I'm buying a chrome book type computer for my HS kid. Suggestions?

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Jul 18, 2017
3:08:08pm

Mister P All-American

Something economical, that will be used for homework and connected to cloud storage.

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I'm buying a chrome book type computer for my HS kid. Suggestions?

Mister P

7/18/17 3:08pm

Amazon. 4GB ram. Newer model with good reviews. Around $200 or a bit less.

Cougar-Duck

7/18/17 3:09pm

This was one of the most highly rated last year. My son used it at BYU for

Fdnman

7/18/17 3:12pm

I just bought this a few weeks ago. Keep in mind that Chromebooks will not

Martin Van Nostrand

7/18/17 3:17pm

I just bought that for my college-age daughter two weeks ago. She loves it.

Cougar-Duck

7/18/17 3:19pm

I've had it for a few months now - very happy with it.

PharmD

7/18/17 3:27pm

My kids do their assignments via a school portal, so they

Mister P

7/18/17 3:29pm

Just make sure if you buy one to test the school portal on it right away so you

Martin Van Nostrand

7/18/17 3:45pm

Can they run the online versions of those programs?

vegasnative

7/18/17 3:35pm

Yes. Can download Microsoft Office Online for free and can use QuickOffice

Martin Van Nostrand

7/18/17 3:44pm

Or if you have an Office365 subscription you can use that too.

fredgarvin

7/18/17 3:45pm

We bought this as the "family" computer for the kids to use. It's perfect.

fredgarvin

7/18/17 3:44pm

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