Not Fox, Not even Windows, but interesting tech I thought I'd share. As Family Area Network SysAdmin, I set up and support machines for a couple of relatives.
One was interested in browsing and broadcasting free movies from archive.org and slideshows and personal files to his TV. I set up a Google Chromecast and picked up an inexpensive refurbed ASUS Chromebook 15 from NewEgg ($130). Essentially, the laptop is a 16Gb SSD running Chrome OS and Chome browser. No Windows to infect and update and "have you turned it off and back on" tech support. Decent screen 13x7 and 15" decent audio, HDMI and 2 USB3 ports. Supposed 12 hour battery, and 802.11ac wifi. ChromeOS has some decent accessiblity features that display extra-large cursors and graphics and some zoom and magnify features for those with limited vision. Yes, everything you do is transmitted to Google who use it to target you with ads. Added EFF's Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere to the browser. Can't run Windows apps locally, but there are some RDP solutions as well as web-based, of course. Could run Linux if you really wanted to, but for this use case, this seems like a pretty sweet consumer machine at a very reasonable price. Bonus Google Hangouts means video phone calls and screen sharing (also in Chrome Remote Desktop) for tech support. Anyone else using Chromebooks? Good or bad experiences to share? Warnings on things to avoid? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4sZXOnMP0h=eo==kyavcunapyrmz0zej47hqjgyjbo...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
