Subj : Re: The Chromebook
To   : Richard Miles
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Jan 05 2020 09:31 pm

01-05-20 05:26 Richard Miles wrote to Ed Vance about The Chromebook
Howdy! Richard,

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 RM> On 04 Jan 2020, Ed Vance said the following...

 EV> After putting Programs from the Google website on a Chromebook can the
 EV> Programs be used without being connected to the internet? aka Offline?

 RM> Some of them probably. You can load ChromeOS in a virtualbox to try out
 RM> and see the results. Another good tryout is, spend a couple of hours
 RM> only using stuff you can access from the "Apps" button in the top left
 RM> toolbar in Chrome. Only use stuff from there, resist the urge to go to
 RM> the Windows menu or command prompt for anything. If you find that
 RM> comfortable and everything you need is there then you might be a good
 RM> Chromebook candidate.

Thanks for telling me about the Apps button on the Chromebook.
I'll look for that next time I play with one in a store.

Can ChromeOS run in a virtualbox on a XP pc?

I've read that ChromeOS doesn't offer a version for XP anymore as they did
with the earlier versions.

My other pc has Vista, the ChromeOS in a VM might run on it.

I use this XP desktop pc more often.

While I'm chatting about Chromebooks I'm wondering if something like a
Spreadsheet either from the Google Store or OpenOffice or LibreOffice could
be used without a internet connection to Google?

I sure wouldn't want to be using the Internet for personal stuff I would
use a Spreadsheet for.

73 de Ed W9ODR                            .            .


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