What is Chromebook?

What is a Chromebook

we're going to be taking a look at chromebooks now you might have heard of a chromebook before you might not but either way if you're thinking about buying a new computer a chromebook might be a really good low-cost alternative to a traditional laptop now unlike normal computers which use the windows or mac operating system a chromebook uses chrome os which is based on the google chrome web browser that means you can use a chromebook to do just about everything you do in a normal web browser like checking your email facebook watching videos creating simple documents and a whole lot more this is actually a chromebook right behind me it has a screen keyboard and touchpad 

What is a Chromebook

just like a regular laptop it's pretty thin it's pretty light it's got most of your basic ports like headphones hdmi usb usb again over here that might vary based on which chromebook model you buy but more about that later let's take a look at the basics of using the chromebook interface this is the chromebook desktop and it might look pretty familiar to the desktop of a regular windows or mac computer if you've ever used one before if you click this button in the lower left corner you can open any app on your chromebook for example if you wanted to create a new document you could just click here you can also use a chromebook just like a regular web browser create a new tab and use it to go to any web page you want because a chromebook runs chrome os you can't install traditional software that you might already own still there are a lot of great applications here and many of them are free . so those are just the absolute basics of using a chromebook but 

What is a Chromebook

i hope this article has been helpful in showing you what a chromebook can and can't do if you're thinking about buying a chromebook i'd invite you just to take some time and think about your needs as a computer user a five or six hundred dollar laptop may actually do much more than you need and i think for a lot of people chromebook would make a really great alternative on the other hand if you need access to very specific windows or mac software a chromebook just might not cut it for you anyway i hope this video has been helpful for you and check out our chromebooks lesson for even more information.