Who actually wants Android apps on Chromebooks? TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2018
Pixelbook returned: not compelling and 2-in-1 laptops are silly. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018
I bought a Pixelbook again because it was $300 off. I haven't returned it yet. Unlike pretty much all reviewers I'm not all that impressed.
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I returned my second Pixelbook last night. Even at $699, $300 off, it wasn't worth it. Read my other two posts above.
I don't understand mixing a PC experience with that of a mobile device whose OS is designed for a small touch screen to run crappy little apps that do limited discreet functions not necessarily well.
Early on stuff like Microsoft Office was made to run on small mobile devices. Why? It's stupid. Who wants to create a spreadsheet in a phone or even a tablet?
Even the Google Blogger app on Android sucks. I always regret the few times I try using it and can't wait to get on my Chromebook to fix my post, which must be limited because I don't have decent access to substantial computer programs, not crappy apps.
Last but not least: who REALLY thinks these 2-in-1 flip laptop PCs are a good idea? If you watch a video review, when the PC touch screen is touched it moves backwards. It's not that stable for being touched, which means that you're going to get annoyed or tired of trying it. Even scrolling on the touch screen might become tedious. Maybe I'll actually find out if I get a new Chromebook with a touch screen that is larger than my current 13 inch Chromebook. And, no, not a flip PC.
Showing posts with label ChromeOS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ChromeOS. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Who actually wants Android apps on Chromebooks?
Pixelbook returned: not compelling and 2-in-1 laptops are silly. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018
I bought a Pixelbook again because it was $300 off. I haven't returned it yet. Unlike pretty much all reviewers I'm not all that impressed. I don't understand the fascination with the screen shaped like a 1955 TV, not like an HDTV and almost all PCs this millennium. Functionally, it does what my seven year old Toshiba Chromebook does. I've been using Chromebooks almost exclusively for several years. I like them a lot. And I never longed for Android apps on a Chromebook.
Apps are those crummy little computer programs that run on mobile phones. Why the heck would I want to run them on a computer?
I first got a Chromebook because I realized that 99% of the time I was in the browser, the Chrome browser. What was universally criticized as a weakness was actually the strength of the Chromebook: it was simple, secure and worked well for 99% of the stuff I was doing, which included using Google Docs online.
Every review for years had the same moronic criticism: you couldn't run Adobe Photoshop. Who the heck gave a rat's ass about that? I don't know anyone personally who runs stupid Photoshop.
The Microsoft Windows operating system runs computer programs, not crappy little apps. Chrome OS does not run computer programs and that's been acceptable all along.
Now Chrome OS can run Android apps in all their non glory. Watch a video review and see if they actually show the environment for launching these apps. Or if they show anything more than some moronic game designed to entertain some moron running it on his phone.
Which brings us to the stupidity of the 2 in 1 device, which flips and converts a laptop into a really heavy and unwieldy tablet. Does it also suddenly switch to Android so that you can run those crummy little apps properly? No.
This is why we still need Android tablets, which have been declared dead by people in the know. No, not overpriced iPads, which now seem less overpriced compared to other overpriced closed, proprietary Apple devices. We need Android tablets, which also run those crappy little phone apps. With a relatively small, light tablet we can relax and do some simple stuff that does not require a computer.
So far what I've seen of Android apps on the Pixelbook is not pretty but pretty much a mess. I've closed and removed some apps and returned to the browser version of their function. I wonder if the entire app environment can be removed.
P.S. The Pixelbook backlit keyboard:
Why doesn't it default to backlit?
Why doesn't it explicitly indicate how to turn on/off the keyboard light?
Why doesn't the system remember your backlit setting?
Why are the letters on the keys noticeably smaller than on a regular keyboard?
Why can't I see many of the backlit keys without shading the light with my hand?
I bought a Pixelbook again because it was $300 off. I haven't returned it yet. Unlike pretty much all reviewers I'm not all that impressed. I don't understand the fascination with the screen shaped like a 1955 TV, not like an HDTV and almost all PCs this millennium. Functionally, it does what my seven year old Toshiba Chromebook does. I've been using Chromebooks almost exclusively for several years. I like them a lot. And I never longed for Android apps on a Chromebook.
Apps are those crummy little computer programs that run on mobile phones. Why the heck would I want to run them on a computer?
I first got a Chromebook because I realized that 99% of the time I was in the browser, the Chrome browser. What was universally criticized as a weakness was actually the strength of the Chromebook: it was simple, secure and worked well for 99% of the stuff I was doing, which included using Google Docs online.
Every review for years had the same moronic criticism: you couldn't run Adobe Photoshop. Who the heck gave a rat's ass about that? I don't know anyone personally who runs stupid Photoshop.
The Microsoft Windows operating system runs computer programs, not crappy little apps. Chrome OS does not run computer programs and that's been acceptable all along.
Now Chrome OS can run Android apps in all their non glory. Watch a video review and see if they actually show the environment for launching these apps. Or if they show anything more than some moronic game designed to entertain some moron running it on his phone.
Which brings us to the stupidity of the 2 in 1 device, which flips and converts a laptop into a really heavy and unwieldy tablet. Does it also suddenly switch to Android so that you can run those crummy little apps properly? No.
This is why we still need Android tablets, which have been declared dead by people in the know. No, not overpriced iPads, which now seem less overpriced compared to other overpriced closed, proprietary Apple devices. We need Android tablets, which also run those crappy little phone apps. With a relatively small, light tablet we can relax and do some simple stuff that does not require a computer.
So far what I've seen of Android apps on the Pixelbook is not pretty but pretty much a mess. I've closed and removed some apps and returned to the browser version of their function. I wonder if the entire app environment can be removed.
P.S. The Pixelbook backlit keyboard:
Why doesn't it default to backlit?
Why doesn't it explicitly indicate how to turn on/off the keyboard light?
Why doesn't the system remember your backlit setting?
Why are the letters on the keys noticeably smaller than on a regular keyboard?
Why can't I see many of the backlit keys without shading the light with my hand?
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Chromebook "Set up virtual private networks (VPNs)": yeah, right!
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1282338?hl=en
You can use some types of VPNs on your Chromebook without installing any software. For other types, you can install VPN apps ...
Note: I recently dumped OpenVPN at privatetunnel.com because it couldn't support my Chromebook.
There's way more junk in the article. Read it for yourself.
Was this article helpful? No!
My comment:
Are you kidding? Build the damn VPN into your OS. Who the heck knows what you're talking about? Chromebooks are supposed to be simple. Google should protect us without expecting us to follow esoteric instructions like monkeys.
You can use some types of VPNs on your Chromebook without installing any software. For other types, you can install VPN apps ...
Note: I recently dumped OpenVPN at privatetunnel.com because it couldn't support my Chromebook.
There's way more junk in the article. Read it for yourself.
Was this article helpful? No!
My comment:
Are you kidding? Build the damn VPN into your OS. Who the heck knows what you're talking about? Chromebooks are supposed to be simple. Google should protect us without expecting us to follow esoteric instructions like monkeys.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Samsung Chromebook: got it. Nice. Yeah, I know that it needs an Internet connection.
Works well. Does it's thing. No, I'm not going to include the universal caveat that it needs to be connected to the Internet to be useful. EVERY techie review includes that nonsense. What percentage of your computing time are you not connected? For me: zero.
I use Microsoft Access, a really good single user database management system (DBMS), for baseball research; that's the only reason that I still have a Windows PC - an Asus Ultrabook. The browser program, of course, runs locally. But most other stuff runs or originates on the Internet. I have been using Google Docs exclusively for years for word processing and spreadsheet. I do not use the offline version that's available. Google Docs (Drive) keeps my files safe and sound on Google servers. Why should I waste my time and resources performing data center functions in some half assed way when Google does it for me for free.
How many clowns have a backup device sitting beside the system unit so that both are flooded when the roof leaks? Oh wait, the rocket scientist has a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to another location and mirrors his servers. Howie. Google has ... maybe a million servers. A lot. With 24/7 professional staffing. You want a job that will not go away? Work in a mega data center. It may be windowless and repetitive but you'll make good money for a long time.
These reviewers who feel compelled to warn you that ChromeOS is OK if you're willing to depend on having an Internet connection virtually 100% of the time are BORING. It's not 1995. We've moved on from Microsoft Office. I can't remember the last time I used Word or Excel. Who the heck is running Photoshop? How often do you need Quicken, if at all?
I like the nice clean ChromeOS developed for Internet access, which I have 100% of the time I use computers, tablets, smartphones.
I use Microsoft Access, a really good single user database management system (DBMS), for baseball research; that's the only reason that I still have a Windows PC - an Asus Ultrabook. The browser program, of course, runs locally. But most other stuff runs or originates on the Internet. I have been using Google Docs exclusively for years for word processing and spreadsheet. I do not use the offline version that's available. Google Docs (Drive) keeps my files safe and sound on Google servers. Why should I waste my time and resources performing data center functions in some half assed way when Google does it for me for free.
How many clowns have a backup device sitting beside the system unit so that both are flooded when the roof leaks? Oh wait, the rocket scientist has a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to another location and mirrors his servers. Howie. Google has ... maybe a million servers. A lot. With 24/7 professional staffing. You want a job that will not go away? Work in a mega data center. It may be windowless and repetitive but you'll make good money for a long time.
These reviewers who feel compelled to warn you that ChromeOS is OK if you're willing to depend on having an Internet connection virtually 100% of the time are BORING. It's not 1995. We've moved on from Microsoft Office. I can't remember the last time I used Word or Excel. Who the heck is running Photoshop? How often do you need Quicken, if at all?
I like the nice clean ChromeOS developed for Internet access, which I have 100% of the time I use computers, tablets, smartphones.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Samsung Chromebook returned.
I'm really disappointed in google. How difficult can it be for a world class techie company to create a stripped down operating system (OS)? All the damn thing had to do was connect to the Internet efficiently.
Instead it took longer and longer to fetch e-mail: 2-3 minutes.
Interrupted itself with of all colors a blue background and that adolescent pseudo techie language that tells you nothing except the pizza boxes and soda cans must be piling up in googleland creating massive cases of acid reflux in the miscreants who failed on the ChromeOS project.
The irony is that google's mobile OS, Android, works well and does 100 times more stuff.
All google had to was create a simple OS. It failed. I felt more and more foolish hoping that I could keep my Samsung Chromebook. I couldn't. Too bad. It was a nice piece of hardware but the OS sucked.
Instead it took longer and longer to fetch e-mail: 2-3 minutes.
Interrupted itself with of all colors a blue background and that adolescent pseudo techie language that tells you nothing except the pizza boxes and soda cans must be piling up in googleland creating massive cases of acid reflux in the miscreants who failed on the ChromeOS project.
The irony is that google's mobile OS, Android, works well and does 100 times more stuff.
All google had to was create a simple OS. It failed. I felt more and more foolish hoping that I could keep my Samsung Chromebook. I couldn't. Too bad. It was a nice piece of hardware but the OS sucked.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Samsung Chromebook finally arrived. It won't boot.
You cannot make up stuff like this.
I had read that it came with no written documentation. Actually it comes with lots of written stuff, just in really tiny font size and with no useful information. Written items include Safety Instructions, which includes stuff like don't set the battery on fire or smash it with a hatchet. The Samsung Quick Start Guide does not even indicate what color the LED should be when the battery is charged; it remained a reddish orange after a couple of hours of charging.
There is one piece of paper from google, which cheerfully states: "Plug in the power. Open the lid. And you're all set.". Unfortunately, that no more useful than the tiny diagram of the proprietary function keys with their explanations in super tiny font size.
I decided to remove the charger and open the lid even though I did not know if the battery was fully charged. The lid appears to be backward because Samsung its name on it upside down.
I pushed the power button and the screen came to life. There was a frowny face on a laptop screen with a thumb drive pointed towards it. Underneath was this:
Chrome OS is missing or damaged
Please connect a recovery device.
http://google.com/support/chromeos/recovery
Model: SAMS ALEX EPSILON-US 4507
I was aghast. What the heck? Who the heck ships a PC, especially one with a new experimental operating system, and does not bother to turn it on to see it if boots? Samsung.
I called Samsung and after long delays concluded that the people with whom I had spoken were well-intentioned but not entirely familiar with the fact that Samsung does not have a direct sales channel but instead directs a buyer to either amazon.com or bestbuy.com. I had chosen bestbuy.com and will call them next.
I am not inclined to try to download a version of Chrome OS to a thumb drive and install it, especially after my failed attempt to do this with Ubuntu Linux onto my SLOW Acer netbook, which is currently a brick.
Ah, progress! While I was writing this the LED finally changed color to green, perhaps indicating that the battery is charged. Just to check I closed the lid, re-opened and pushed power: the vulgar mask of failure re-appeared.
I decided to try the recovery URL and was re-directed here:
http://www.google.com/support/chromeos/bin/answer.py?answer=1080595
I learned something that Samsung could not tell me: that these Chromebooks come with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of the operating system (OS):
First choose the model of your Chromebook:
Acer
Cr-48
Samsung Chromebook Series 5
After choosing Samsung I saw this:
Before starting this process, you'll need the following:
A Windows, Mac, or Linux computer with administrative rights.
A 4 GB or larger USB flash drive that you don't mind clearing.
This is another reason I do not want to do this. Why should I need another computer and why should I waste a USB flash drive? The only USB flash drive I have is that stupid SanDisk that I had to re-furbish just to get it to load stupid Ubuntu Linux, which of course, failed to load on my Acer netbook. What the heck. It's not doing me any good.
By the way: why doesn't my Chromebook come with an Ethernet port?
OK, I'm foolishly trying this recovery procedure. Google wants me to download and run the recovery program on my semi-trusty old WindowsXP Dell laptop. Again I must choose Samsung.
I plug it in and the "SanDisk Cruzer USB Device" is recognized. I am warned: "All files on SanDisk Cruzer USB Device will be erased.". Here goes ...
It's downloading.
It worked. I managed to demolish my worthless stupid Ubuntu Linux boot devise.
I started the Samsung and then inserted the boot SanDisk Cruzer USB Device. On screen messages that it validated the official recovery image, reset security, about to copy system image. It will "take some time". Hey, it's already further than stupid Ubuntu Linux from those snot nosed techies who only care about themselves and their snot nosed techie friends. It's clear that some profit motive is necessary, not phony baloney save the world fake altruism.
System is about to reboot. Cool.
Yikes! I think it worked! It wouldn't take the password for my Verizon FIOS router but it took it from a friend's Verizon Wireless MiFi 3G portable hotspot. I seem to be online. No idea how to make it work with the free Verizon Wireless 3G that is supposed to come with it.
I had read that it came with no written documentation. Actually it comes with lots of written stuff, just in really tiny font size and with no useful information. Written items include Safety Instructions, which includes stuff like don't set the battery on fire or smash it with a hatchet. The Samsung Quick Start Guide does not even indicate what color the LED should be when the battery is charged; it remained a reddish orange after a couple of hours of charging.
There is one piece of paper from google, which cheerfully states: "Plug in the power. Open the lid. And you're all set.". Unfortunately, that no more useful than the tiny diagram of the proprietary function keys with their explanations in super tiny font size.
I decided to remove the charger and open the lid even though I did not know if the battery was fully charged. The lid appears to be backward because Samsung its name on it upside down.
I pushed the power button and the screen came to life. There was a frowny face on a laptop screen with a thumb drive pointed towards it. Underneath was this:
Chrome OS is missing or damaged
Please connect a recovery device.
http://google.com/support/chromeos/recovery
Model: SAMS ALEX EPSILON-US 4507
I was aghast. What the heck? Who the heck ships a PC, especially one with a new experimental operating system, and does not bother to turn it on to see it if boots? Samsung.
I called Samsung and after long delays concluded that the people with whom I had spoken were well-intentioned but not entirely familiar with the fact that Samsung does not have a direct sales channel but instead directs a buyer to either amazon.com or bestbuy.com. I had chosen bestbuy.com and will call them next.
I am not inclined to try to download a version of Chrome OS to a thumb drive and install it, especially after my failed attempt to do this with Ubuntu Linux onto my SLOW Acer netbook, which is currently a brick.
Ah, progress! While I was writing this the LED finally changed color to green, perhaps indicating that the battery is charged. Just to check I closed the lid, re-opened and pushed power: the vulgar mask of failure re-appeared.
I decided to try the recovery URL and was re-directed here:
http://www.google.com/support/chromeos/bin/answer.py?answer=1080595
I learned something that Samsung could not tell me: that these Chromebooks come with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of the operating system (OS):
First choose the model of your Chromebook:
Acer
Cr-48
Samsung Chromebook Series 5
After choosing Samsung I saw this:
Before starting this process, you'll need the following:
A Windows, Mac, or Linux computer with administrative rights.
A 4 GB or larger USB flash drive that you don't mind clearing.
This is another reason I do not want to do this. Why should I need another computer and why should I waste a USB flash drive? The only USB flash drive I have is that stupid SanDisk that I had to re-furbish just to get it to load stupid Ubuntu Linux, which of course, failed to load on my Acer netbook. What the heck. It's not doing me any good.
By the way: why doesn't my Chromebook come with an Ethernet port?
OK, I'm foolishly trying this recovery procedure. Google wants me to download and run the recovery program on my semi-trusty old WindowsXP Dell laptop. Again I must choose Samsung.
I plug it in and the "SanDisk Cruzer USB Device" is recognized. I am warned: "All files on SanDisk Cruzer USB Device will be erased.". Here goes ...
It's downloading.
It worked. I managed to demolish my worthless stupid Ubuntu Linux boot devise.
I started the Samsung and then inserted the boot SanDisk Cruzer USB Device. On screen messages that it validated the official recovery image, reset security, about to copy system image. It will "take some time". Hey, it's already further than stupid Ubuntu Linux from those snot nosed techies who only care about themselves and their snot nosed techie friends. It's clear that some profit motive is necessary, not phony baloney save the world fake altruism.
System is about to reboot. Cool.
Yikes! I think it worked! It wouldn't take the password for my Verizon FIOS router but it took it from a friend's Verizon Wireless MiFi 3G portable hotspot. I seem to be online. No idea how to make it work with the free Verizon Wireless 3G that is supposed to come with it.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
HTC Thunderbolt finally arrived. OK, now what? PRICE WAR!
I bought my Motorola Droid for $150 because it was more than two years since my last upgrade and Verizon must have been nervous that I'd churn to another service provider. I was expecting the Thunderbolt to cost $200. $250! What the heck?
You always need more speed and power but $250!?
Waiting for Godot and Chromium OS. A rare breach in security:
http://chromeossite.com/2011/02/21/acer-announces-dx241h-first-chrome-os-device/
And it's not a stinking netbook! Yippie! If you'll pardon the expression: Yahoo! Acer is planning a 24 inch all-in-one Chromium OS desktop? Alright. Cost: €299. Let's see, using my secret google decoder ring (http://www.google.com/ig) that's 299 EUR = 415.7326 USD. $416. Wow. WOW! Wait. It's just the Chrome browser, not the Chrome OS? Acer will work it out.
If Google's Chromium OS PCs and Google's Android tablets don't do better we may be overwhelmed by Apple junk. Oh, the humanity!
I'm hoping that Asus, Acer, some company will have the sense to introduce an Android tablet that is half the price of the Apple iPad. Yes, HALF! That's the only way to break the Apple juggernaut. PRICE WAR! Let's go to the mattresses. When Acer introduces that $416 24 inch all-in-one Chromium OS desktop the price war is on!
You always need more speed and power but $250!?
Waiting for Godot and Chromium OS. A rare breach in security:
http://chromeossite.com/2011/02/21/acer-announces-dx241h-first-chrome-os-device/
And it's not a stinking netbook! Yippie! If you'll pardon the expression: Yahoo! Acer is planning a 24 inch all-in-one Chromium OS desktop? Alright. Cost: €299. Let's see, using my secret google decoder ring (http://www.google.com/ig) that's 299 EUR = 415.7326 USD. $416. Wow. WOW! Wait. It's just the Chrome browser, not the Chrome OS? Acer will work it out.
If Google's Chromium OS PCs and Google's Android tablets don't do better we may be overwhelmed by Apple junk. Oh, the humanity!
I'm hoping that Asus, Acer, some company will have the sense to introduce an Android tablet that is half the price of the Apple iPad. Yes, HALF! That's the only way to break the Apple juggernaut. PRICE WAR! Let's go to the mattresses. When Acer introduces that $416 24 inch all-in-one Chromium OS desktop the price war is on!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Motorola XOOM v. Apple iPad2
The Motorola XOOM (manufacturer spells it with caps) tablet from Verizon Wireless running the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) Operating System (OS) became available yesterday. Given that I had been waiting for this product it's strange that I have not yet pulled the trigger and bought the damn thing.
Most mainstream sources (NY Times, WSJ, ...) recommend waiting until March 2, only three days, for Apple's predatory announcement of its iPad2. It seems that the iPad2 announcement has been hurried to a strategically earlier date to impede XOOM sales.
These seem to be my reasons for hesitating:
1. Price. $600 with a $20 per month two year contract with Verizon Wireless for one gig per month or $800. Ouch! That's no pressure for Apple to be more reasonable, which Apple would have no inclination to be anyway.
2. XOOM is currently only available in one configuration, 3G with a future software upgrade to 4G when that version of wireless network becomes available. There is currently no WiFi only version. I asked two friends who know this stuff better than I whether such a software upgrade made sense but did not get a direct answer: there's only a marketing of version of 4G and why would you need all that speed. My thinking: I don't want a $600-$800 device to become obsolete in 12-18 months.
3. There will be plenty more Android tablets and the XOOM may not seem so hot in a few months. Others may be less expensive and more polished; XOOM currently lacks Flash video play, which is really odd given Apple's policy to never support Flash. I could live without an HD video camera and save that expense. I just want to look up stuff. A bare bones tablet for half the price would be compelling. I don't actually need an iPad clone.
4. iPad2 is the 800 pound and $800 gorilla, the market leader and trend setter. Maybe I should just succumb and buy from the evil Apple empire.
In the Westchester mall near my home are both an Apple store and a Verizon Wireless store. Maybe I'll wait 3-4 days and see if I can try each and then delude myself into thinking that my decision was not largely emotional and go ahead and buy the XOOM in hopes that the enlightened google will reward me by smiting mighty Apple with its open architecture.
So when the heck will PCs with the google ChromeOS finally be available? That product might preclude my consumer longing for the more expensive tablet.
Most mainstream sources (NY Times, WSJ, ...) recommend waiting until March 2, only three days, for Apple's predatory announcement of its iPad2. It seems that the iPad2 announcement has been hurried to a strategically earlier date to impede XOOM sales.
These seem to be my reasons for hesitating:
1. Price. $600 with a $20 per month two year contract with Verizon Wireless for one gig per month or $800. Ouch! That's no pressure for Apple to be more reasonable, which Apple would have no inclination to be anyway.
2. XOOM is currently only available in one configuration, 3G with a future software upgrade to 4G when that version of wireless network becomes available. There is currently no WiFi only version. I asked two friends who know this stuff better than I whether such a software upgrade made sense but did not get a direct answer: there's only a marketing of version of 4G and why would you need all that speed. My thinking: I don't want a $600-$800 device to become obsolete in 12-18 months.
3. There will be plenty more Android tablets and the XOOM may not seem so hot in a few months. Others may be less expensive and more polished; XOOM currently lacks Flash video play, which is really odd given Apple's policy to never support Flash. I could live without an HD video camera and save that expense. I just want to look up stuff. A bare bones tablet for half the price would be compelling. I don't actually need an iPad clone.
4. iPad2 is the 800 pound and $800 gorilla, the market leader and trend setter. Maybe I should just succumb and buy from the evil Apple empire.
In the Westchester mall near my home are both an Apple store and a Verizon Wireless store. Maybe I'll wait 3-4 days and see if I can try each and then delude myself into thinking that my decision was not largely emotional and go ahead and buy the XOOM in hopes that the enlightened google will reward me by smiting mighty Apple with its open architecture.
So when the heck will PCs with the google ChromeOS finally be available? That product might preclude my consumer longing for the more expensive tablet.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Google's OS
Google's operating system, ChromeOS, may be loaded on small new laptops by the end of 2010. That probably means netbooks only. I hope that ChromeOS as an option on larger PCs.
Reports are that users may not be able to load ChromeOS on older PCs. I hope that's not true.
I use the cloud for everything now, including Google Documents. I don't use programs on my PC to create files. All I want to do is connect to the Internet. In theory, ChromeOS should suffice. An OS that loads quickly, is integrated with its browser and is light on resources. Sounds great.
Windows7 and Mac PCs are bloated messes. I have not been able to get Linux to run consistently. Here's hoping that ChromeOS is a viable alternative.
Reports are that users may not be able to load ChromeOS on older PCs. I hope that's not true.
I use the cloud for everything now, including Google Documents. I don't use programs on my PC to create files. All I want to do is connect to the Internet. In theory, ChromeOS should suffice. An OS that loads quickly, is integrated with its browser and is light on resources. Sounds great.
Windows7 and Mac PCs are bloated messes. I have not been able to get Linux to run consistently. Here's hoping that ChromeOS is a viable alternative.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Apple, the evil empire, adds a touch of evil.
Yesterday I bought an Apple iPod Touch. I will return it today.
When it is powered on it does not start up. It shows an image of a USB cable with an arrow pointing to an iTunes icon. It is crippled. When I attach it to my Windows PC an iTunes service agreement appears on my PC. I must agree to continue. I declined.
I bought it to access the web and run Skype. However, Apple will not let me do those things without buying into its insidious all encompassing iTunes world. No thanks.
Plus, where does it say that I must have a PC to use an iPod Touch?
What if my PC runs a non-iTunes OS: Linux, ChromeOS (future), whatever?
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