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  Re: Re: The Chromebook
  By: Ed Vance to Richard Miles on Sat Jan 04 2020 21:31:00


 RM>> Chromebooks are really only handy if:
 RM>> 1. You do everything remotely from the web.
 RM>> 2. You have an internet connection.
 RM>> 3. Love Google

 > After putting Programs from the Google website on a Chromebook can the
 > Programs be used without being connected to the internet? aka Offline?

no... you have to log into your google account when you open the chromebook...
there is no offline mode at all...

FWIW: i have an HP branded one here... it works pretty well but i miss some of
the features that my tablet and phone have...

  eg: GPS and magnetic orientation

my i5 iOS phone can tell me which direction i'm facing which is great for
astronomy programs... my Lenovo tablet cannot... both can tell me the angle i'm
 looking into the sky... i haven't tried my chromebook with an astronomy
program but i know that i cannot use google drive as a GPS like i can my
tablet...

if i'm lost in the woods? i hope i have my phone and its battery lasts long
enough to get me out of the woods... neither my tablet nor chromebook can get
me out of that situation by themselves... i mention again about the chromebook
needing network access, too... as much as i hate it, my iphone is a much needed
 survival tool outside a real compass and paper/laminated map...


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