I'm looking for a cheap laptop while I go traveling to South America so if it gets taken, not the end of the world.

I was recommended to look at Chromebooks but I mostly work on Slack, Clickup, and Canva.

I saw that these apps are available on some Chromebooks but not others?

I'm not sure I'd know how to download Linux - if anyone is using these on a Chromebook, or has a good alternative I'd love to hear it!

Hi,

I setup a Chrome OS all-in-1 for my inlaws after they succumbed to too many pop up ads about windows infections on their windows machine. I now keep reminding them that they don't have a windows machine, that those pop ups are scams and don't give them any info.

This week my FIL told me it still happens, but he doesn't click them, just powers the computer off with the power button. His account is fine, but when my MIL logs on as the computer owner, anything she selects causes the screen to go black followed by a Welcome Recap. Any action selected from the popup just restarts this issue. Is there anything to be done short of powerwashing?

I am currently using an Acer 516 GE, and whenever I attempt to log in with my school moderated account, the setup process goes smotthly up until the part where it discusses the TOS. Ususally, on another account, you would press confirm, then next, but in this state with the school moderated account, the confirm button simply does not work. Would appreceate feedback as soon as possible, thank you.

For a week now, the sound on my HP Chromebook X2 11 has stopped working without charging the Chromebook or using a USB to headphone jack adapter. Funnily enough, when I plug in the adapter, the sound comes out of the Chromebook and not from the connected headphones. I have already performed a powerwash, unfortunately without success.

Does anyone have the same problems?

So for various reasons, I've been setting up an AVB network at home. I'm mainly using my Chrome devices as daily drivers now, which has got me trying to figure out how to use the audio visual bridging capabilities with my Chromebox. I've done as much reading as some furious Google searching will allow, but I can't find any documentation at all on how ChromeOS handles AVB.

I appreciate this is pretty niche, and probably more for the enterprise crowd, but do any of you lot have any experience with this side of it?

Wake up one morning to boot up my Chromebook and it won't turn on. It was at around 20% charge the night before so I just assume it's empty

However, it will not show on the screen that it's charging, and the LED charging light will not turn on.

Tried multiple chargers/sockets that I know work on other devices.

Any help? Thanks

I see that some people cannot restore their Chromebook because they're particular version of Chrome is now end of life.

I have a Samsung Chromebook 2, 13", Nightfury that needs to have be restored after installing Windows and was looking to see if this was EOL or not.

Can someone please provide a link so I can check that out?

Thank you in advance!

Hi,

On first question, I want ask you, why in my Acer 515 Chromebook Plus battery is drain and stop charge, when I run Steam app, and World of Tanks Blitz? I have original charger, included with devices.

Second question, someone know, when Google let us make calls, while Google Pixel device, is paired with Chromebook?

My company was tossing a couple older 10e chromebook tablets so I grabbed one to mess around with. The device is still "managed" by my company and unfortunately everything I've tried to get into a bios of some sort to reset or "powerwash" it hasn't worked. I was able to get into the recovery mode and loaded up a usb and went through the whole process only for it to give a enterprise manager screen and still say it's managed by my company. Anyone have insight on what I can do to get this working as a normal chromebook?

I went into shell and tried to do the command but it says No such file or directory found, Can anyone help me? I think i did most of the steps correctly

Trying to decide on a chromebook as i switched from apple to a pixel 9. I actually already ordered the new lenovo chromebook gen 9 11 inch (2024) but I believe it was stolen sadly. I filed a claim but my brain is so hyperfixated and frustrated bc i sold my macbook already and only have my ipad 9 right now that i haven’t used in a while.

I’m a student so i would mainly use it for assignments, research, writing essays and editing spreadsheets and creating graphs for work. But i also Stream and create content on the side and want to be able to edit videos here and there. It’s down between the: ASUS Chromebook CM30 Lenovo duet 5 The same lenovo duet 11 gen 9 (2024) but this time ship it to a different address or pickup from bestbuy but they only have a 4 GIG RAM version.

My brain is shut off right now because i just spent 4 hours of frustration knocking on doors and searching my apartment, so i apologize for this mess of a post

Usually I keep my budget to 400$ and know what to expect.

Now though, windows laptops are getting cheaper. Time to jump ship?

Hello, my chromebook is now 4 years old, still kickin', but it stopped receiving updates. I downloaded the 64 bit chrome browser, but it has not updated in a long time. I keep getting alerts from my ad blocking extension --- saying my browser is out of date, but when I check, there is no update available. How can I keep safe while online? Thank you

I never used a Chromebook and would like to try it. I would appreciate a suggestion. I wouldn't buy something if I could get a good Windows laptop or a used MacBook at the same price. I want a 1080p screen, performance should be just enough for web browsing (no heavy Linux/Android apps or games).

I don't know how much protection it provides but still want to have one as it is better than nothing

however I cannot find one, not sure if anyone has any idea on this?

Hello ChromeOS community, i need help with my chromebook, it does not turn on anymore.

When I plug it in the led light next to the USB C input does not light up. There is only the led light on the power button that is lit, which it never does normally. The screen is black and nothing happens when I try the key combinations to force start (hold the power button and refresh button).

I have seen other people encounter this problem on forums but I haven’t found any solutions. Does anyone here know what I can do without going to a repair shop?

I have to powerwash my chromebook again. I have several google accounts. Last time I powerwash it, I notice when logging into several of my google accounts, all my chrome tabs in each google account was gone. However, if you click on history, you could check the previous chrome tabs but you have to click on each one of them. So imagine having 20 chrome tabs and each one having 10 tabs within each so 200 chrome tabs. I believe there is a chrome group tab but that still takes a long time to restore each of them?

Now since I'm powerwashing my chromebook again, is there any program or app I can download so the next time I log into my google accounts, all my chrome tabs can show up the way it is right now? I heard something about session buddy? Does that work? However, how would that work since if I powerwash my chromebook and then restore it, well everything is deleted. I assume you have to create an account with session buddy so the next time you download session buddy again, you enter your email and password and then it would open all the chrome tabs the way it was saved? Is that how it works?

If session buddy works, what is the website for it? There seems to be a chromewebstore website if you search session buddy on google... and there is a direct website. Which is the correct site? It works with chromebook right?

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Just upgraded my HP x360-i3 CB to stable version 130 and have two issues. The lighted keyboard no longer fades out, but remains on constantly. The CB display no longer turns off after a few minutes of inactivity. The CB believes there is constant activity and never goes to sleep. Is anyone else having this issue? Any ideas? TIA

I use chromebook just for for using android moonlight to connect to my host pc at home. I managed to make almost all key works like windows button i just made my search button to capslock button on chromebook and bind capslock to windows button on pc. Except alt+tab button which is locked in the setting. How do i bypass this??

Hi everyone! I've been having an issue for some time now and I don't know how to solve it (all Google advice forums haven't got me any further). Whenever I download an extension and click the add extension button, it blocks the download and says "Failed - security settings on your computer blocked this file"

I'm the owner (I've added extensions in the past, no restrictions then), I've updated to the newest version (bought my chromebook in 2019), tried downloading from the old chrome store, tried turning off the security settings, but to no avail. It won't tell me which security settings need to be changed, and I just can't find an area in my settings that specifically targets these downloads. I just don't know when or how these settings were changed.

I saw something about admin controls, but I can't find those anywhere (neither does the search function haha). Help! Please!

Most Windows laptops now have at least 16GB RAM, except at the very low end. My local Microcenter carries 260 different kinds of Windows laptops. Only 16 of them — 6% of the models they carry — have less than 16GB RAM. Having at least 16GB RAM is now the norm.

Apple, for the longest time, has taken the position that "8GB RAM should be enough for most Mac users". That is coming to the end: the newly announced iMac and Mac Mini computers all come with at least 16GB RAM in the base configuration.

Whereas in Chromebook land ... we are still living in the world where a laptop with 8GB RAM is considered a premium feature. We are still pretending that it is perfectly normal for a newly released $700 laptop to have only 8GB RAM. (Looking at you, Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus.) We are still pretending that 16GB RAM should be reserved for "enterprise models" at the price level of $1000 or above. In the US, you cannot even find 16GB Chromebooks at the major retailers—you need to order them from the likes of CDW.

Even the Pixel 9 phones this year come with 12GB RAM in the base configuration.

How much longer will mainstream Chromebooks contiue to be stuck with 8GB RAM?

I am in the market for a portable computer and I am tempted by a Chromebook Plus. I run my consultancy agency from home and I'll use the device to do some light work on the go i.e when I want to get out of the house or if I book a long weekend.

I am a proficient computer user and I always built my PCs. I am also a mac user. I navigate between macOS, Windows 11 and Mint. My wife took over my 2020 M1 16gb MacBook Air, she is computer basic and doesn't want to learn to navigate any other OS. Anyway...

What I'll do with the machine: sheets, docs, excel, canva, emails, video calls, Bubble.io (no-code app building through Chrome browser), some python and C, probably via VS Code / Crostini, some firmware uploads on my ESP32s

What I am looking for: a robust and light machine with no fuss and good battery life (8hr), with the possibility to have at least 1 extra monitor (not in mirror) and ideally all through USB-C (so I can use my hub for charging, mouse and keyboard, display and some USB connections).

The candidates:
Lenovo - Flex 5i Chromebook Plus Intel Core i3-1315U 8gb + 128gb SSD @ $369
Acer Chromebook Plus 514 Touchscreen Intel Core i3-N305 + 8gb RAM 512gb SSD @ $249

Open to suggestions under $400.

Thank you!

The prices are around the same. I tbink this is going to take a hit on Chromebox sales

I've asked on the discord too but I'm looking at an Acer Chromebook Plus 514 and the Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i, prefer a 13-14inch device but specifically to use on my lap, I tried a CX34 and it got too warm on the back left of the underneath - so which chromebook do you have, and how hot is it on your lap?

I bought a USB to HDMI adapter from J5create and I had to download a driver, and I can’t download the driver because it doesn’t support Chrome OS. My question is, do I need a usb to hdmi adapter or a usb-c to hdmi adapter and which brand would be compatible with Chrome OS? The charger for the computer is a usb-c charger so you’d think I’d need just a usb adapter right? Any help is appreciated so I don’t have to keep going back to Office Depot!