01-05-20 07:57 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Re: The Chromebook
Howdy! Mark,

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 ml>   Re: Re: The Chromebook
 ml>   By: Ed Vance to Richard Miles on Sat Jan 04 2020 21:31:00


 RM>> Chromebooks are really only handy if:
 RM>> 1. You do everything remotely from the web.
 RM>> 2. You have an internet connection.
 RM>> 3. Love Google

 > After putting Programs from the Google website on a Chromebook can the
 > Programs be used without being connected to the internet? aka Offline?

 ml> no... you have to log into your google account when you open the
 ml> chromebook... there is no offline mode at all...

O.K. Thanks.

 ml> FWIW: i have an HP branded one here... it works pretty well but i miss
 ml> some of the features that my tablet and phone have...

The one(s) I tried were 15 inch Acers because that is what my friend uses.

 ml>   eg: GPS and magnetic orientation

 ml> my i5 iOS phone can tell me which direction i'm facing which is great
 ml> for astronomy programs... my Lenovo tablet cannot... both can tell me
 ml> the angle i'm looking into the sky... i haven't tried my chromebook
 ml> with an astronomy program but i know that i cannot use google drive as
 ml> a GPS like i can my tablet...

 ml> if i'm lost in the woods? i hope i have my phone and its battery lasts
 ml> long enough to get me out of the woods... neither my tablet nor
 ml> chromebook can get me out of that situation by themselves... i mention
 ml> again about the chromebook needing network access, too... as much as i
 ml> hate it, my iphone is a much needed survival tool outside a real
 ml> compass and paper/laminated map...

I have a GoPhone but I called and asked to have Data and Messaging Turned
Off on it.
I use it as a Ten Cent a Minute Telephone when away from home.

73 de Ed W9ODR         .                                      .


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