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> As every password was saved in Chrome, I was up and running in less than five minutes. Passwords sync just fine between Macs or PCs if you use Apple or Micro
by daenney 10y ago
> As every password was saved in Chrome, I was up and running in less than five minutes.
Passwords sync just fine between Macs or PCs if you use Apple or Microsoft's complementary services (or something like 1Password). iCloud Keychain for example makes this just as seamless.
> A new Mac or PC costs you at least and hour of downloading apps and getting things up and running. And then you forgot something
Most of the time though all they did was use the web version or give up. But apparently that's better than "an hour of downloading apps and getting things up and running". There's also plenty of ways to automate that, or just restore it from a backup.
Granted, not as fast as just using the web versions of everything but then again, I can do that on my Mac or PC just fine too, without any additional setup time.
> Of course, most things don’t work very well without an Internet connection, but then again, what does?
A whole lot of things.
> Lending a computer to someone is not a pain or fear. You logout, they login (or run as Guest), do whatever they needed, then logout, you login, and everything is back as you left it. And boot times are minimal.
This works with any OS that has a Guest mode. Both Windows and OS X do this, and just about any Linux distribution can be set up in the same way. Without (re)booting, requiring an internet connection or a Google account.
- hajak 10y agoTrue! I still think Linux is superior for people who want to configure their devices more, but I think a vast amount of people live their lives either online or in one of the services which on a Chromebook works well offline. That - and games & media - which I think tablets/phones/consoles are better at. I think Chromebooks seem to have reached a maturity point for "most people".
- daenney 10y agoI have no doubt they have. I've used Chromebooks and they're great devices nowadays. Having Android apps available is great too. But the title of this article is why the author left behind the Mac and the reasons for that are extremely shallow. Most of the time they don't even go into what makes it better than a Mac, that was mentioned maybe twice and honestly not for great reasons. A one time setup cost isn't exactly a great reason either. The rest is just "look at this shiny that has more than enough oumpf for most users". Which is totally fine, new and shiny is awesome to write about and having a great experience with it that makes your realise you can change some aspect of how you work, improve your productivity and not pay Apple's hardware prices is great. But then just write that.
- hajak 10y agoHahaha :) yeah - good sweet short post.