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BoxRoom said:
Peterborough Council are going all out with Chrome:
Peterborough City Council ditches Microsoft for Google Apps in cloud push
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Be interesting to see how it works out.

“For us moving to that whole 'as-a-service' model means that the IT staff can stop doing what I call the fire fighting tasks - patching servers, building laptops, maintaining things - and be more dynamic and useful in departments and take them on that next step of what those tools can do for them,” said Godfrey.

“I think sometimes IT is guilty of overcomplicating things, whereas we want IT to be as slick and efficient as possible where they are almost commissioning services in.”

Peterborough Council has been a flag bearer for digital transformation in local councils, rather than allowing Whitehall to steal all the glory.

But some councils appear to be reticent to follow suit. Godfrey said that many are too quick to dismiss it owing to security concerns, something he believes to be overstated.
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In case anyone missed the announcement:
Today we announced that we're adding Android apps to Chromebooks, which means users will be able to install the apps they know and love. Later this year you can expand your app's reach to a new hardware platform and wider audience while maximizing the Google Play ecosystem. With expanded app availability, new use cases and improved workflows can be achieved for all Chromebook users, whether for personal use, for work or for education.
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Google will also be bringing Google Play over to Chromebooks. These new features will be available on a wide variety of Chromebooks, as well as Chromeboxes and Chromebases. A full list of supported Chromebooks can be found here.

Google Chrome Blog: The Google Play store, coming to a Chromebook near you
 
editor said:
In case anyone missed the announcement:


Google will also be bringing Google Play over to Chromebooks. These new features will be available on a wide variety of Chromebooks, as well as Chromeboxes and Chromebases. A full list of supported Chromebooks can be found here.

Google Chrome Blog: The Google Play store, coming to a Chromebook near you
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My Asus Flip is one of the first to get this!
*falls over*

My trusty old C720 ain't on the list, ain't a bad thing really as it's the Flip that will, as the kids say, be well spiffing.
 
editor said:
Looks fucking brilliant.
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I think you know me well enough now to not doubt that I am something of a Chromebook fanboy but I seriously have not been this excited about a tech thing before... sounds really sad now I've typed that but fuck it I'm practically crying looking at the calendar :D
 
Games are a bit of a bugger for the 90% that don't have a touchscreen, but it's welcome nonetheless!
 
What is the deal with chromebooks then, I just checked Dell chromebooks and the cheapest was more than £400.00 ?
 
weltweit said:
What is the deal with chromebooks then, I just checked Dell chromebooks and the cheapest was more than £400.00 ?
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That's the high end business model. You can get a Dell Chromebook for £175
Dell 11.6-inch Chromebook (Grey) - (Intel Celeron 2955U 1.40GHz, 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, WLAN, Bluetooth, Webcam, Integrated Graphics, Google Chrome): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

...or take your pic from the huge range of different models on offer from other manufacturers:
Chromebook Store – Latest and Deals | Amazon UK

They really are astonishing value.
 
Will all chromebooks mirror to smart TV? My Nexus 7 does it to my TV but I want to get my daughter a Chromebook for school and watching videos on tv.
 
A question to the chromebookers

Presumably chrome is the OS also. Can I run Apache Office, Photoshop Elements, other Adobe products?
 
weltweit said:
Will it run any of them?
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No. I don't think you're quite getting the concept of Chromebooks. They're not like laptops with traditional programs; they're based around Google's cloud services so they're lighter, faster and cheaper for day to day jobs.
 
editor said:
No. I don't think you're quite getting the concept of Chromebooks. They're not like laptops with traditional programs; they're based around Google's cloud services so they're lighter, faster and cheaper for day to day jobs.
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Oh, ok ...
 
I think we'll be able to do what ATOMIC SUPLEX is describing when we get the apps on Chrome OS.

I can fling youtube vids to my NowTV box as the apps on my Android phone and iPad2 detect a capable device on the network automatically. Currently, on a Chromebook, you are just accessing youtube via a web page as you would do on a mac/pc.
 
gaijingirl said:
I just bought a chromebook after using them lots at work and I'm really pleased with it. Also pleased with the price. Admittedly my needs are very simple though.
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Most people's needs are pretty simple and that's why Chromebooks are doing so well. They're fast, cheap and efficient at everyday tasks and that's good enough for the majority of users. Once Android apps get to run on them, they're going to become even more popular.
 
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