{"id":1618,"date":"2018-07-15T23:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikew.ca\/wp\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2025-01-12T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T19:20:12","slug":"omg-chromebooks-are-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/?p=1618","title":{"rendered":"OMG! Chromebooks are useful!@"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of this weekend, I&#8217;m the proud owner of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/us\/Commercial-Laptops\/ASUS-Chromebook-Flip-C213SA\/\">ASUS Chromebook Flip C213<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/C213.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/C213.jpg 355w, https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/C213-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ASUS Chromebook Flip C213<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For around 450 $CAN, you get a laptop with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The &#8220;flip&#8221; form factor (i.e. keyboard folds under screen so you can use it like a tablet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A touchscreen (as well as a trackpad)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 hour battery life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 USB-C ports as well as two as two regular USB3 ports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, there are limitations, like unexciting screen resolution and limited storage, but I can honestly say that this machine is <em>as responsive as my MBP<\/em>, for all of the basic tasks I do day to day, and now that ChromeOS can run Android apps as well, I&#8217;ve been able to find all the missing features I need (like 1Password support) too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me be clear: This machine is *fun* to use. And that&#8217;s even before you factor in the linux app support that is incoming \u2014 I&#8217;ve already heard of at least one person who has gotten Scrivener for Windows running on WINE. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of this weekend, I&#8217;m the proud owner of a new ASUS Chromebook Flip C213 For around 450 $CAN, you get a laptop with Obviously, there are limitations, like unexciting screen resolution and limited storage, but I can honestly say that this machine is as responsive as my MBP, for all of the basic tasks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-chromebook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}