CHROMEBOOK - ANOTHER NEW TECH THING

[Joy H., Group Founder]

I just read an article about CHROMEBOOKS, another new tech thing to learn about.

The following is from online:
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FEB. 12, 2016 - "A Chromebook is a laptop of a different breed. Instead of Windows 10 or Mac OS X, Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS. These machines are designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet, with most applications and documents living in the cloud. As a result, these clamshells don't have a ton of onboard storage, but they don't have very large price tags, either.
FROM: http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/chr...

I first heard about it in an article online (May 26, 2016) at our local newspaper. Here's the link:
http://poststar.com/news/local/queens...
The headline reads: "Queensbury rolling out Chromebook project"

SEE MORE AT:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

Google "Chromebook" and see what you come up with.

[Joy H., Group Founder]

Below is from: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computin...
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January 18, 2015
Not long ago, we would utter the word “Chromebook” in the presence of a not-so-tech-savvy consumer and get looked at like we’re speaking in Klingon. Not any more. Chromebooks dominated 2014, doubling their shipments and becoming nearly ubiquitous in schools and universities.

Chromebook is a different breed of computer. It runs on Google’s web-based Chrome OS, which is designed to be used with an Internet connection. Most of Chromebook’s documents and apps exist in the cloud. And Google automatically provides 100 GB of cloud storage for every Chromebook.

You can think of a Chromebook as an Internet-dependent laptop that starts up super fast (roughly 7 seconds, or a fraction of the time it takes to boot an older model Windows-based computer). When you turn on the Chromebook you’ll notice the only native app is the Google Chrome Internet browser. And that’s pretty much your key to all that is Chromebook. Everything else is composed of Web apps (email, photos, documents), or apps that run while you’re connected to a network. Google also throws in 100 GB of cloud storage for every Chromebook.
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