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Question from Patsy: My friend just bought a Chromebook after the salesman at the computer store told her they are safer to use than Windows computers.
Among other things, he said it’s impossible for a Chromebook to catch a virus.
I’d just like to know if you agree with him because I’m needing to get a new laptop myself.
So, are Chromebooks really safer than Windows laptops? [Read more…]
Question from Amanda: The screen stopped working on my 5 year old Windows laptop so I decided to give a Chromebook a try.
I really like it a lot but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to right-click on anything, and that’s pretty important.
I know it’s probably a simple thing to do, but how in the world do you right-click on a Chromebook? [Read more…]
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Question from Cathy H.: My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook and I really like it.
I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on.
Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Question from Brad: I recently bought my first Chromebook and I really like it because it’s a lot faster than I expected for a laptop this cheap!
My question is what can I do to keep it running this fast?
According to sales data compiled by the folks at IDC Research, more people bought laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system than Apple Macs for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2016.
Chromebooks (#ad) have been steadily gaining market share for some time now, and it was fairly inevitable that this would happen sooner or later.
While they won’t overtake Windows PCs any time soon, Microsoft must still be wringing their collective hands as these nifty devices eat into their market share as well. [Read more…]