Herman
The Image Stimulator
- Location
- The Netherlands
- Name
- Herman
I like to get one, that's why I started this thread.
I'm using a Samsung Chromebook to write this. For the price, i'd rate it far higher than the netbooks we have. Indeed, it performs better than my Pentium dual-core desktop generally too.
It's ideal for web-browsing and very responsive. I use many of the Google "cloud" services including Docs for my office apps, Play for my music, Google+/Picasaweb for images & video, and Calendar and they all work very well. I use Yahoo for e-mail. Without a wifi connection, I can still access my documents locally though some are then read-only (e.g. spreadsheets, calendar). It boots very quickly - I believe that 7 seconds has been mentioned, has a great keyboard, adequate screen and good battery life.
What it doesn't do is my Lightroom/Photoshop work - mind you, the netbooks are practically unusable with those sort of applications too. Basically, if your requirements are met by a web browser and applications in the "cloud", then I'd heartily recommend it.
+1 to all the above
since i carry a mifi everywhere it works well
Sue, I have 10.1 Samsung Galaxy Tab with photoshop and a keyboard case and 4G SIM card, my only issue with it is the lack of USB or Ethernet ports, hard to upload without them unless one uses bluetooth.
Most of my usage is browsing, email and chat.
Of necessity trying the "full mobile experience", relying less on post processing like i used to with my GRD first gen, using histogram to adjust exposure before hand. hence my use of my Nokia and GRD3
Sue, I have 10.1 Samsung Galaxy Tab with photoshop and a keyboard case and 4G SIM card, my only issue with it is the lack of USB or Ethernet ports, hard to upload without them unless one uses bluetooth.
Most of my usage is browsing, email and chat.
Of necessity trying the "full mobile experience", relying less on post processing like i used to with my GRD first gen, using histogram to adjust exposure before hand. hence my use of my Nokia and GRD3
Doesn't your TAB do wifi? I do everything via wifi on my iPad, even appstore stuff of late (and right now, as of 5 minutes ago, I have sold my macbook pro - I'm getting a Mini - I'm going to have to do without computer/itunes connection). I thought that the Tab did wifi and that you would be able to use it to access other things.
I discovered a short time ago that I would be able to access my photographs on a drive attached to my wifi router (an AEBS) via an app on the ipad, and then do the processing in PT and bag and tag in photosmith, whilst waiting for my new computer. I know that Android has a bazillion file browsers, don't any of those access outside the OS on the device?
[edit] OOhhhh we can doublethank!!
Lili, You can get usb - galaxy adaptors easily on Amazon for a couple of quid; card readers and video output cables too. I also make use of Dropbox and Google Drive across all my devices, one for work and the other for personal, to file share. Simples
Sent from another Galaxy
I got a Chromebook for free and like it a lot. Highly recommended if you need an extra netbook around for web browsing and email and are already using Chrome, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. If you don't already use the Google apps, I'd pass.
I got a Chromebook for free and like it a lot. Highly recommended if you need an extra netbook around for web browsing and email and are already using Chrome, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. If you don't already use the Google apps, I'd pass.