Day two of the blogging challenge already? Ok, I can do THIS!
Today, I'm going to talk about the sweetest little piece of tech that you can buy for around $250. A Google-based Chromebook! I've got a Samsung Chromebook that I bought on sale from Amazon for a whopping $229, and I love it.
You see, I like to be comfortable when I blog, and by comfortable I mean kicked back in my faithful recliner. I quickly realized that though my iPad Air is good for many things, it's not particularly great for editing my Weebly website. Yeah, sure...I could go over to one of the three computers that my husband and I have set up around the house...mind you it's just the two of us and the two cats do not have opposable thumbs...but then I'd lose my comfy seat. So out came the Chromebook from its hot pink case, and nicely wrapped in its bright blue hard shell. (Did I mention that along with geeky stuff, I enjoy fashionable accessories?)
You can research the specs yourself. I don't want to regurgitate the boring stuff. Instead, I'll just tell you what I LOVE about this machine. I love its size and lightness. I love its battery life. (In a word, LONG.) I love how cool I feel using an operating system that is plugged into the future rulers of the universe, Google. I also love my custom Porsche browser theme. It's just a stinking CUTE computer, the price is ridiculously low...and you don't have to fight in Black Friday cage matches to obtain one at that price.
Now, since I can never be completely happy with anything, there were a couple of "quirks" that I had to get used to. They involved the keyboard. I quickly discovered that there was no CAPS LOCK key, nor was there a Backspace key! What the heck???? A little bit of Googling, so easy from the Search key which replaced the CAPS LOCK key, and I had my keyboard shortcuts for those functions. Oh yeah...and speaking of functions...there are no F (function) keys on the keyboard either.
Because I'm such a giver, I'm going to share a YouTube video that gives you the information about these little keyboard quirks, so that if you decide to go an buy a Chromebook, you'll be prepared. Rest assured that I'm receiving NO kickback from Samsung or Google...I wish...I just want to share a cool techy gadget with you. Enjoy the video, and I'll see you tomorrow for Day Three!
~Julie
Today, I'm going to talk about the sweetest little piece of tech that you can buy for around $250. A Google-based Chromebook! I've got a Samsung Chromebook that I bought on sale from Amazon for a whopping $229, and I love it.
You see, I like to be comfortable when I blog, and by comfortable I mean kicked back in my faithful recliner. I quickly realized that though my iPad Air is good for many things, it's not particularly great for editing my Weebly website. Yeah, sure...I could go over to one of the three computers that my husband and I have set up around the house...mind you it's just the two of us and the two cats do not have opposable thumbs...but then I'd lose my comfy seat. So out came the Chromebook from its hot pink case, and nicely wrapped in its bright blue hard shell. (Did I mention that along with geeky stuff, I enjoy fashionable accessories?)
You can research the specs yourself. I don't want to regurgitate the boring stuff. Instead, I'll just tell you what I LOVE about this machine. I love its size and lightness. I love its battery life. (In a word, LONG.) I love how cool I feel using an operating system that is plugged into the future rulers of the universe, Google. I also love my custom Porsche browser theme. It's just a stinking CUTE computer, the price is ridiculously low...and you don't have to fight in Black Friday cage matches to obtain one at that price.
Now, since I can never be completely happy with anything, there were a couple of "quirks" that I had to get used to. They involved the keyboard. I quickly discovered that there was no CAPS LOCK key, nor was there a Backspace key! What the heck???? A little bit of Googling, so easy from the Search key which replaced the CAPS LOCK key, and I had my keyboard shortcuts for those functions. Oh yeah...and speaking of functions...there are no F (function) keys on the keyboard either.
Because I'm such a giver, I'm going to share a YouTube video that gives you the information about these little keyboard quirks, so that if you decide to go an buy a Chromebook, you'll be prepared. Rest assured that I'm receiving NO kickback from Samsung or Google...I wish...I just want to share a cool techy gadget with you. Enjoy the video, and I'll see you tomorrow for Day Three!
~Julie
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