ACER CB3 111 11.6 INCH CHROMEBOOK £179 any use

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steviebabes wrote: »

A chromebook is much faster than a low end windows machine, mine is as fast as my i3 HP 8.1 machine. A DVD drive would plug into the USB so no drivers required. Printing work OK using Google docs but as I have a windows machine there isn't much point. They are also very resistant to malware/viruses without any need for antivirus software.

A DVD drive will not work on a Chromebook you cannot connect it via USB.

surfsister

thanks so much all! very good advice as always that's why this site remains so useful. i may buy it tomorrow as £179 at john lewis with 2 yr guarantee and i have a john lewis voucher coming to me for research day at BT so will cost me very little, will report if so!! also the ict kids employed at my local store are so helpful will feel able to take it back for further advice!

surfsister

I_have_spoken wrote: »

IMHO, the new Windows 10 based machine make Chromebooks unattractive on price/features -

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-es1-331-13-3-laptop-white-10133218-pdt.html

thanks if i didn't have the voucher would probably get this!

Cisco001

I suggest u get 2 in 1 windows tablet.
But they are out of stock.
http://www.johnlewis.com/asus-transformer-book-t100taf-convertible-tablet-laptop-intel-atom-2gb-ram-32gb-windows-8-1-microsoft-office-365-10-1-touch-screen/p1815066
http://www.johnlewis.com/acer-aspire-switch-10-e-convertible-tablet-laptop-intel-atom-2gb-ram-32gb-emmc-windows-8-1-microsoft-office-365-10-1-touch-screen/p1953286?colour=White

surfsister

thanks cisco001 really appreciated am going to John Lewis tomorrow will take a look!

The_Angry_Jock

surfsister wrote: »

thinking f buying the acer chromebook above from john lewis as I have a voucher. is it any good does anyone know? just light browsing and some emails/typing

I'm using this very machine, took a bit of getting used to but for internet/email it's perfect. Wife keeps breaking laptops so I figured a cheap laptop where everything is saved online was the way to go.

Best thing is the speed though, unbelievably fast boot up and the battery goes for days and charges fast.

Kinda makes me want a Google Pixel 2, but that's crazy money.

nomoneytoday

Can you not use a wifi printer - I can email stuff to my hp account from anywhere and it will print it as long as it's turned on