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Old 03-20-2014, 03:21 AM   #620
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I'm seriously considering the Chromebox; primarily as a toy, but also as a backup desktop (albeit, with limited capabilities).
Most of my online activity involves Google. I use GMail, GDrive, Docs, Maps and several other Google products extensively.

But for me a Chromebook/-box would only be useful as a second, backup PC; about as much use as a space-saver spare wheel for my car. Good enough for emergencies, but not a long-term solution.

It might do everything that 80% of users need, but I'm somewhere in that other 20% who were using PCs before they became entertainment devices around the mid-Nineties.

Until I can run things like IntelliJ, Eclipse, Scrivener and pandoc on a Chromebook, it's not going to be enough. Also KSP.
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