Subj : Re: The Chromebook
To : Richard Miles
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Jan 05 2020 09:31 pm
01-05-20 05:26 Richard Miles wrote to Ed Vance about The Chromebook
Howdy! Richard,
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RM> On 04 Jan 2020, Ed Vance said the following...
EV> After putting Programs from the Google website on a Chromebook can the
EV> Programs be used without being connected to the internet? aka Offline?
RM> Some of them probably. You can load ChromeOS in a virtualbox to try out
RM> and see the results. Another good tryout is, spend a couple of hours
RM> only using stuff you can access from the "Apps" button in the top left
RM> toolbar in Chrome. Only use stuff from there, resist the urge to go to
RM> the Windows menu or command prompt for anything. If you find that
RM> comfortable and everything you need is there then you might be a good
RM> Chromebook candidate.
Thanks for telling me about the Apps button on the Chromebook.
I'll look for that next time I play with one in a store.
Can ChromeOS run in a virtualbox on a XP pc?
I've read that ChromeOS doesn't offer a version for XP anymore as they did
with the earlier versions.
My other pc has Vista, the ChromeOS in a VM might run on it.
I use this XP desktop pc more often.
While I'm chatting about Chromebooks I'm wondering if something like a
Spreadsheet either from the Google Store or OpenOffice or LibreOffice could
be used without a internet connection to Google?
I sure wouldn't want to be using the Internet for personal stuff I would
use a Spreadsheet for.
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
... There is always one more thing for Me to learn...
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