Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?
I'm planning to go to Guatemala around Jan 7 for a 2 week vacation. I
was last there 53 years ago, and I want to see if it has changed. (after
a week visiting my brother)
I'm cautious, and other than that, normally I don't worry about crime.
But there is it seems a lot of crime in Guatemala.
Even though or because my laptop is old, it has lots of my stuff in it.
I've backed up its data to an external HDD, and I've installed the AEOI
F11 Backup to an external HDD, and I could image the hard drive again,
but won't there still be a lot of tedious work along with burdensome
needed concentration to do to reload a new laptop if this one is
stolen????
Assuming the answer above is Yes, I don't want my current laptop to be
stolen so I thought I should just get a cheap one for the trip, just in
case.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a
chromebook?
Reconditioned, as cheap as $87 for 2Gigs of RaM and iirc 128??? Gigs
storage.
Or 159 for 4GB Ram 32 GB storage. Just two examples.
IIUC, I've needed more RAM at home because I open so many tabs, but
since I'll be starting from scratch, and even my bookmarks will be
empty, I won't need much ram. Right?
If I buy one of these lightweight things will it have mini-usb ports or
type c so that, BEFORE I LEAVE, I'll have to buy a usb hub to connect my type-A USB flashdrives and my type-A usb speakers and mouse and full
size keyboard. Are there other accessories I'll have to buy? A
type-c cable to charge my phone?
I have a universal** automobile power supply. Will that still work with
the input jacks on modern thin laptops? This matters because on other
trips I have spent a lot of time in the rentacar on the computer, in the middle of the day for example, things I didn't get straight while in my
room the night before. **If I can find the spare tips.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a
chromebook?
Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?If Storage space is a problem try using Thunderbird for both email and newsgroups. Thunderbird has been my only program I use for these
I'm planning to go to Guatemala around Jan 7 for a 2 week vacation. I
was last there 53 years ago, and I want to see if it has changed. (after
a week visiting my brother)
I'm cautious, and other than that, normally I don't worry about crime.
But there is it seems a lot of crime in Guatemala.
Even though or because my laptop is old, it has lots of my stuff in it.
I've backed up its data to an external HDD, and I've installed the AEOI
F11 Backup to an external HDD, and I could image the hard drive again,
but won't there still be a lot of tedious work along with burdensome
needed concentration to do to reload a new laptop if this one is
stolen????
Assuming the answer above is Yes, I don't want my current laptop to be
stolen so I thought I should just get a cheap one for the trip, just in
case.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a
chromebook?
Reconditioned, as cheap as $87 for 2Gigs of RaM and iirc 128??? Gigs
storage.
Or 159 for 4GB Ram 32 GB storage. Just two examples.
IIUC, I've needed more RAM at home because I open so many tabs, but
since I'll be starting from scratch, and even my bookmarks will be
empty, I won't need much ram. Right?
If I buy one of these lightweight things will it have mini-usb ports or
type c so that, BEFORE I LEAVE, I'll have to buy a usb hub to connect my type-A USB flashdrives and my type-A usb speakers and mouse and full
size keyboard. Are there other accessories I'll have to buy? A
type-c cable to charge my phone?
I have a universal** automobile power supply. Will that still work with
the input jacks on modern thin laptops? This matters because on other
trips I have spent a lot of time in the rentacar on the computer, in the middle of the day for example, things I didn't get straight while in my
room the night before. **If I can find the spare tips.
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:32:29 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>
wrote:
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a >>chromebook?
You cannot run Windows programs on a Chromebook. Leave your
Windows-Laptop at home, running/always on. Setup Chrome Remote Desktop
on your Windows machine and on the Chromebook, which is easy. Use all
your software remotely from your Chromebook. Test before you travel.
Regards
M.
Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?
I'm planning to go to Guatemala around Jan 7 for a 2 week vacation. I
was last there 53 years ago, and I want to see if it has changed. (after
a week visiting my brother)
I'm cautious, and other than that, normally I don't worry about crime.
But there is it seems a lot of crime in Guatemala.
Even though or because my laptop is old, it has lots of my stuff in it.
I've backed up its data to an external HDD, and I've installed the AEOI
F11 Backup to an external HDD, and I could image the hard drive again,
but won't there still be a lot of tedious work along with burdensome
needed concentration to do to reload a new laptop if this one is
stolen????
Assuming the answer above is Yes, I don't want my current laptop to be
stolen so I thought I should just get a cheap one for the trip, just in
case.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a
chromebook?
Reconditioned, as cheap as $87 for 2Gigs of RaM and iirc 128??? Gigs
storage.
Or 159 for 4GB Ram 32 GB storage. Just two examples.
IIUC, I've needed more RAM at home because I open so many tabs, but
since I'll be starting from scratch, and even my bookmarks will be
empty, I won't need much ram. Right?
If I buy one of these lightweight things will it have mini-usb ports or
type c so that, BEFORE I LEAVE, I'll have to buy a usb hub to connect my type-A USB flashdrives and my type-A usb speakers and mouse and full
size keyboard. Are there other accessories I'll have to buy? A
type-c cable to charge my phone?
I have a universal** automobile power supply. Will that still work with
the input jacks on modern thin laptops? This matters because on other
trips I have spent a lot of time in the rentacar on the computer, in the middle of the day for example, things I didn't get straight while in my
room the night before. **If I can find the spare tips.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a >>chromebook?
You cannot run Windows programs on a Chromebook.
Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?
I'm planning to go to Guatemala around Jan 7 for a 2 week vacation. I
was last there 53 years ago, and I want to see if it has changed. (after
a week visiting my brother)
I'm cautious, and other than that, normally I don't worry about crime.
But there is it seems a lot of crime in Guatemala.
Even though or because my laptop is old, it has lots of my stuff in it.
I've backed up its data to an external HDD, and I've installed the AEOI
F11 Backup to an external HDD, and I could image the hard drive again,
but won't there still be a lot of tedious work along with burdensome
needed concentration to do to reload a new laptop if this one is
stolen????
Assuming the answer above is Yes, I don't want my current laptop to be
stolen so I thought I should just get a cheap one for the trip, just in
case.
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want
to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte
Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a
chromebook?
Reconditioned, as cheap as $87 for 2Gigs of RaM and iirc 128??? Gigs
storage.
Or 159 for 4GB Ram 32 GB storage. Just two examples.
IIUC, I've needed more RAM at home because I open so many tabs, but
since I'll be starting from scratch, and even my bookmarks will be
empty, I won't need much ram. Right?
If I buy one of these lightweight things will it have mini-usb ports or
type c so that, BEFORE I LEAVE, I'll have to buy a usb hub to connect my >type-A USB flashdrives and my type-A usb speakers and mouse and full
size keyboard. Are there other accessories I'll have to buy? A
type-c cable to charge my phone?
I have a universal** automobile power supply. Will that still work with
the input jacks on modern thin laptops? This matters because on other
trips I have spent a lot of time in the rentacar on the computer, in the >middle of the day for example, things I didn't get straight while in my
room the night before. **If I can find the spare tips.
Michael Logies wrote:
I keep bumping into "chromebooks". Can I get by on that?? Mostly I want >>>to run Firefox to plan my tourism, Eudora to read my email, and Forte >>>Agent to read what you sages have to say. Can I run these on a >>>chromebook?
You cannot run Windows programs on a Chromebook.
This is not true. If you buy a Chromebook with an Intel- or AMD -CPU,
you can install Linux and run Forte Agent on Wine.
the ARM-CPU-versions don't allow for Linux.
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:32:29 -0500, micky ><NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?
Thanks for all the answers.
Michael explains that you cannot run windows programs on a chromebook.
His plan to leave my PC running at home 2000 miles away is pretty >complicated, and relies on very good internet connection when I'm not
sure some of the jungle locations I plan to go to will have internet at
all, especially on the roads between towns.
Chrome Remote Desktop doesn't need a lot of bandwidth. It's excellent,
free and easy.
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:32:29 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
Is a chromebook enough for 3 weeks?
Thanks for all the answers.
Michael explains that you cannot run windows programs on a chromebook.
His plan to leave my PC running at home 2000 miles away is pretty complicated, and relies on very good internet connection when I'm not
sure some of the jungle locations I plan to go to will have internet at
all, especially on the roads between towns.
Another choice would be to go the opposite direction. Instead of cheap,
get something that is a real upgrade for my laptop. Since it's old and doesn't have much RAM (and won't run Win11 if that matters), buy a nice
more modern but still reconditioned ~$500-700 laptop, don't add the
extra RAM I probably want until I get back from this trip, so if it's
stolen I won't lose $100+ in extra RAM and if it's stolen, which was
never that likely, I won't lose much data and I can just buy another
one. My email will still be on the server and I can dl it when I get
home.
Are there laptops designed to hold 16 or 32 Gigs of RAM?
Are they bigger or heavier than ones that have only 8?
Is there a heat problem with having that much RAM ad a faster CPU?
All the new thin ones use a USB-C port for the power supply is that
right?
I see there are hubs that allow charging current to pass through the
hub while still having several jacks for flashdrives, mice, keyboards,
SD cards. I need a hub like that, right?
Has the price of SSD's continue to go down in the last 3 years? That
is, can I get a lot bigger than 250GB for the same price I paid for 250
3 years ago?
I'm planning to go to Guatemala around Jan 7 for a 2 week vacation. I
was last there 53 years ago, and I want to see if it has changed. (after
a week visiting my brother)
I'm cautious, and other than that, normally I don't worry about crime.
But there is it seems a lot of crime in Guatemala.
Leave your
Windows-Laptop at home, running/always on. Setup Chrome Remote Desktop
on your Windows machine and on the Chromebook, which is easy. Use all
your software remotely from your Chromebook. Test before you travel.
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