@Unseen – You should be able to recover everything from your laptop. DM me the make (HP, Lenovo, Dell) and the s/n. If it has an SSD or an M2, all you need is a cable and a screwdriver…..and you can connect it to the Chromebook. Most of the time the hard disk is fully recoverable. Even if it is dead, I can still recover data from it.

I’m grieving over some of the stuff I no longer have access to because they were on the now-dead PC. I’m fairly sure I can get a technician to go into the machine and retrieve it for me, but that will cost me, obviously.  Had it been a Chromebook, as soon as I logged into another Chromebook, it’d be like nothing happened.

I’m having trouble…[Read more]

Chromebooks aren’t for everyone. I recognize that. This video lays out the scenarios in which a Chromebook won’t work for you, though you may still want a Chromebook as a second machine.

On the other hand…

About 7 years ago I replaced a MAC with a Windows pc for a client. The Windows pc died last month. While waiting for the new pc to be setup, I discovered the MAC was still in storage in a back room.  I powered it on and it worked first time.  Good enough to log into email online and print. I checked the s/n and it is almost 17 years old. The s…[Read more]

Looks like a good choice. I have an old chromebook that’s too slow for big software, but it’s still useful for small stuff. I might get another and run both Chrome OS and Linux (Crostini), so I’d get it with 12gb or 16gb ram.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get a Win 11 pc, but may keep a Win 10 pc or two going, secured behind a good firewall. I got a…[Read more]