I’m not an expert but following advice on here have got one. The main difference is that it’s is easier to use google docs on goggle drive than word. I’ve got used to very quickly and I’m a bit of a technophobe. I’m sure there are other things but that’s the main difference I’ve noticed.
Pardon? I'm trying to change my laptop
Have you tried reading this thread?
I just want someone to tell me what to buy!
Of course not. It's 25 pages of tech talk
I probably worded that badly what I meant was that you probably will end up using google docs rather than word as it is geared up for google drive uploads and saving files rather on the machine as it’s not got much storage (that’s my understanding)
You can stick in a MicroSD card or USB stick so there's plenty of space because Chromebooks don't use hard drive hogging programs and a lot of the stuff goes on the cloud (if you want it to).
It’s not that straightforward a decision. They’re different to each other. It has been explained multiple times already.
I don't have the patience/interest/geekness to shop around, so was looking for personal recommendations.
That's what I want to hear. Cheers. Windows PCs and laptops have so much superfluous stuff on that I never used - the MS Office package for a start.
Do you need a big screen/small screen?
The choice between laptop and Chromebook is more than just personal recommendation.
What's your point? Not everyone has the gumption, aptitude or patience to wade through a huge amount of mostly irrelevant information, so they ask other people with more knowledge and more motivation to recommend things. People come to me for recommendations about books, so I ask a few questions and come up with a few ideas, instead of peering over my glasses contemptuously before sniffily suggesting that that they read lots of books themselves instead of having the gall to ask such an impertinent question.
Ok, but I can’t be arsed to type out again what I already said once in this very thread, especially if you can’t be arsed to skim read through to find the useful posts. It’ll just have to be lost, like tears in rain.
Cheers!
i can cope if you can. some kinder, better humans than you, who don't have to take every opportunity to show how much cleverer they are than everyone else, have answered my simple question.
No they haven’t. But good luck with it anyway.
Not massive tbh - only about 12gb at the mo - i delete most things i listen to after one listen and keep most of it on my phone.
they have, here and elsewhere.
As it happens, this was also recommended to me: Buy ASUS Chromebook Flip C101. 10.1 Inch 4GB 16GB- Silver at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Chromebook, Laptops and PCs, Technology.
You're laughing then. Just make sure the one you get has an SD card slot. The cards themselves are dirt cheap these days - 64GB for £12!
ta! I have a £150 token for Argos, so was kind of hoping to use it. Otherwise, I'll have to wait past the point the one I'm using gives up the ghost. I've just remembered I've got a 'Notebook; (a tiny laptop anyway) in my cupboard I've forgotten about though, so maybe I should wait and save ('ha!' says the devil in me)You're laughing then. Just make sure the one you get has an SD card slot. The cards themselves are dirt cheap these days - 64GB for £12!
If you absolutely have to shop at Argos, this is your best bet:
Buy Acer 14 Inch Intel Celeron 4GB 32GB Chromebook - Gold at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Chromebook, Laptops and PCs, Technology.
Big screen, 4GB ram (don't get a 2GB one - it'll be much slower)
Lovely colour
