<div dir="ltr">Unless you want to get a high end Chromebook they have minimal onboard storage and are designed to be integrated into Google's cloud. As long as he has internet access (say through a smart phone) he could use Google Docs or MS Office online. My impression of the Chromebook's printing prowess is that it is not well developed. <div><br></div><div>I bounce between thinking of my low end Chromebook as a cool computing appliance that does about 80% of what I want to do, and feeling frustrated with the Chromebook toy for not doing that other 20%, which is also mission critical.</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 3:49 PM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">You could always try Red 7. Not sure they are still around, but worth looking for if they are. <div><br></div><div>What area of the valley are you in? That will make the difference in where to go travel wise.</div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div>-Eric</div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 14, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Victor Odhner <<a href="mailto:vodhner@cox.net" target="_blank">vodhner@cox.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_2275376119222090520m_7159968997709017870Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">A friend needs a cheap Linux laptop for light duty business work:<div> Libre Office, printing via USB connection, WIFI, email, and light browsing.</div><div><br></div><div>His business (piano tuning) hangs on this.</div><div>He would like the provider to be established with a decent reputation, whether the computer is new or refurbished. </div><div><br><div>His cap is $400 but he would prefer closer to $200 . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>Refurbish?</b> In past discussions here, I’ve seen references in the past of a good refurb provider in town. How well established are they, what’s their batting average?</div><div><br></div><div><b>New?</b> I see:</div><div><br></div><div> At Amazon:</div><div>*Dell Inspiron at Amazon for $205, 11.6" HD Celeron N3060,</div><div> 4GB RAM32 eMMC HDD.</div><div>*ASUS VivoBook E203NA-YS03 $199, 11.6” Featherweight design</div><div> Intel Dual-Core Celeron N3350 2.4GHz processor,</div><div> 4GB DDR3 RAM, 64GB EMMC Storage, App based Windows 10 S</div><div><br></div><div>At Fry’s Electronics:</div><div>* HP 14-ax030nr, 14" Stream Laptop With Intel Celeron N3060 Processor,</div><div> 4GB Memory, 64GB eMMC and Windows 10</div><div><br></div><div><b>Chromebook?</b> I see Chromebooks under $250.</div><div>* Scrub & convert to Linux?</div><div>* USB ports to run a printer and external backup disk?</div><div>* Storage to run Libre writer + mail client + light surfing?</div><div><br></div><div>He doesn’t want to entrust all his data to Google, and is happy with Linux.</div><div><br></div><div>Any specific suggestions would be very welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Victor</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>---------------------------------------------------<br>
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