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    So I bought a HP Chromebook.....

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      I use OWA for most things. I have a Gmail account too.

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      • Bill KindleB
        Bill Kindle @Dashrender
        last edited by

        @Dashrender said:

        Bill and others, what are you using for email?

        I'm guessing Scott uses OWA only on chromebooks?

        I've got gmail, OWA and Outlook.com accounts. Just installed the Office web app shortcuts last night, wife tried them this morning and when I full screened the UI she was impressed, didn't see the difference in the chromebook opposed to her Windows 7 laptop.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          I'm wondering if we could get away with these in our office on the next hardware refresh (5 years from now). Is there a Citrix plug in? Does it run Java?

          This might be doable for those who only use the web based apps, and don't work in MS Office, etc.

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          • C
            Carnival Boy
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            5 years! Its a bit early to be planning. I did go to a talk at Google a while ago by a large London local government who had given all their staff one and largely ditched Windows - several thousand employees. So it can be done.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @Carnival Boy
              last edited by

              @Carnival-Boy said:

              5 years! Its a bit early to be planning. I did go to a talk at Google a while ago by a large London local government who had given all their staff one and largely ditched Windows - several thousand employees. So it can be done.

              Yeah I'm not really planning, just thinking out loud.

              What are those governments doing for file sharing? Did they all move to Google Docs? no thanks on that!

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              • C
                Carnival Boy
                last edited by

                Yeah Google docs. It only really makes sense if you go all in with Google, in my opinion. Although I don't see why O365 wouldn't work pretty well.

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                • Bill KindleB
                  Bill Kindle @Carnival Boy
                  last edited by

                  @Carnival-Boy said:

                  Yeah Google docs. It only really makes sense if you go all in with Google, in my opinion. Although I don't see why O365 wouldn't work pretty well.

                  You do have local storage too, just buy large SD cards 🙂

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @Bill Kindle
                    last edited by

                    @Bill-Kindle said:

                    @Carnival-Boy said:

                    Yeah Google docs. It only really makes sense if you go all in with Google, in my opinion. Although I don't see why O365 wouldn't work pretty well.

                    You do have local storage too, just buy large SD cards 🙂

                    To what end? Granted I haven't used a Chromebook since Gen1, so I have no idea what the local storage would be for, save maybe offline pictures, and a few offline Google Docs assuming the apps will run offline?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      No Java.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        @Dashrender said:

                        @Carnival-Boy said:

                        5 years! Its a bit early to be planning. I did go to a talk at Google a while ago by a large London local government who had given all their staff one and largely ditched Windows - several thousand employees. So it can be done.

                        Yeah I'm not really planning, just thinking out loud.

                        What are those governments doing for file sharing? Did they all move to Google Docs? no thanks on that!

                        Many do. But Office 365 works too.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
                          last edited by

                          @Carnival-Boy said:

                          Yeah Google docs. It only really makes sense if you go all in with Google, in my opinion. Although I don't see why O365 wouldn't work pretty well.

                          We don't go all in Google and still find them somewhat useful for work. But we have so much internal infrastructure that they don't work for that we don't use them for that. If you are pure web based they work great.

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen
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                            @Bill-Kindle can you watch movies from Amazon on it? My desktop hooked to my tv in my livingroom bit the dust. Looking at possibly putting in a Chrome Box.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
                              last edited by

                              @Minion-Queen Dominica can test that for you too.

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                              • Minion QueenM
                                Minion Queen
                                last edited by

                                Everything I am seeing also says not 1080p or HD compatible is this right?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
                                  last edited by

                                  @Minion-Queen said:

                                  Everything I am seeing also says not 1080p or HD compatible is this right?

                                  That depends in the specific model not ChromeOS itself.

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                                  • Bill KindleB
                                    Bill Kindle @Minion Queen
                                    last edited by

                                    @Minion-Queen said:

                                    @Bill-Kindle can you watch movies from Amazon on it? My desktop hooked to my tv in my livingroom bit the dust. Looking at possibly putting in a Chrome Box.

                                    In theory you should be able to, but I haven't tried because I have a feeling that Flash will haunt and not allow it to play nice. I might try it later and let you know for sure.

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                                    • Bill KindleB
                                      Bill Kindle @Minion Queen
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                                      @Minion-Queen said:

                                      Everything I am seeing also says not 1080p or HD compatible is this right?

                                      The model of HP I have does this with HDMI out. I play HD videos from youtube all day.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender
                                        last edited by

                                        why wouldn't you use chromecast?

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          Chromecast is Android. Chromebox is ChromeOS. So one acts like an embedded system and one acts mostly like a full OS. So different use cases.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            I thought we were simply talking about hooking a Chromebook to a TV to watch videos? Why connect your Chromebook directly instead of using a ChromeCast? or a Chromebox?

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