Or Bluetooth speakers or whatever.
What do you mean the sound was awful? Through external speakers or through the laptop speakers? If the latter, then you need to get some external speakers as the sound is useless for playing music/films on any laptopHaving sought advice here, I got the Acer 314 from John Lewis just aver a month ago. It has packed up. Just won't turn on at all. I have entered the Kafkaesque world of Customer "Support".
People kindly warned me about various shortcomings above. I can confirm that
a) it can be a bit slow
b) the screen resolution isn't brilliant
c) the sound is awful.
I guess you get what you pay for and I only paid £200. Bit of a shame it didn't last very long.
John Lewis are usually one of the best for customer service and Chromebooks should definitely work longer than a month!
For what it's worth, I've been using a £199 Chromebook for DJing and it's always sounded great. The speakers are what you might expect for the price though...
FWIW the speakers in the Toshiba Chromeobok I had were fab and the next one was an ASUS and they were v.good. £350 and £500 machines respectively, a few years back.Yes, covered by warranty, haven't tried headphones. Good shout.
Your Mum's greatJust recommended this to my mum. Anyone who can comment?
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Sorry, no, haven't used that model.Very good Throbbing Angel . Anyone used the linked Chromebook?
In person, they're still fairly good. But John Lewis's online/phone service is carving out a pretty dire reputation for itself. I've removed from from my list of places where I'll buy something even if it's a touch more expensive to get better service. (It's a short list, I can't even remember past Richer Sounds, Scan and Costco right now) I don't even think saying they're good in person is doing them any favours - I can say the same for Curry's!John Lewis are usually one of the best for customer service
What I don't like about my Chromebook - and I'm really scraping the barrel - is there is no on-screen, or on-bezel indicator for bluetooth being on. It's hidden in the settings shelf. Not a biggie, but can't be a big deal to sort out.
The other thing I find very confusing on this operating system is where to find files. Hard to say if they are local, on my Chromebook, or in the cloud on Google Drive, at times.
Yes. After all these years the file explorer is still appalling. I know you can download them from the app store, but most of them aren't great either. Basically they just want you to think and store everything in the Cloud.
No Android App Store though. Really reduces the potential for it.Neverware's Cloudready, becomes Chrome OS Flex after Google acquired them.
Let's hope this one doesn't end up quietly dropped by Google in 2 years time!
Google's New Chrome OS Flex Will Rescue Your Old PC or Mac
The successor to CloudReady is now in early access with a full rollout expected in the coming months.gizmodo.com
Still, it'll work wonders on a low power old laptop that's been gathering dust for years, no?No Android App Store though. Really reduces the potential for it.
You still can.Google Wants to Turn Your Old Mac into a Chromebook With Chrome OS Flex
Google has announced early access to Chrome OS Flex, a method of replacing the operating system on older PCs and Macs "within minutes" to...www.macrumors.com
I liked one of the comments "It'd be nice if they'd let me use my 5 year old Chromebook as a Chromebook!"
You still can.
The one thing Chromebooks don;t do is slow down. My cheapo Asus Flip must be five years old and it's still lightning fast compared to a cheap Windows machine of that vintage. The comment was referring to support running out for older CBooks - which sucks - but they're still totally usable.I presumed it was a comment about slowing speeds etc.
Have you tried a hard reset and clearing out unneeded downloads/apps? Sorted mine out sharpish. Can't see how download speeds would be affected, to be honest.MIne must be either nearly 5 years old or over 5 years old and it has slowed down big time, esp if you're downloading files, with a few tabs opened
i didn't say it had slowed download speeds. I was complaining that, like me, it's getting worse at multitasking and is slow when required to do more than one thing at a timeHave you tried a hard reset and clearing out unneeded downloads/apps? Sorted mine out sharpish. Can't see how download speeds would be affected, to be honest.
The 20-minute Chromebook tune-up
Make your Chromebook faster, smarter, and more pleasant to use with these easy-to-follow annual steps.www.computerworld.com