Chromebooks are a unique class of mobile computing devices, designed
specifically for Web-based tasks. They differ from traditional laptops
in a few important ways:
Chromebooks run Web-based apps, not traditional PC applications.Chromebooks
are designed to be connected to the Internet. You can create documents
and spreadsheets or edit photos on a Chromebook using Google apps
designed for these purposes. The Chrome operating system will not load
and run traditional PC software like Microsoft Office and Adobe
Photoshop. However, files created in these applications can be viewed
and edited using Google apps on your Chromebook or cloud-based
applications like Microsoft's Office web apps.
You store your files in the Cloud, not on the machine.To
help make them thin and light, Chromebooks are built without
large-capacity drives. So instead of storing your documents, videos, and
photos on your computer, you save them to Google Drive (Google's
Cloud-based storage service). Your files are password-protected and
secure, and you can access them anywhere there's an Internet connection.
If you know you'll want access to a file or photo offline, however, you
can easily save it to the built-in solid-state drive.
