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Noma i-Chromebook ngokobuchwepheshe iyikhompuyutha ephathwayo esebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-Google, i-Chrome OS, kubangani bami nomndeni, ihlale isho ukuthi iyathengeka. Ilaptop oyithengayo ngoba unezingane ezincane futhi ngeke ukhathazeke uma zichitha ubisi kukhibhodi—noma ngenxa yokuthi udinga ukukhipha isipredishithi noma ubhale leyo Noveli Enkulu YaseMelika, kodwa awufuni ukusebenzisa imali eyengeziwe. ngaphezu kwama-0. Ayisindi futhi athembekile, inqobo nje uma unoxhumano lwe-inthanethi oluqinile. Kepha uma izidingo zakho zekhompiyutha ziqhubekela phambili ngale kokuthumela ama-imeyili nokubhala amadokhumenti e-Google — yithi, ezingcingweni ze-Zoom ezingami, njengoba silwa nokusabalala kobhubhane lwe-coronavirus—ngihlale ngitshela abantu ukuthi kufanelekile ukutshala imali ku-Mac. Eqinisweni, bengihlela ukwenza lokho mina ngokwami…ngaze ngathola ithuba lokuchitha amasonto ambalwa ngihlola I-Samsung Galaxy Chromebook . Futhi manje, kungenza ngicabange kabusha ngakho konke engangicabanga ukuthi ngiyazi ngomugqa.
Ingakwazi Ukuzibamba Iphikisana ne-MacBook Air
Sekuyiminyaka ngisebenzisa i-MacBook Air emsebenzini, futhi nakuba ngangingakuthandi ukushiyeka kwayo ngezikhathi ezithile—ikakhulukazi uma ngisuka phakathi kwe-Chrome ne-Word docs—ngangithanda ukuphatheka kwayo nokuthi iqala ngokushesha kangakanani. I I-Samsung Galaxy Chromebook ubeke umoya wami ka-2019 ehlazweni. Njengoba intengo yayo yokuthengisa iqhathaniswa ne-Air, ngizothembeka ngokuphelele: Kungcono. I-Chromebook iqala phezulu ngemizuzwana, inesisindo sohhafu wephawundi ngaphansi ( 2.29 pounds vs. Mac's 2.8 ). Zombili zifaka u-256 GB wesitoreji kanye no-8 GB we-RAM, kodwa i-Samsung Galaxy Chromebook ihlanganisa ne-microSD card slot. Futhi ingaguqulela ithebhulethi enesikrini esithintwayo esigcwele, ikwenze kuzwakale sengathi uthola amagajethi amabili ngentengo eyodwa.
Kuze kube manje, angikaze ngibe nezinkinga nge-lag-naphezu kokuthambekela kwami kokuvula amathebhu angama-48 ngesikhathi esisodwa-ngisho noma ngithatha izingcingo ze-Zoom ne-Meet. (Nakuba mhlawumbe ngisola i-Mac yami ngokungafanele kulokhu okungaphambili, njengoba isondo elijikelezayo lenhlekelele livela kuphela uma ngisebenzisa i-Microsoft Word kuyo. Nakuba i-Chromebook isebenza ne-Office, bengilokhu ngisebenzisa amadokhumenti e-Google kuyo yonke into.)
CANDACE DAVISON Isibonisi Senza Wonke Umuntu (Nakho Konke) Abukeke Emuhle
Bengicabanga ukuthi isibonisi se-MacBook's Retina sasingelona iqiniso, kodwa ukulungiswa kwe-4K ye-Galaxy Chromebook kuletha ikhwalithi yetiyetha ye-movie kusikrini se-laptop esingu-13.3-intshi. Okuhle kakhulu ekusakazeni i-Netflix; akumnandi kakhulu uma ngiqaphela kahle ukuthi izimpande zami zimnyama kangakanani phakathi nehora Lenjabulo i-hangout nabangani.
Ukunika amandla Ukufinyelela Ungaxhunyiwe Ku-inthanethi Kubalulekile
Ngenkathi ngiqala ukusebenzisa i-Chromebook cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, ukuhwebelana kwenani kwakuwukuthi ikhompuyutha yayingelona usizo kakhulu lapho ungenakho uxhumano lwe-inthanethi, ikakhulukazi ngoba usebenzise i-Google Amadokhumenti esikhundleni se-Office futhi cishe yonke into yayikhona. ilondolozwe ku-Google Drayivu. Lezo zinto azishintshile, kodwa into eyodwa inawo wonke ama-Chromebooks, kuhlanganise ne-Galaxy—unganika amandla ukufinyelela ungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi futhi uqhubeke usebenza kumadokhumenti e-Google (noma ama-imeyili) ngisho noma i-WiFi yakho iku-fritz.
CANDACE DAVISON Ilungele Izinhlobo Zokudala
Nge-stylus ephumayo nesibonisi sesikrini esithintwayo, ngivele ngifise sengathi ngabe ngiyiciko. Ngingazibona ngeso lengqondo mina ngokwami ngiyisebenzisa ukuze ngidizayine amantombazane ami kanye namakhadi (sawubona, umbuso wempilo ethuthukayo!), ukuze ngikhunjuzwe ukuthi ngingadweba ubuso obumamathekayo obuqondile…futhi kumayelana nakho. Kodwa uma wenza umzekeliso—noma ungumklami ofuna ukukhombisa amakhasimende ngokushesha umbono wakho, ake sithi, ukushintsha uhlelo lwawo lwaphansi—le laptop ishintsha umdlalo.
Sekushiwo lokho, uma kubhekwa zonke izici zayo ezikhethekile, kanye nephuzu lentengo eliphezulu, lena akuyona ikhompyutha ephathwayo yokungena okokuqala komfundi webanga lesibili emakilasini abonakalayo. Cishe ungafuna into eshibhile, elula futhi ehlala isikhathi eside, njenge Lenovo Duet noma I-HP x360 2-in-1 Chromebook .
Uma ulibangise ekolishi, uqala isiphithiphithi esisha noma ufuna okuthile kobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, i-Galaxy eyakho. (BTW, isaphulelo sika-0 njengamanje, yenza icala eliphoqelela nakakhulu ukuyisho.)
