I popped into Computer World recently to find out about the merits and demerits of Google Chromebox as a system as our PC is at the stage of needing a replacement and was given twenty minutes of, to coin a phrase, bullshit about everything but, along the lines of 'you don't want that, you want this' which guaranteed that I made no purchase at all.
It was much easier simply to Google online for views................
This guy wasn't giving bullshit. What he was saying was, as far as I could tell, accurate, but it was relevant only to an advanced level of mass data transfer. The question wasn't about anything of the sort, it was simply about this user entering her own old password into the new system, and, since this incident predated the ubiquity of password security level gatekeeping, the answer would have been "Yes, you may." The problem was that the tech guy couldn't imagine anyone needing to ask this question.
Another case I've frequently come across is responding to "Do X" with "How do I do it?" which generates a long discussion of complex software issues, when what the question meant was "Which keys do I press on the keyboard?"
That tends to be the trouble with home PC's in general. There's an assumption that we all have doctoral level quals in engineering and higher mathematics and love having to do constant updates and add ons to keep the damn thing functioning.
I am but an humble historian..........................
Do you do absolutely everything on the internet, using a browser?
If yes, sure, consider a Chromebox. As far as I can tell, it's a wireless-equipped, possibly multiuser, Chromebook.
If not, because you need to run Word, PhotoShop, Quicken/Quickbooks, or any other business or personal applications, then No, because the Chromebox won't run any of those.
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Date: 2013-07-31 10:43 am (UTC)I popped into Computer World recently to find out about the merits and demerits of Google Chromebox as a system as our PC is at the stage of needing a replacement and was given twenty minutes of, to coin a phrase, bullshit about everything but, along the lines of 'you don't want that, you want this' which guaranteed that I made no purchase at all.
It was much easier simply to Google online for views................
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Date: 2013-07-31 02:29 pm (UTC)Another case I've frequently come across is responding to "Do X" with "How do I do it?" which generates a long discussion of complex software issues, when what the question meant was "Which keys do I press on the keyboard?"
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Date: 2013-07-31 04:02 pm (UTC)I am but an humble historian..........................
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Date: 2013-07-31 08:38 pm (UTC)Do you do absolutely everything on the internet, using a browser?
If yes, sure, consider a Chromebox. As far as I can tell, it's a wireless-equipped, possibly multiuser, Chromebook.
If not, because you need to run Word, PhotoShop, Quicken/Quickbooks, or any other business or personal applications, then No, because the Chromebox won't run any of those.