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 some
ml> 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 long
ml> 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 hate
ml> 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 . .
... I looked in my mailbox today and it was empty just like my head.
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