tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904818417982838137.post4953497274149053058..comments2020-11-18T09:06:36.155+08:00Comments on The Think Tank Guide for Smarter Living: What the Chromebook is Really Meant For — No More Fighting Over the PC at HomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904818417982838137.post-81276466193272190922014-02-28T06:50:56.414+08:002014-02-28T06:50:56.414+08:00You seem quite misinformed about the use case scen...You seem quite misinformed about the use case scenarios of a Chromebook. First of all, your documents don't "face great risks of having their entire documents get wiped off from existence when they encountered many wifi-unfriendly zones" because a) There is offline funcionality for Google docs, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings offline. And b) even if you didn't have this, all your work is synced every second to automatic cloud storage in Drive so you never lose anything. <br /><br />If you think children don't have plenty of games and educational software to keep them busy in a positive way online, then you must not have children. There is a vast array of both entertainment and learning opportunites for all ages online and really local kids' software is becoming obsolete--when my children were young I bought them many CD Rom games; this would no longer be necessary as so many of the <br />same types of activies can be found online. And for the moments when there is no internet connection, there are a growing number of offline games in the Chrome Web Store.<br /><br />"Students nowadays face so much challenges in the classroom, relying solely on web-based applications is just not sufficient for them to thrive in such demanding environments." Tell that to the thousands of schools that have already adopted Chromebooks and online learning tools to enhance their curriculum. This adoption is growing at an incredible pace because schools appreciate the security, management tools and very low maintenance of Chromebooks. Educational software has moved online---again if you are out of touch if you don't realize this.<br /><br />The objection to a lack of camera is just silly, since no laptop has that kind of camera and people use their phones for this.<br /><br />I agree that tablets have their use cases and are preferable for some activities, and of course, people that require specific software for a particular purpose, such as video editing will want a traditional OS. But when the multi-tasking and writing capabilities of a laptop are needed, with, Chromebooks are a terrific option for most people.Arni https://www.blogger.com/profile/13531251229891286665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904818417982838137.post-68431084743058091932014-02-27T18:27:06.073+08:002014-02-27T18:27:06.073+08:00I'm sorry to say I found this is a very incohe...I'm sorry to say I found this is a very incoherent piece of writing. You start with considering chromebooks as writing devices, but end up saying your actually prefer the tablet form factor. This excludes ALL laptop form factors, regardless of manufacturer, and it makes the whole post inauthentic: if you know you want a tablet, why discuss a chromebook, or any laptop for that matter? In between, you hardly discuss the chromebook as a writing device, but you speculate a lot about what Google might be after, and give your personal opinions about what kids should be doing. All fine, but not informative of chromebooks, and totally unrelated to your search for a writing device. Your claim in the title is nowhere substantiated, and given the large rollout of chromebooks in education (of which you could have found evidence, if you can also access chromebook reviews) very, very disputable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com