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Google Chrome OS Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)10:25 No. 19779 ID: 99f10f
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So I got the Acer C7 Chromebook as an X-Mas gift. I get the idea and all, by storing all files on a cloud and running web-based "apps", the operating system is streamlined and runs smooth as butter. The minimalistic UI is appealing and web-based applications such as e-mail, document storage, and google+ integration are available at the click of a button. But wait...I'm not a business professional, I don't use e-mail. I've never even used Google+ nor do I plan to. I'm not a student so I don't need to store any documents. I don't have a credit card so I can't listen to/store/do any little thing regarding music or video files using google play. Now I enjoy Tumblr, Facebook, and Youtube as much as the next guy, but I also enjoy the ability to manage my media files, download torrents, and photoshop pictures. I don't mean to complain, but as someone with no experience with Linux, let alone such a limited interface as this, just what the fuck am I supposed to do with it? What the fuck am I supposed to do with a machine that doesn't run programs?! I can't even read comic books (.cbr) files on it. I just don't get this OS and I can't escape it and I need to either understand it or I will just hate it.


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Anonymous 12/12/31(Mon)23:13 No. 19781 ID: 2b9159

The joy of Chromebooks is they'll work great so long as you live exclusively within Google's world. Want to move outside that world? Good fucking luck. They're like netbooks but infinitely more limited.

The only place I've heard them making sense is at schools, who want to prevent kids from doing illegal acts.




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