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Cheap chromebook

Thanks I will look into your suggestions.

Ironically, this one I am on is the one that would not come on when I wrote this AM.

I had to go out for a few hours so I just unplugged it. When I came back I hit the on button and nothing, and then remembered
that I had unplugged it..... so plugged it in and now it came on.

thought maybe the battery was drained and needed the plug and that miht be why it initially did not  but battery says full

At least this will give me enough time to get whatever off it that I might really want.

Alan.

I use my laptops for emailing, and some pen pals, from time to time , and GC.

This one also has some recipes stored in it.... but those I can print out.

I have been using this one a lot for genealogy research, not storage of anyone.... I print thse also.

I do write letters or whatever needs to be written... on a very old Word Program... that I managed to put on here when Windows started charging a monthly fee
for Word, or make you buy it.... when Windows 10 came about.

I do have some docs stored, and a hand full of pictures....

And that is about all I use it for.

As to this one.... I will just move to email or dropbox, delete or print whatever docs I have been saving...and by then hope to get a replacement....

Since I need two... yuck.

Anyway... just a point of interest.

Twice in the past year when using this one it just cut out dead while I was writing something, I discovered if I unplug it and let the battery drain, plug it back in it would work fine....

So maybe that is the connection of the problem. Anyway,  thanks for your advice everyone

".........is the device plugged into the electrical outlet ma'am?"


If Chrome/Google are your default browser and search engine, I would also say a Chromebook will be a good choice for you. You can save pictures and recipes, and use an alternative (free) office program for your PDFs, and Word Docs. Use Google Drive to save your data to the Cloud server.


Just an example; https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Chromebook-Aluminum-Quad-Core-CB3-431-C5FM/dp/B01CVOLVPA

Yes, Sir....It is firmly plugged in....

Now as to Chrom book.

Yes, I run Google Chrome... Ever since Fiirefox got corrupted for me.... I miss Firefox.

Would it be a good choice to take to FL for a month in JAN on my very first, and likely last snowbird escape?

Maybe, but I always keep it plugged in to electric... why would I need a battery?

You're correct, a battery is not necessary to operate the computer. I have used them many times with no battery installed. Many of the less expensive laptops manufactured in the last 10 years suffer from intermittent power button issues, usually Foxcon logic boards, the only repair is to replace the board or do the waiting game to which they somehow manage to turn back on by themselves.

What I would try first is run the computer without the battery and see if that helps.

Defective batteries may request a high flow of current from the charger. If the main board does not receive sufficient current it may clock down the processor.
Also your HDD will not work well. There are many reports of people changing batteries which affect the speed of their computer.

Its worth trying.

All depends on how much you want to spend, because at the end of the day you may want to buy some computer speakers, a pair of headphones etc...

On the budget end, for great value for money, a Samsung Chromebook 3 is excellent. It's got a bright screen, a decent performance and battery life and costs £210 or about $200

Top endish, the Google Pixelbook 12.3 in touchscreen (2400 x 1600) and storage 128 GB to 512GB - price £749. Its keyboard was a dream when I tried it, though its audio was pretty poor. That's where a pair of self-powered Creative Gigaworks T40's would really shine.

Dow to the middle price bracket, an Asus Chromebook Flip looked tasty when I was in a local shop down in Palma. Checking its UK price it cost 399 eur of a tad over £400 which is not bad.

Oh, and there's also a Samsung Chromebook Pro priced at around £530.

If I was going to choose, it would be Samsung's Chromebook 3. That'd be perfect for foruming. Fast, too.

They do, computers and parts are more expensive in the UK and the rest of Europe while they are still more in Canada than the USA.

I think Canada is following closely, we already pay exorbitant taxes and then get dinged an additional 15% on purchases.  [size=78%] [/size]

I think between Canada and Europe it's swings and roundabout with prices in what we pay out for. I was in Lidl's in Palma and met a couple just home from 3 months in Canada and they were crowing Lidl's cheap produce prices. They said it would have cost them CDN$200 to fill their trolley up! Whereas laptops are not bad in price though employment is pretty tanked across Spain, many people who can't afford a laptop fit a wifi keyboard to their phone and add in a memory stick to increase their cell phone's memory. It's a good way because it's El Cheapo.

In the UK though, laptops are quite reasonably priced because high street stores are forever slashing their prices. Sales are every day because retailers have to compete with those online cutthroat pirates, amazon.

Here in Canada there are lots of good deals, anyway.

When I lived in a border town the Canadians would come for gas, milk, turkeys, and electronics.

They would wear layers of clothes they just bought to try to avoid Ontario's PST and the GST.