* Posts by Clarksville

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Windows is coming to Chromebooks… with Google’s blessing

Clarksville

Why this is good idea

I REALLY like chromebooks (consistently fast, great battery life, secure, economical, easier to manage on scale in enterprise than Windows, OS rarely malfunctions, no drive image cloning needed, google roaming profile between chromebooks is impressive, OS updates are crazy fast, you can call google and get quality help, with google mgmt license). The biggest limits have been that it is largely limited to web based applications and the printing can be sometimes difficult to configure (although much improved), and there are some peripheral device limitations. (I know Android and new Linux apps support will fill some gaps). I'm an I.T. professional. I use chromebook 90% of time and Windows the other 10%. I carry two computers with me most of the time. If I had a chromebook that would dual boot to Windows on the occasions where I need something that only runs on Windows, then I'm got my whole toolset on a single device and don't have to use Windoze unless absolutely necessary. Can't wait for this to be available.