Computer News Office for the Ipad July & August no meeting Sept 19th One meeting a month (3rd Wednesday) Website &
Yes! XP is still dead People receiving message on screen Amazon fireTV Amazon fireTV $99 device with remote – voice recognition App for a variety of Video services Access to Amazon Prime 40K videos $99 yearly – free 2 day shipping of Amazon products Games, Pandora and other Music services Access to Amazon cloud storage
Windows 8.1 update Available April 8th Start menu Store app icon on Taskbar Power Button Office for the Ipad announced last week Obtain through the App Store Free version Full version for Office 365 subscriptions
My Windows 8 horror story Could not access drive after cleaning virus No product key on the case Software key unreadable on packaging Windows 8.1 phone available in April Windows 8.1 Contana voice recognition Search, contacts, reminders – throughout apps Much improved phone software may take some market share
What is a Chromebook? Laptop running Google operating system Chrome Acer C7 Chromebook $ inch display -3 lbs Up to 4 hours of battery1 Dual-core Intel® Celeron® Processor 100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage2 with 16GB SSD Dual band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet HD Camera 3x USB 2.0 1x HDMI Port, 1x VGA port 2-in-1 memory card slot (SD, MMC)
Create/Manage users Can operate a Guest – generic settings Signing in with your Google account brings in Apps, Bookmarks, Mail, Calendar, Settings Most apps/programs require internet connection Some offline app available Uses the Chrome Web Store app I have demonstrated from a PC in Chrome browser
Set preinstalled apps – Mail, News, Maps, etc. Pin apps to Launcher bar by dragging Personalize – wallpaper, themes & settings File app access to files on the Chromebook Create folders Download file from Google Drive Use Google doc or Office web apps Opens QuickOffice
Printing using Google Cloud printing Printer needs support Google Cloud print Have to have a Google account & sign in Find the printer IP address (wireless setup menu) Register the printer Print and select “print using Google Cloud Printing” Remote printing to printer’s address Rest browser setting back to defaults Powerwash Removes all account & set Chromebook to new