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      Carnival Boy
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      Sorry, yes, I mean break room, not rest room!

      Workers need access to our corporate intranet. Things like our ERP system, whilst browser based, are not available outside of the LAN. Ultimately, we should/could host everything in the cloud.

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      • david.wieseD
        david.wiese @Carnival Boy
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        @Carnival-Boy
        good to hear that you were talking about breakrooms, you had me worried for a minute 🙂

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          Carnival Boy
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          Ipads in the toilet cubicle maybe?

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          • david.wieseD
            david.wiese @Carnival Boy
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            @Carnival-Boy ummm no 🙂

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            • Minion QueenM
              Minion Queen Banned
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              I attempted to use this for business. However since we are a windows shop I ran into a bit of issues on that. We do run most everything web based so I could do a good portion of my job from it but not all. So for my business usage it wasn't great. However for basic email and internet usage it was great.

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                Carnival Boy
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                I've more or less given up with trying to use my iPad productively at work. After my intial excitement, this will probably go the same way. I don't think you can beat a Windows 8 Ultrabook (I currently use an Acer S3 which I love) - every other device seems too compromised in one way or the other. It's just the cost of ultrabooks that are the stumbling block (both hardware and management costs).

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                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said:

                  For those users that can go straight Chromebook, what would they need Pertino for? all of their files should be in the google cloud, so no fileserver access should be an issue.

                  Agreed. Chromebooks conceptually should have no need or use for Pertino or any VPN.

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                    scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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                    @Carnival-Boy said:

                    Sorry, yes, I mean break room, not rest room!

                    Workers need access to our corporate intranet. Things like our ERP system, whilst browser based, are not available outside of the LAN. Ultimately, we should/could host everything in the cloud.

                    That's the idea of Chromebooks. Everything is web based and secured that way. No need to go all cloud, just web exposed.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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                      @Carnival-Boy said:

                      Ipads in the toilet cubicle maybe?

                      Loaners to use at the urinal.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        If you all web based from the beginning and don't do things like CAD or anything special, Chromebooks can be an amazing way to go. Google Apps especially shines but so does Office 365 or Zoho. Every day Chromebooks get closer and closer to being really useful.

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                          Carnival Boy @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Chromebooks conceptually should have no need or use for Pertino or any VPN.

                          Well, I think they have the concept wrong 🙂

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                          • KatieK
                            Katie @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Every day Chromebooks get closer and closer to being really useful.

                            I'm visualizing a differential equation where Chromebooks is expressed as a lim f(x), where x approaches ∞.
                            Will perpetually approach, but never quite reach it entirely.

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                              scottalanmiller @Katie
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                              @Katie said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Every day Chromebooks get closer and closer to being really useful.

                              I'm visualizing a differential equation where Chromebooks is expressed as a lim f(x), where x approaches ∞.
                              Will perpetually approach, but never quite reach it entirely.

                              Math nerds 🙂

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                              • KatieK
                                Katie @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @Katie said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Every day Chromebooks get closer and closer to being really useful.

                                I'm visualizing a differential equation where Chromebooks is expressed as a lim f(x), where x approaches ∞.
                                Will perpetually approach, but never quite reach it entirely.

                                Math nerds 🙂

                                Actually, not even - I had 4 semesters of calculus in college, but I don't consider myself a math nerd as such.

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