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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
What Chromebook do you have? I'm starting to look into them for my mom, and I just don't have a good reference point as to what is cheap crap, and what is a good deal.
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I think any of the new Chromebooks will do, but
you might want something special.
1 a bigger screen than 11.8"
2 a touch screen
3 IPS
4 more storage than 16 or 32 GB. You can get Chromebooks with HDDs.
5 longer battery life ( 8 hours or better). I did buy a second "backup" battery for my $219 (11.8" with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD) Acer.
The thing I still don't like about Chromebooks is their inability to directly hook up to a "legacy -non wi-fi" printer. You have to either have a wi-fi printer or a MS OS or Apple computer hooked up to a legacy printer to print. As an engineer I don't see any problem putting in a printer driver on a Chromebook.
One nice thing about the setup though is that if you put the Chrome browser on any computer anywhere you are able to print on that printer. [It provides you with a Printer Network.]
One wonderful thing in particular I like about Chromebook is not having to deal with Virus Software. I just switched my MS OS computers to McAfee from Bitdefender. I bought a $21 McAfee package that treats 3 computers for 1 year for $21 but the de-installation and installation was a pain. I spent 3 hours on the phone to barely English speaking customer reps trying to get the Product Key to work and finally just ordered a replacement package from Amazon. (Next time I will do that right away.)
I have a 4th old XP machine on a free AVAST antivirus. This machine wouldn't handle the modern Norton or Bitdefender but is only used to run the printer, format some stock trading printouts, and download occasional videos.