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Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 26, 2014 at 04:28 PM
Ken wrote:
> I may
>reconsider the iPad, but whatever I use, I know that it will need to be
>light weight, have instant on, and good battery life.
It’s unlikely that a Chromebook would be lighter than an iPad (my HP Chromebook 14 certainly isn’t), though on the other criteria it is very competitive, especially if the objective is productivity, as opposed to watching movies on the couch (I’ve kept my old iPad 1 for that).
The other benefit is the speed of browsing. I don’t use the Chromebook for capturing research information, but if I needed that I’d probably try some Evernote apps (I find Google Keep too slow and unsophisticated).
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 26, 2014 at 04:53 PM
You could consider the Asus Transformer Book T100. A very modestly priced tablet + keyboard combination that has outstanding battery life, only weighs 1.1 kg (split more or less evenly between tablet and keyboard), a good keyboard (for small, refined fingers - like mine ;-)) and works perfectly well either as a simple tablet or as the equivalent of a touchscreen netbook (the tablet fits very neatly - and solidly - into the keyboard). Oh, and takes microSD cards, too. It runs Windows 8.1 (the full Monty, not the laugh-a-minute RT version).
I’ve played with them in various retail outlets, but so far, have
Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 26, 2014 at 06:29 PM
Here is a thread from the official Chromebook forum about users’ favourite apps etc. Might be worth looking through.
“Let’s discuss: What are your favorite apps, extensions, and plugins?”
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/chromebook-central/Hx97eQizON8
Posted by Dr Andus
May 8, 2014 at 02:41 PM
A distraction-free writing app (online free, Chrome app paid-for) I just came across:
Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 12, 2014 at 11:59 PM
Writebox is now also available as a standalone Chrome app (as opposed to just being a Chrome browser extension):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/writebox/bbehjmjchoiaglkeboicbgkpfafcmhij