Chromebook question...

[irocfan]

As I understand it a Chromebook of whatever flavour is just a web-only basic spec PC (ok it's a fair bit more than just that but put basically?)... might it not make more sense to buy a cheapo lappy for £100 or so, put in a 120Gb SSD and load Chrome onto that - hey-presto a cheap Chromebook with way better performance, DVD-rom and a reasonable size.

What is wrong with my thinking?

[irocfan]

cheers for that - it's not for me, the step-daughter wants one while at Uni... personally I'm not convinced about the usefulness of them but (as with most younglings) she knows better so I'm casting around for ideas that'll make it a tad more practical while not giving me a wallet raping. For reference she already has a 2/3 y/o lappy which she's complaining is 'too slow' but I'm just concerned a full on CB would be just a compromise too much

[irocfan]

well after a good little chat it transpires that a chromebook is not suitable for her - she needs word, excel and powerpoint (uni-work) so thanks for the help on that one guys

[irocfan]

Mr Will said:

irocfan said:

well after a good little chat it transpires that a chromebook is not suitable for her - she needs word, excel and powerpoint (uni-work) so thanks for the help on that one guys

Did you miss the part where Chromebooks are perfectly capable of doing those three things?

you're right, apols, I did gloss over where it was stated that word and excel can be used and saved on-line (no mention of powerpoint though) the other things she might have issues with, reading through this, is music and I've not seen any word on how it is with trying to watch movies via an external HD