What's your thought on a Chromebook?

[ShockerSH]

Just read this article from Jack Busch http://www.groovypost.com/reviews/asus-chromebook-flip-laptop/

Anyone have any experience with a Chromebook? I'm actually tempted to have one of these to replace my iPad as my "Couch-Surfing-Box". Can you use 1Password and Dropbox on it? Anyone know?

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

I don't know about 1Password but you can certainly use Dropbox.

My 4 year old grandson has Chromebook and I'm not impressed.

It only comes with a 16 GB HDD and no optical drive.

[Steve K.]

I have an old ASUS Chromebook and it's a great little box. It is my living surfing box. We do most of our Amazon and Amazon Fresh buying on it (and I'm using it right now...).

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

My grandson's is a cheap little Dell.

I guess the old adage, you get what you pay for...applies here.

[ShockerSH]

Well, from what I can read, there is no great option for 1Password on a Chromebook. They have an option https://1password.com/families/ however I don't like that option... Subscriptions suck.

So it's a bit of a non-starter for me (sad).

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

I don't ordinarily use Cnet for anything, especially not for downloads.

However, there is a work-a-round for using 1Password on a Chromebook.

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-access-1password-on-a-chromebook/

You may want to check it out and see if work-a-round is feasible for you to use.

Edited August 1, 2016 by allheart55 (Cindy E)

[Steve K.]

19 hours ago, ShockerSH said:

no great option for 1Password on a Chromebook

Lastpass? 

However, nothing is 100% as @Brian Burgess pointed out earlier.... http://www.groovypost.com/news/lastpass-hacked-change-master-password-enable-multifactor-authentication/

[ShockerSH]

Lastpass..... yeah.... not a fan. OK. Good to know. Will check out the family version.

[Brian Burgess]

Perfect for my parents. I used to have them on Windows XP and that was a tech support nightmare. 

[Rich-M]

I have often thought Linux or Android might be the perfect solution for my users who really use a computer to email and surf and never use programs for anything.

This might make it so much easier to keep their systems clean and up to date.

[Pia]

I used Dropbox and even some games on it, it's a nice working horse but RAM and processor aren't actually something developers can be proud of. And some games as CS:GO and Dragon Age slow down this laptop quite often.