Re: Chromebooks

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just use a Lightening to USB cable and voila - keyboard!

Apparently you can't connect external drives etc. this way because they are not supported.  But keyboards are ....


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

> On Apr 6, 2018, at 1:17 PM, Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yeah an iPad or Android Tablet with a keyboard might be good. 
>
> I've actually hooked up a keyboard and mouse to an Android table before and it worked. (Had a usb on it)
>
> Now if Apple could provide that I could use my iPad for lots of my daily stuff.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Schoen 
> Director of Document Management 
> e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> p. 952.486.6802 
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> message: 2
> date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 11:49:43 -0400
> from: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [PCTECH] Chromebooks
>
> I recently "converted" a fiend from using a Windows PC (which he was forever screwing up) to a Chromebook.  He's as computer illiterate as you can get and it has worked well for him.
>
> Printing was a bit of a challenge to set up at first - not all printers will work with it although the number grows each day it seems.  But in a corporate environment that should not be too big a challenge unless they need to use home printers. Basically there are no (few?) directly connectable printers - you effectively use Google print as the spooler.  It occurs to me that this might present problems in hotels where they usually block direct device to device communication.
>
> Overall I would heartily recommend it as a solution for computer illiterate workforces - although personally I'd also look at the iPad/tablet option too rather than just Chromebooks.
>
>
> Jon Paris
>
> www.partner400.com
> www.SystemiDeveloper.com
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