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I have a family member who does the following things with her laptop: 1) Facebook 2) Outlook 3) Skype When her last laptop died, I highly recommended that s
by AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
I have a family member who does the following things with her laptop:
1) Facebook
2) Outlook
3) Skype
When her last laptop died, I highly recommended that she would be happier with a sleek, light, and cheap Chromebook than plopping down another $500 or so for a Windows laptop.
Unfortunately, Skype does not work on Chromebooks, and Microsoft appears to have no interest in making it work, either. And since I could not convince her to use something else for talking to family overseas (say, Google Hangouts, or whatever), she ended up buying another clunky Windows laptop. Just for Skype.
I still owe Microsoft a kick in the groin for that.
- wodenokoto 10y agoAndroid apps are coming to chrome so maybe next upgrade :)
- icebraining 10y agoIt's already working, after a little fiddling with an APK converter: http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-run-skype-on-a-chromebook/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-run-skype-on-a-chromeboo...
- flamedoge 10y agoyou can also certainly blame google marketing for not pushing televideo conferencing app hard enough..
- ciconia 10y agoDon't know if this works on a chromebook, but there is a web version of skype (in beta): https://web.skype.com/en/ https://web.skype.com/en/
- throwaway719 10y agoDoes it do voice/video chat well, or at all?
- ciconia 10y agoOn my machine (ironically an MBP) it does both voice + video.