Friday, April 29, 2016
The Chromebooks Revolution: The Chromebooks Revolution: Here we are again
The Chromebooks Revolution: The Chromebooks Revolution: Here we are again: The Chromebooks Revolution: Here we are again : Good afternoon. Needless to say that we are happy to be back here, sharing the many adventur...
Chromebooks 13" are coming strong
When a trend appears in a sector, it is good to make people aware of such happening. Chromebooks first made their appearance in classrooms, and the standard was, and still is 11.6" screens. There are other sizes as well, but excluding Google Pixel Chromebooks, most machines are low powered devices with average display. You can check the specs and they all read:
Chrome Os, 2GB - 4GB memory, 16GB SSD, 1.8 GHz to 2.8 GHz in various colors and chip manufacturers.
You can find the specs of each device from any of the many manufacturers. Our objective is to show how the product is changing in focus, not to conduct benchmark testing, etc... That is better left to others.
The 13" is more than the size, it is the direction Chromebook manufacturers are headed. Chromebooks want to move to from the classrooms to the boardrooms of corporations. Dell was the first to try to tap that market, for a while there, it occupied the segment with a more powerful, less school like device. Asus, Lenovo, and HP are all either already offering or about to bring theirs to the market.
Prices and performance also show some steep increase in the high end of the product line. The message here is that Chromebooks are not just for schools anymore, they are a force to reckon with in the months and years to come.
One of the lessons, and there are many, that we can draw from this evolution of the Chromebook computer is that the quest for more practical solutions to existing problems knows no boundaries. In the coming years, as the cloud grows, the need for light, yet safe, affordable, and reliable computers will become an imperative. No, desktops will not disappear overnight, but mobility will dictate the shape and size of the devices used to access data in the cloud.
Chrome Os, 2GB - 4GB memory, 16GB SSD, 1.8 GHz to 2.8 GHz in various colors and chip manufacturers.
You can find the specs of each device from any of the many manufacturers. Our objective is to show how the product is changing in focus, not to conduct benchmark testing, etc... That is better left to others.
The 13" is more than the size, it is the direction Chromebook manufacturers are headed. Chromebooks want to move to from the classrooms to the boardrooms of corporations. Dell was the first to try to tap that market, for a while there, it occupied the segment with a more powerful, less school like device. Asus, Lenovo, and HP are all either already offering or about to bring theirs to the market.
Prices and performance also show some steep increase in the high end of the product line. The message here is that Chromebooks are not just for schools anymore, they are a force to reckon with in the months and years to come.
One of the lessons, and there are many, that we can draw from this evolution of the Chromebook computer is that the quest for more practical solutions to existing problems knows no boundaries. In the coming years, as the cloud grows, the need for light, yet safe, affordable, and reliable computers will become an imperative. No, desktops will not disappear overnight, but mobility will dictate the shape and size of the devices used to access data in the cloud.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Chromebooks Revolution: Here we are again
The Chromebooks Revolution: Here we are again: Good afternoon. Needless to say that we are happy to be back here, sharing the many adventures that we lived with our Chromebooks. The cor...
Here we are again
Good afternoon. Needless to say that we are happy to be back here, sharing the many adventures that we lived with our Chromebooks.
The corporate user has been on our minds for a while. What is at stake is bringing a very affordable and secure tool into the mix of corporate assets. This is easier said than done. Let's look at some concerns that the corporate use has:
Heavy investment in existing IT infrastructure: for over twenty five years, enormous budgets have been invested in training, equipment, talent and organization. Only an unrealistic person would think that a ship of that size will turn on a dime. People did not stop using their flip phones overnight because Apple brought its new device out.
Security concerns: the lack of understanding of the new platform gave rise to all sorts of phobias: not safe, no computer can work on a browser, the competition attacking the product, and announcing that their product will not work with Chromebooks. We know that all these claims are false.
Attacking the Chromebooks: called paper weights, flimsy because they do not pack the legacy hardware that very few need and use, I mean things like bulky hard drives, noisy fans, all got thrown at them.
Fast forward: after subscribing to your favorite version of office 365, downloading it on you desktop, you just have to go to the Chrome store and add office 365 extension to their browser, and that's it. Those who use cloud based application such as Quickbooks online, etc... only have to bookmark those apps and begin working.
Itunes music users do not need to panic, yes, they too can listen to their songs via Google Play Music for Chrome. It is a two step process, you import your music into Google Play Music, first, then you play it on your Chromebook. How do you import your music from itunes to Google Play Music? Install the Google Play Music extension on your Chrome browser, then add the itunes music to your Google Play Music library.
We know there is plenty to read here, but we hope you will take the time because you love your Chromebooks, and because you are special.
The corporate user has been on our minds for a while. What is at stake is bringing a very affordable and secure tool into the mix of corporate assets. This is easier said than done. Let's look at some concerns that the corporate use has:
Heavy investment in existing IT infrastructure: for over twenty five years, enormous budgets have been invested in training, equipment, talent and organization. Only an unrealistic person would think that a ship of that size will turn on a dime. People did not stop using their flip phones overnight because Apple brought its new device out.
Security concerns: the lack of understanding of the new platform gave rise to all sorts of phobias: not safe, no computer can work on a browser, the competition attacking the product, and announcing that their product will not work with Chromebooks. We know that all these claims are false.
Attacking the Chromebooks: called paper weights, flimsy because they do not pack the legacy hardware that very few need and use, I mean things like bulky hard drives, noisy fans, all got thrown at them.
Fast forward: after subscribing to your favorite version of office 365, downloading it on you desktop, you just have to go to the Chrome store and add office 365 extension to their browser, and that's it. Those who use cloud based application such as Quickbooks online, etc... only have to bookmark those apps and begin working.
Itunes music users do not need to panic, yes, they too can listen to their songs via Google Play Music for Chrome. It is a two step process, you import your music into Google Play Music, first, then you play it on your Chromebook. How do you import your music from itunes to Google Play Music? Install the Google Play Music extension on your Chrome browser, then add the itunes music to your Google Play Music library.
We know there is plenty to read here, but we hope you will take the time because you love your Chromebooks, and because you are special.
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