A:AnswerYes it can be used out of the box. All you need is your Google account information or to set up account information. Takes about 2 minutes max.
A:AnswerI've done several Zoom calls on my chromebook and most participants tell me my sound/mic quality is really poor. I'm going to purchase headphones with a built-in microphone to see if that improves my ability to actually participate in the conversations instead of being a listener only. Very frustrating.
A:AnswerAny HP printers will work with this Chromebook. Here is a good one:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-officejet-5255-all-in-one-instant-ink-ready-printer-black/6191400.p?skuId=6191400
A:AnswerThis Chromebook has eMMC flash memory. Embedded Multimedia Card or eMMC is a more affordable and slower Flash-based storage than solid-state drives. eMMC is usually found in smartphones and other consumer electronics devices but is rarely used in personal computers. In everyday use, the performance of eMMC storage is somewhere between speed of HDDs and SSDs.
A:AnswerYes, if it's on the same network it will be visible. If the folders on both computers are "shareable", you'll be able to simply drag and drop files from the folders on one to the folders on another.
A:Answeri think they give you a trial subscription to a word program, but this was for my grandson for school and the school provided the software so we didn't look at anything microsoft was offering