Laptop broke so I bought this but it freezes up a lot. Is this typical? I also miss things that I could do on my laptop and not this, although I knew that when I bought it.
Laptop broke so I bought this but it freezes up a lot. Is this typical? I also miss things that I could do on my laptop and not this, although I knew that when I bought it.
Mine works great. Never has frozen. The only thing I dislike is that it doest really go to sleep when I shut it, and the battery will die. I have to actually shut it down, which is fine, since it boots instantly but, shutting the lid should = no battery drain. That is my only complaint.
I don't know what's wrong with mine then. It was working fine. Now it's loading photos one by one on a webpage. Can't do much with anti-virus (I think you can't add that to the chromebook and it does it automatically?).
get a Macbook.
Not typical in my experience. I've had a Samsung one for 18 months now and it's frozen once. I love it.
If pics aren't loading maybe your internet connection is running slow.
I run elementary OS on my acer C720 and it's far beyond any macbook. It's my go-to machine unless I'm doing something seriously demanding.
Insanely light and slim, 7h battery (that's while i'm constantly using it, not idling at max dim brightness), SSD, deceptively capable CPU, essentially silent.
track chick wrote:
Laptop broke so I bought this but it freezes up a lot. Is this typical? I also miss things that I could do on my laptop and not this, although I knew that when I bought it.
I think you're a troll.
I love my chromebook. Have had it freeze once in a year and simply rebooted it and in 10 sec it was working perfectly.
What per se do you miss that you can't do on a chromebook? Bc you can just about everything.
Bc
photoshop? video editing? keep files locally?
Photoshop, edit videos, play real games, do any sort of conplicated spreadsheets, use normal programs...
Who the F'vck uses photoshop except graphic artist yuppies? Honestly. Also, if you are that worried about running photoshop why ON EARTH would you run out and buy a chromebook? That's like buying a smart car in preparation for an off-road rally race in the alps. Jesus you must be a total moron. Please, show us some of your 'edited videos.'
S. ballmer. wrote:
Photoshop, edit videos, play real games, do any sort of conplicated spreadsheets, use normal programs...
Photoshop on a tiny little laptop? Is that really desirable?
FWIW...I use pixlr.com for most of my photo editing.
...and yes, the Chromebook has local storage.
Yeah, what kind of maniac buys a chromebook if they want to do video editing? Do many laptops even have the graphical power to do that?
Pics?
fghhgdsddf wrote:What per se do you miss that you can't do on a chromebook? Bc you can just about everything.
iTunes! That's what's holding me back.
Is a Chromebook (or MacBook) just essentially a tablet with a keyboard?
fghhgdsddf wrote: What per se do you miss that you can't do on a chromebook? Bc you can just about everything.
Oh & I forgot Microsoft Office. So Office & iTunes are must haves for me.
I've tried the free ones such as libre office, apache open office, google docs & they are in no way compatible with Word, which is what 99% of college students & professors use at my university.
What I miss:
copying CDs for friends
keeping all my photos on it. before you say data stick, I can't physically get a data stick in while I'm connected to the internet.
being able to transfer photos from my mobile phone to the laptop (which I can't do with the chromebook as it doesn't support the bluetooth transfer)
playing CDs
being able to do computer type stuff,
like I said, I was aware of all this before I bought it, so it's not an issue (but you asked).
It's still freezing so I don't know what the problem is.
PS I've been on this website on and off for about ten years. Not a troll. Ask wejo if you really give a crap.
Google Play is light years better than iTunes, syncs better, and MS Office can be accessed online.
itune junkie wrote:
fghhgdsddf wrote: What per se do you miss that you can't do on a chromebook? Bc you can just about everything.Oh & I forgot Microsoft Office. So Office & iTunes are must haves for me.
I've tried the free ones such as libre office, apache open office, google docs & they are in no way compatible with Word, which is what 99% of college students & professors use at my university.
"In no way compatible" is 100% wrong. I use exclusively Google Docs now and have zero compatibility issues. That's reading and writing docx/xlsx files. If I'm sending a file to someone, I just spit out a .docx file from Google. The one thing Google can't compete with Word on is writing equations.