<p>Note: This isn't a debate on whether or not to buy one. I just want to hear people's experiences using one. </p>
<p>Anybody using a chromebook for taking notes and on-the-go shenanigans?</p>
<p>From everything i’ve read (and I’ve read quite a bit, on paper the chromebook sounds like the perfect ultraportable), it looks like the thing is pretty much useless without web access. It has a 3G radio built in so it takes care of that for most cases, but not all. Also the web apps themselves that you would use on the chromebook are not powerful enough to do anything really besides the regular doc, spreadsheet, powerpoint creation. Its built for cloud usage and thats about it. Thats not necessarily a bad thing though. Cloud storage is where tech is going so i’m glad to see it finally make an appearance on mainstream laptops. Its not a big seller right now, but Chrome OS is growing just like android. We’ll definitely see more of it.</p>
<p>Oh heck no. No no no. I’ve yet to be in a college building that had reliable wireless (wifi OR cellular), and don’t think I’d want to have to rely on that heheh. :)</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at the ASUS Eee PC 1215B since it has the new AMD APU. However it is 12.1 inches. A little too big imo, any opinions?</p>
<p>I’d say a Chromebook would be useful if you were a blogger/journalist/businessman in a large city like LA, NYC, or Chicago. There’s always cellular reception there so you don’t have to struggle to find free wifi.</p>
<p>If you were some average suburban guy or a student I don’t think it would be useful. You would mainly stay in indoors in familiar buildings. Average person goes to work and comes home. They don’t chill out in the bar with a laptop…
And a college student would always have wifi inside buildings. Well most colleges have near full wifi access.</p>
<p>I’m on at&t get 2 bars in my house. Sometimes I get NO reception. Verizon doesn’t even cover my area! And I live in CT. Not the Yukon…</p>
<p>And chromebooks dont work without cellular reception. Which makes them like big cell phones…</p>
<p>Article about Chromebook</p>
<p>[I</a> Tried to Love Samsung’s Chromebook. I Failed](<a href=“http://technologizer.com/2011/07/25/samsung-series-5-chromebook-review/]I”>I Tried to Love Samsung’s Chromebook. I Failed)</p>
<p>If you don’t have interent access you don’t have a computer. The data is free for a year and only supports 150 mb’s or so. So when you run out it gets shut down. If your campus has campus wide wifi or if you have a hotspot on your phone then maybe. Even then you will need a real computer to do other tasks the chromebook just isn’t capable of.</p>
<p>If you have wifi on campus EVERYWHERE (like my community college did), then a Chromebook would be sufficient for note taking purposes. I have a CR-48 (Chrome OS test unit) and brought it with me a few times since wifi was in all buildings. </p>
<p>However, I won’t be bringing it to my university. Only specific areas and buildings are equipped with wifi & having that all-around access will prevent me from using it at certain times.</p>
<p>One question to ask yourself: do you really trust your data to be 100% in the hands of others? That means not having your own copy shall you ever need it.</p>
<p>My experience with the Chromebook has honestly been pretty positive.</p>
<p>It’s not meant to be a primary laptop. It is secondary, to take on the go. My campus has wifi though out the entire campus, when I leave my apartment and enter a classroom I am instantly connected to the internet.</p>
<p>I use it for taking notes in class, web-browsing. I’ve even types a few long papers (5+pages). It’s a solid computer. But the limitations of it means that you should still have a different primary laptop.</p>
<p>I still have my dell and use it mostly for printing and video games.</p>
<p>The Chromebook is ideal for taking notes, better than a tablet in my opinion because it’s hard for me to take notes quickly without a keyboard.</p>
<p>Try it for yourself. Use a week, if you don’t like it clear the data and return it. I also have an external hard drive. I don’t trust just saving everything in the internet’s “cloud” Lol</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>i was also thinking of buying a chrombook since i plan on bringing my gaming desktop to the dorm. but i recently found out that the chrome browser doesn’t support my school’s webpage regarding log in sites etc… so now maybe i have to look for another cheap alternative for note taking.</p>
<p>Anyone know what kind of graphics card the chromebook uses?</p>
<p>I am using the HP Chromebook but I think I am going to give it up. HP Envy seems to be a better choice.</p>