Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Paul Hill
On 30 Aug 2014 22:59, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need Chrome browser on the Win/Linux PCs to use these RD apps on android? No. And the best Android RD app is by Microsoft. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Allen
I have that on the Ipants and it works good Al -Original Message- On 30 Aug 2014 22:59, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need Chrome browser on the Win/Linux PCs to use these RD apps on android? No. And the best Android RD app is by Microsoft. -- Paul --- This email is free

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread AndyHC
On 31/08/2014 10:55, Paul Hill wrote: On 30 Aug 2014 22:59, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need Chrome browser on the Win/Linux PCs to use these RD apps on android? No. And the best Android RD app is by Microsoft. Is that the one that doesn't support Win7 Home Premium?

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:40 PM, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Is that the one that doesn't support Win7 Home Premium? Who can blame it! I try not to, also. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Michael Oke, II
I have a chromebox (Asus) with additional memory in the living room for my children to use to play games (online) and access their school information. Works a treat but they are young and when they are older, the gaming might not work as well. They aren't playing graphic intensive games but

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Paul Hill
On 31 August 2014 19:40, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: On 31/08/2014 10:55, Paul Hill wrote: On 30 Aug 2014 22:59, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need Chrome browser on the Win/Linux PCs to use these RD apps on android? No. And the best Android RD app is by Microsoft. Is that

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-31 Thread Michael Oke, II
There is a solid 'hack' out there that enables RDP without any troubles. Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 On Aug 31, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 August 2014 19:40, AndyHC jarnd...@gmail.com wrote: On 31/08/2014 10:55, Paul Hill

[NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Malcolm Greene
Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the usefulness and performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes? Pros, cons, tips, techniques, gotchas ... vendors or specific product models to consider or avoid? What to upgrade (memory, SSD's?), etc. How easy is printing? Performance? Ease of

RE: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
thinking about buying one myself when I can -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:08 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes? Looking for comments

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Paul McNett
On 8/30/14, 7:08 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: Looking for comments and recommendations regarding the usefulness and performance of Chromebooks or Chromeboxes? Chromebooks are great little devices if: 1) You are happy living almost completely in the Google ecosystem. -or- 2) You are comfortable

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Stephen Russell
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Virgil Bierschwale vbier...@gmail.com wrote: What I think is going to make the chromebook really take off is that even out here in the boonies, the school here just issued a chromebook to everybody from 6th to 12th grades and made it a requirement that it be

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Jeff Johnson
We love ours! We got an HP referb on Woot for about $200. Free life time T-Mobile (slows down after 250 mb but still provides data when no wi-fi). Beautiful picture. Super fast because of SSD. I use Remote Desktop to work on my development machine and also access my server when out

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: I can't think of a single drawback. Well, it doesn't run FoxPro. OTOH, it doesn't run Windows malware, either :) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Jeff Johnson
Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it runs everything Windows. ;^) On 8/30/2014 11:16 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: I can't think of a single drawback. Well, it doesn't run FoxPro. OTOH, it

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it runs everything Windows. As do I with several Linux and Android boxes around here. But the malware stays on the other end ;) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread AndyHC
I finally gave in and bought a tablet ( http://tinyurl.com/qbfldvl ) - £90, 'free' keyboard, 32Gb, WiFi, high definition hdmi output - and it just works out of the box. I'd have liked 3G built in but there was nothing with that at under double the price; another £10 for a 3G dongle solved the

Re: [NF] Personal experiences with Chromebooks or Chromeboxes?

2014-08-30 Thread AndyHC
On 30/08/2014 20:00, Ted Roche wrote: On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Ted: I sit in my comfy chair and use Remote Desktop. So technically it runs everything Windows. As do I with several Linux and Android boxes around here. But the malware stays on the