebook but the procedure is more complicated. |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 26, 2021 13:49:53 GMT
I've just received a system message telling me that my operating system "auto-updates," cease in June. I didn't realise that there was some sort of expiry date. For anyone using a Chromebook, there's a link to a list of major models and their OS update cease dates below. I should stress that the machines will keep on working perfectly, there just won't be any more updates to the Chrome OS that resides on them when the date is reached. support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366It must be time for me to at least start looking for a replacement.
I would convert my Lenovo Thinkpad Chromebook but the procedure is more complicated.I must admit, it came as a bit of a surprise, but it's " forced me" to upgrade my 6-year-old Chromebook for one with superior specs; better screen res, faster processor, better integration with the Google Play Store, more memory, more storage, etc. The new machine I bought (used) is already 2-years-old, so by 2026 I'll almost certainly be looking at upgrading yet again anyway. The new Acer cost me £179.99; not a huge amount considering how much it gets hammered used on a daily basis. The old Acer is what I'm typing this on, in fact Besides, we all like a perfectly justifiable excuse to buy new toys. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2021 14:09:38 GMT
Besides, we all like a perfectly justifiable excuse to buy new toys. But we also kinda like keeping old machines running just for the satisfaction. My old Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet is running a version of Windows 10 never even dreamed of when it was made in 2015. Rather nicely, too. It's my companion over breakfast every morning before going to work. |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 26, 2021 15:12:47 GMT
The "old" Chromebook will keep on working fine, it just won't have the OS updated after June. I daresay it'll end up living in my bedroom.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2021 19:27:35 GMT
Will you still be able to update apps, or is it all support that'll stop?
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Post by Slinger on Apr 26, 2021 19:31:25 GMT
Will you still be able to update apps, or is it all support that'll stop? It's just the OS that stops receiving updates, everything else carries on working exactly the same. |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 27, 2021 8:11:05 GMT
New Chromebook all synched up and charging, and as I can see this it's obviously working too.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2021 8:41:21 GMT
Is Chrome OS now your favourite OS for productivity, Paul?
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Post by Slinger on Apr 27, 2021 13:13:07 GMT
Is Chrome OS now your favourite OS for productivity, Paul? No, far from it. All of my " grownup" software is still Windoze-based, and will remain so. Apart from anything else 99.9% of the software I use is not available, nor would it work, on Chrome. It takes a lot more computing power than a Chromebook can provide apart from anything else. The Chromebook lives on a table near the " telly-chair" and gets used for web-surfing, forum-bothering, and Googling/Wikipedia-ing. I usually use the same table to eat lunch from while catching up with the BBC 24-Hour rolling news channel, and I often eat dinner from it too, most often while watching Star Trek (Discovery at the moment) re-runs on the Horror Channel, so I've always got a keyboard to hand. It's also useful for streaming stuff like football matches to the big screen. |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2021 18:34:02 GMT
Ah, ok, sounds like me with a variety of platforms and form factors to hand, mostly Windows and Android (like this tablet in the music room) these days.
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