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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chromebooks suck.  Get a cheaper laptop instead [/quote]

I know.

- starts up in 5 seconds
- battery lasts 20 hours
- fewer virus issues
- quick and auto updates
- lightweight and durable
- simple to use[/quote]

They are glitchy, they run super slow, you can not store anything, it is a PIA to print anything out, and it is horrible for ZOOM.  Everyone knows the "chromebook kids" on zoom.  Their pics are grainy and their voices are not clear.  Most just move to a tablet, phone or parent's computer for ZOOM classes. [/quote]

That's what I was thinking too. I've never used a chromebook, and I had my kids on a macbook pro and surface pro this past Spring. I was thinking of taking the chromebooks the school will be providing just in hopes that the teacher/school would better be able to instruct them how to perform certain functions on it since "everyone is using a chromebook." But when I started looking at the specs, I was like, how the hell are they going to run streaming video while simultaneously editing a document, having their e-mail open, etc. I just don't see the user experience being good since Zoom already takes a heavy toll on the cpu even on a decent laptop.[/quote]

My kids have been using their school provided Chromebooks since we got them in April.  We had them for the last 6+ weeks of the Spring term.  They have been using them over the summer too.

They actually work very well for streaming and Google Meet and Zoom.  I bought a subscription to Brain Pop because the kids were enjoying the virtual videos and they were educational.  The school district's subscription expired June 30 so I bought the subscription so the kids could continue watching those videos over the summer.  A lot better than the Minecraft and Roblox videos they find on-line.  The kids also use them periodically when they want to watch different things on TV, one will bail and watch his own thing on his Chromebook. So they stream things on their Chromebooks daily.

In ES, the kids are very rarely multitasking.  And having something backgrounded doesn't seem to cause any performance issues.  So they open one things, then background it and do something else.  They may have multiple things open, but they really are not multi-tasking and the Chromebook is up to that.[/quote]

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