Chromebooks

Imagine a laptop that is simply a web browser with multiple options for web apps.  It sounds crazy but this is the concept behind the chromebook, Google's take on a laptop.  No more Microsoft Office, Firefox, Safari, or the horrid Internet Explorer.  No more movie maker, garage band, iphoto, etc.  The Chromebook takes away the world of software and programs and replaces them with a world totally immersed in the web.  You can download apps for the chromebook, but everything is saved to the cloud as there is limited memory on the device.  You simply type everything on Google docs, it saves automatically to the cloud and there are no worries of a crashed hard drive, viruses, or any other bad thing that could happen to your normal computer.  It does need internet access to run, unless you download the offline apps that will allow some function outside of a wifi area.  They are simplicity at the max, but amazing at that.  Everything is synced properly.  All google apps are obviously compatible and once a user logs in tot he chromebook using their google username and password they never have to log in to any other google app again.  The most amazing part is the speed.  Ten (10) seconds to boot up.  WHAT...10 seconds.  No long annoying updates before use, you can choose when to update and the updates are quick.  You can use any typical web app (similar, Macbooks, Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, etc.) as you are online anyway.  The trackpad and keyboard are similar to Macbooks.  No more clutter as you can't save anything to your computer and the desktop will become obsolete.  Great management from a teacher and tech director's standpoint.  Anyone can log on to any device as long as they have a google account.  Simply put they are amazing.  They are cheap to with the Acer model at 199 and the Samsung model at 249.

I understand this post is a little sporadic and rambly (not a word but you get what I am saying), but these things blew my mind today when I was being shown them and playing around with them.