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Throbbing Angel said:
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.
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Yeah its pretty freaky. I knew I could do the you tube thing, which was basicly just telling my telly to match a you tube address.. . But then one day I just noticed the cast button on the main drop down menu and it copied everything on my tablet. I can watch hd movies saved on my tablet or check out help assume. I assumed I was last to the party and everybody already did this. It's probably just that chrome cast is built in to android. But if it's just a tiny download then that's great. My wife is really angry because she only has Mac tablets and phones so can't even cast you tubes without forking out for apple tv and sticking an extra bit of kit in the back.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Yeah its pretty freaky. I knew I could do the you tube thing, which was basicly just telling my telly to match a you tube address.. . But then one day I just noticed the cast button on the main drop down menu and it copied everything on my tablet. I can watch hd movies saved on my tablet or check out help assume. I assumed I was last to the party and everybody already did this. It's probably just that chrome cast is built in to android. But if it's just a tiny download then that's great. My wife is really angry because she only has Mac tablets and phones so can't even cast you tubes without forking out for apple tv and sticking an extra bit of kit in the back.
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I think it's using DNLA rather than Chromecast. You can get a DNLA server for Mac called Universal Media Server that will let you accomplish pretty much the same thing. It's can be a bit flakey but it works. I have used it to stream to my Playstation 3 before.
 
Fez909 said:
I think it's using DNLA rather than Chromecast. You can get a DNLA server for Mac called Universal Media Server that will let you accomplish pretty much the same thing. It's can be a bit flakey but it works. I have used it to stream to my Playstation 3 before.
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Tell me more. Where might my wife get this dnla so that she can watch her Japanese dramas on the main tv. Buying apple tv just for that seems excessive.
 
Fez909 said:
It's been a while since I used it, but I don't remember it being difficult.

Which part do you think looks tricky?
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Would you call that a user-friendly website? The only comment on their windows download page say," superb piece of software can be a little tricky to set up correctly but once achieved the results are excellent."

The same page also invites you to, "Check the MD5/SHA1 signature." I'd wager most users have no fucking idea what that means. I certainly don't.

So, yeah. Not so friendly.
 
editor said:
Would you call that a user-friendly website? The only comment on their windows download page say," superb piece of software can be a little tricky to set up correctly but once achieved the results are excellent."

The same page also invites you to, "Check the MD5/SHA1 signature." I'd wager most users have no fucking idea what that means. I certainly don't.

So, yeah. Not so friendly.
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Fair enough. I do know what an MD5/SHA1 signature is, but it's not neccesary to do anything with that. I've never checked one in my life.
 
I'd quite like a new portable machine with long battery life. My budget doesn't really stretch to a decent windows one and I already have all my stuff saved on Google Drive.

How hard is it to get a Chromebook to store the drive locally and keep it in sync when it has internet? It's the default on Windows, but seems impossible on Android.

When you work on stuff in Google Docs and you want to email it someone (say an invoice) does it automatically convert it to a word file or can you make it do so?
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
I'd quite like a new portable machine with long battery life. My budget doesn't really stretch to a decent windows one and I already have all my stuff saved on Google Drive.

How hard is it to get a Chromebook to store the drive locally and keep it in sync when it has internet? It's the default on Windows, but seems impossible on Android.

When you work on stuff in Google Docs and you want to email it someone (say an invoice) does it automatically convert it to a word file or can you make it do so?
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You'll be able to run Word on Chromebooks soon (there's an excellent free Android version). The whole point of Chromebooks is to sync with the Cloud/internet so you should be fine there!
 
editor said:
You'll be able to run Word on Chromebooks soon (there's an excellent free Android version). The whole point of Chromebooks is to sync with the Cloud/internet so you should be fine there!
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Aye, but will it store the whole folder locally for when I don't have internet?

For example I'm working on a NVQ and may want to refer to something I stuck in there months ago.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
Aye, but will it store the whole folder locally for when I don't have internet?

For example I'm working on a NVQ and may want to refer to something I stuck in there months ago.
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Depends on the size of the folder I suppose. Most Chromebooks only have a 16 or 32gb hard/flash/NAND/whatever drive. Filesize and editability will depend on whether they're all in Word or google's format.

I have over 500 documents in my drive, all are available offline, all are in Google's format. I also use one of these in the side of the cbook as my double sure back up thingy:
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I also use an offline word processor called ain't which is available from the chrome web store for free. That works offline very well
 
That's good to know regarding offline stuff. Can you set it so everything just saves as .doc? I'm thinking to avoid any confusion when sharing work with other people.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
That's good to know regarding offline stuff. Can you set it so everything just saves as .doc? I'm thinking to avoid any confusion when sharing work with other people.
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If you're sharing documents via emailing them you can send it as a Word doc, even if it's a Google Doc. Otherwise just edit it as a Word doc and it's all sweet.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
That's good to know regarding offline stuff. Can you set it so everything just saves as .doc? I'm thinking to avoid any confusion when sharing work with other people.
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you can't make Google Docs save a new from scratch document in .doc - you can save.doc in there but can only edit them if you convert them to google's format

I suppose you could use OneDrive and their online version of Word, or as ed says, wait for the Word app

Save the .docs to the usb and upload a copy to drive to faff around with? Pain in the ass, though.
 
I experimented with Google Docs ages ago, after another nuclear meltdown at Windows and all its little demons, and found it fine for what I needed, a no nonsense word processor. Got a C720 not long after we were burgled, the pillocks stole my old Windows laptop, christ that thing was a death trap, and haven't looked back.
With the apps on their way I will soon never need to go near MS or Apple unless forced at gunpoint. Am at the pub now typing this merrily on my Asus Flip which is hands down the best thing I ever bought.

tl:dr - Meh, y'know, Doc's is okay.
 
BoxRoom said:
If you're working on Google Doc's, you can send the document as an attachment in a format of your choosing. Word document, PDF too if you like :)
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OK - I believe you, but I can't see how and I'm trying now. So go on - how?

I tend to use the share button
 
editor said:
You'll be able to run Word on Chromebooks soon (there's an excellent free Android version). The whole point of Chromebooks is to sync with the Cloud/internet so you should be fine there!
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You can already run Word on Chromebooks. The only real irritant of Office 365 is that some of the keyboard shortcuts you may be used to are munged.
 
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