Will a chromebook run any website?

AndyPix

Quick question : As everything is online (apps etc) -
If you have no internet connection is a Chromebook basically a brick , or can you do stuff offline too ?

ballyblack

no internet connection is a Chromebook basically a brick

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2453999/chromebooks-beyond-the-cloud-everything-chromebooks-can-do-offline.html

AndyPix

Ahh good read, thank you ..


I have trouble digesting this line though


"and now Chromebooks can tackle many of the most popular PC uses—from blasting out emails to working on spreadsheets to even just playing movies—completely offline."


Lol

agrinnall

AndyPix wrote: »

Ahh good read, thank you ..


I have trouble digesting this line though


"and now Chromebooks can tackle many of the most popular PC uses—from blasting out emails to working on spreadsheets to even just playing movies—completely offline."


Lol

Both are explained further into the article, although the phrase "blasting out emails" really seems to just mean being able to write them, as clearly they're not going anywhere until the machine is back online.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360744/chromebooks-get-offline-playback-for-google-play-movies-and-tv.html

AndyPix

Thanks Agrinnall, yes that became a bit clearer when i actually read the rest of the article lol

Lumstorm

I also love my Chromebook there is so many myths about them out there such as you can't install anything and it can't store anything mine has 2 USB 3 ports and a SD-Card reader so it can use usb stick and external harddrives or SD-card it has 64GB of memory for storage and I have both the Chrome and Play store to download software.

When I went to buy one the Salesperson in PC World tried to sell me a Mac instead their reason being you can't send e-mails on a Chromebook without an internet connection. Try sending an e-mail on any computer without a connection it won't work.

longwalks1

Thanks everyone, maybe a stupid question but if I wanted to use it for internet connections while on the go, would i use my mobile as a 3G hotspot, or buy a dongle for it?

And can anyone recommend a 'flip' one with touchscreen, preferably the 11.6" size?

Stoke

Lumstorm wrote: »

I also love my Chromebook there is so many myths about them out there such as you can't install anything and it can't store anything mine has 2 USB 3 ports and a SD-Card reader so it can use usb stick and external harddrives or SD-card it has 64GB of memory for storage and I have both the Chrome and Play store to download software.

When I went to buy one the Salesperson in PC World tried to sell me a Mac instead their reason being you can't send e-mails on a Chromebook without an internet connection. Try sending an e-mail on any computer without a connection it won't work.

I'm guessing his argument is, something like Chromebook won't necessarily have an offline e-mail client, in the sense of Outlook or Thunderbird.

No reason you can't install one though. It's a mute point. Anyone in PC World trying to sell you a Mac is almost certainly a buffoon.

agrinnall

Stoke wrote: »

I'm guessing his argument is, something like Chromebook won't necessarily have an offline e-mail client, in the sense of Outlook or Thunderbird.

No reason you can't install one though. It's a mute point. Anyone in PC World trying to sell you a Mac is almost certainly a buffoon.

The link in post #13 tells you how to do it.

And I think anyone in PC World trying to sell you anything may well be a buffoon.

Stoke

agrinnall wrote: »

The link in post #13 tells you how to do it.

And I think anyone in PC World trying to sell you anything may well be a buffoon.

Haha, yeah, well possibly, not fair to generalize I guess..... I haven't been in PC World for a long long time. I simply have no need, they offer me nothing I can't get on the Internet for cheaper.

The last time I went was about 2010, to get an IDE cable for an old server machine, and the 'Tech Guys' in there didn't know what an IDE hard drive was. One of the more interesting experiences.