“Is there anything a person can not do with Google Chrome Operating System that Windows or Apple would be able to do. I was thinking about a word processor or a photo viewer or something else I'm not thinking of. Should be able to find an app for these.”
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Good question, just had my pro for a week and just happen to have a list: The chromebook can't perform operations that require drivers and can't be run directly from USB. For example, playback of surveillance camera footage on a swann dvr is not possible although the live streaming app (originally designed for android phones) works fine. Certain programs require software operating on a windows pc in order to perform wifi sync between the android phone and another android device. Since the phone apps that are installed on the chromebook using the googleplay store are phone apps which have been adapted for chromebook, they will not sync between the chromebook and android phone directly. If you shoot videos on a typical digital camera it will be in .avi format. Chromebook will not play those videos at all unless converted to another format using a complex file-by-file process. If you have an older printer that is connected to your windows pc using a usb cable i.e. it is not connected to wifi or LAN network then you can't print to it directly nor with Google Cloud. If you have Excel or Word documents, that you transfer over to your chromebook, say with a usb dongle, then you can read them but not edit unless you pay subscription to Microsoft. They call it 365 or some such. You can't import your Excel spreadsheets to Google sheets if the Excel spreadsheet has password protection because Google sheets has no password protection feature. The usb-c charging connector and charging cable are not compatible with the usb connectors your house is filled with. You must buy an adapter cable. I still like the chromebook pro very much, just be sure to do your homework before springing for any chromebook. I'll write a review later.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Regarding word processing, I personally have migrated to Google Docs and Google Sheets instead of the MSO apps since my needs are fairly simple. I CAN access MSO via Office 365 and their web based apps if I choose to. Regarding photos, I'm unsure of the actual technology, except that I AM able to view pics.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There are lots of things each operating system can do that the others can’t. But besides very specific things. I believe you can find a work around for most everything.
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