Year end Outliner/PIM review/roll call

Posted by steveylang
Jan 8, 2016 at 03:17 AM

Interestingly, I am typing this reply on a Toshiba Chromebook 2. I’m a Mac user as well, but found one on EBay for around half the new price.

For writing, the Chromebook is perfect- the screen is great (the HD version of course), battery life is great, and I can carry this thing anywhere- it feels as effortless as carrying a letter-sized notepad somewhere. The keyboard is not great, but good enough where it doesn’t bother me. Workflowy and the various online/offline text editors from the Chrome Store are all very smooth on the Chromebook 2.

Ironically, what it’s not very good IMO at is web browsing. It’s only serviceable, and the lagginess is noticeable when browsing more fully-featured pages. It is pretty good for Youtube and Netflix.

MadaboutDana wrote:
My interest in Chromebooks has been revived by the astonishingly good
>Toshiba (with HD screen), which I spent about half an hour playing with
>in John Lewis and very nearly bought. However, I’m very much a Mac
>person nowadays, so a purchase would have been pure self-indulgence…
>;-)