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frahse · 04-01-2019, 09:21 PM

Chromebook updates:

1. Chromebook now accepts a direct USB connection to a legacy printer. You don't have to use a network or wireless printer.

Unfortunately I have one of the older Acer Chromebooks that is "no longer supported" and I haven't been able to do this simple USB direct connection. I can still use a wireless or network printer though. (I will keep trying though for the direct connection.)

2. One of my sons just bought a new Lenovo Chromebook from Best Buy. It is one of the 2 in 1 devices that has a 360 degree hinge so it can be a tablet, a laptop, a "pyramid" or whatever.
It has a touchscreen of course and was $250. Just slightly more than I paid for my Acer Chrome book with a plain hinge and no touch screen.

Both have the 4GB Ram, but my son's machine has a 30 or 60 GB solid state storage drive and mine has a 325GB disk hard drive.

The Solid State drive machine will accept a SD type memory card for storage.

04-01-2019, 09:21 PM	#1
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,314 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	Chromebook updates. Chromebook updates: 1. Chromebook now accepts a direct USB connection to a legacy printer. You don't have to use a network or wireless printer. Unfortunately I have one of the older Acer Chromebooks that is "no longer supported" and I haven't been able to do this simple USB direct connection. I can still use a wireless or network printer though. (I will keep trying though for the direct connection.) 2. One of my sons just bought a new Lenovo Chromebook from Best Buy. It is one of the 2 in 1 devices that has a 360 degree hinge so it can be a tablet, a laptop, a "pyramid" or whatever. It has a touchscreen of course and was $250. Just slightly more than I paid for my Acer Chrome book with a plain hinge and no touch screen. Both have the 4GB Ram, but my son's machine has a 30 or 60 GB solid state storage drive and mine has a 325GB disk hard drive. The Solid State drive machine will accept a SD type memory card for storage.