It's not that. More like a VM host. When you run Android apps, they are essentially running in an Android VM sandbox. The fact that they're doing it is transparent. Same with Linux apps; they are running in a separate VM sandbox, but they look just like everything else.
-- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:20 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chromebook is just a laptop running Android. > They are cheap, simple, and fast....but if you need something that runs on > Windows then you're SOL. > > -Adam > > > On 1/24/2019 1:06 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > I don’t know anything about Chromebooks. > > I need the ability to pull pdfs off of the OTDR, edit the PDF with Adobe > (combine individual fiber test reports into a consolidated report), the > write that to a jump drive. And we want to use a regular keyboard and > mouse. And run windows 10 etc. Can a Chromebook do all of that? > > *From:* Bill Prince > *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:00 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I did it > > > My chromebook from power on to ready to use is about 8 seconds. Takes me > longer to type my password. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:40 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> This is the mini computer I selected for my splicing trailer. Boots to >> the >> login screen in about 15 seconds, fully logged in and ready to go in >> about >> 45 seconds. Took a while to config Win 10 but really was simple and >> easy. >> Nothing out of the ordinary. Not sure if I can power it off of the usb >> on >> the monitor or not. If so that will be a plus. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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