<p dir="ltr">I just got one, and am extremely impressed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My new Chromebook is the Samsung Chromebook 2 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NJGRLUY">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NJGRLUY</a>).</p>
<p dir="ltr">I use it for real work, such as development and network administration. What I did to check it out before buying is this:</p>
<p dir="ltr"> - Open you regular desktop<br>
- Open a Chrome browser<br>
- Use only Chrome apps to try and work</p>
<p dir="ltr">The longer you do this, the better you will be prepared for making the jump to a Chromebook. Anything installable as a Chrome App can be added to your Chromebook Shelf.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Some of my favorites:</p>
<p dir="ltr"> - Code Repo: Git Browser<br>
- Dev IDE: My Cloud9<br>
- Agile Project Mgmt: Planbox<br>
- UML/Diagrams: Creately<br>
- Arduino Design: 123D<br>
- Linux Server Mgmt: Secure Shell<br>
- CMS: ZenDesk</p>
<p dir="ltr">I run a full Linux server for experimentation at AWS. It's a free tier instance, so it works well for me to try stuff. This instance is running CoreOS, so I also have two tools to manage that:</p>
<p dir="ltr"> - AWS Console App<br>
- Docker UI</p>
<p dir="ltr">For file sharing and storage, I use a combination of Google Docs, DropBox, and Evernote.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Finally, I leave my calendaring needs to Google and Sunrise.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Gmail, Google Docs, etc</p>
<p dir="ltr">So far, I have not missed cutting the PC cord at all.</p>
<p dir="ltr">KevinF</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 7, 2015 10:48 AM, "Stephen Partington" <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I have been trying to wrap my head around a Chromebook experience with limited success. I would also be interested in hearing about your experience.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Keith Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Please post your experience so we can learn from it.<div><div><br>
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On 2015-07-07 09:16, <a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com" target="_blank">joe@actionline.com</a> wrote:<br>
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Thanks to everyone for all the helpful suggestions.<br>
<br>
We have a chromebook, but never learned how to work with<br>
google docs offline until today; but now discovered that<br>
might turn out to be a satisfactory solution for travel.<br>
<br>
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