Won a Chromebox, what's it good for?

DoomZ · 06-01-2015 07:59PM #1

Know feck all about it, its cloud PC ...I think... It can connect to TV by HDMI and has bluetooth too.
So what is it good for?

DoomZ · 06-01-2015 08:04PM

Photo here

DoomZ · 06-01-2015 08:06PM

Photo

moleyv · 06-01-2015 08:09PM

If you know what a chromebook is, it is essentially just a desktop version. Simply, it is chrome browser disguised as an operating system.

Nice win BTW

Ruu · 06-01-2015 08:11PM

Great for streaming Youtube, Netflix, etc.

DoomZ · 06-01-2015 08:13PM

Can non-chrome apps be ran on it?

moleyv · 06-01-2015 08:17PM

No, no things you would normally install on windows/mac. No MS office, photoshop etc. You can install some apps on chrome browser, but a lot of them are just a webpage in disguise. It is more limited than windows but that suits a lot of people. Open chrome browser and have a look at the apps/extensions you can iinstall. Some android apps are being converted for use in chrome browser, but is a slow process.

Edit: personally I would sell it

D'Peoples Voice · 07-01-2015 01:02AM

DoomZ wrote: »

Can non-chrome apps be ran on it?

yes via a virtual machine like VMware.

the list of apps are here:
[url] https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1056325?hl=en[/url]

user2011 · 07-01-2015 02:04AM

long_b · 07-01-2015 07:30AM

You can run Linux on it

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xsqrQw1kbs

Ste- · 07-01-2015 09:18AM

Install openelec on it, sit it under your tv and be happy.

calex71 · 07-01-2015 09:58AM

Plex would involve far less messing around and be a faster simpler set up to achieve pretty much the same thing I'd say.

Not sure if the client version for this is free or not though.

Won a Chromebox, what's it good for?

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