You can run them off-line mode but they (obviously) don't necessairily do a lot (any website that uses offline storage works - like Gmail etc.).
Pretty much all my day-today surfing/computing is done either on one of those Chromebooks, or an old laptop with Chromium OS (the unbranded version of the OS). If all that is needed is a web browser that's the thing to get. Tom On 14 January 2012 23:28, HJ Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > I gather Chromebooks are basically useless when not connected to > t'Internet, but they'd probably be good for our purposes, since we'd mostly > be using them to get online. > > Harry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Forrester <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, 14 January 2012, 23:13 > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations? > > On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment > to support future events/activities at: > > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech > > Input on this would be very welcome - please edit the page directly, or > leave comments on the talk page. > > > > In particular, I'm going to recommend that we purchase a couple of > laptops this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when > visiting the office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need > for getting these asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated. > The default option at the moment is a standard cheap Asus > 15"/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the pre-installed Windows wiped and > Linux installed - but there must be better low-cost laptop options out > there than that... > > What about Google Chromebooks? They're a little cheaper, but more > importantly they're near-impossible to damage the OS (so you can hand > them out at an event, get them back then "wipe" them). Also, no > Windows tax. :-) > > J. > -- > James D. Forrester > [email protected] | [email protected] > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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