[dba-Tech] Chromebook horror

[Arthur Fuller]

I shall try, and if I get it Win-compatible, I shall repace it with a real
computer.

I also have an ancient HP Millenium tower which I haven't powered up for
ages. It runs Win7 and has a lot of storage space (a pair of hard disks,
totalling ~2TB). What should I do with it? turn it into a server? I'm out
of my depth here.
I also have three laptops  - one running Linux Mint, another Windows 10,
and the third ChromeBook. Can you think of anything useful that I might do
with the aging tower?

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 8:50 AM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yea, as you've discovered, chromebooks are cheap for a reason.  Actually
> two reasons.  No Windows license, and very low end hardware because they
> don't need much ro run a browser.  The "32 gb" is exactly what you suspect,
> the size of the storage drive.  Main memory is probably 2 gb.
>
> Rooting for you to get it wrestled into a usable shape.
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 7:02 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, all.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:01 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > How to tell a Chromebook's hardware info.....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.howtogeek.com/234454/how-to-view-your-chromebooks-hardware-specifications-and-system-information/
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.groovypost.com/howto/find-chromebook-hardware-and-system-specs/
> > >
> > >
> https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-check-chromebook-specs-hardware-4782658
> > >
> > > https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/check-specs-chromebook/
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:45 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In the spirit of experimentation I thought I'd buy a Chromebook. I
> did
> > > > manage to connect it to my  wifi, and that's when the horrors began.
> I
> > > > couldn't remember my Google password and so logged in as a guest, and
> > > now I
> > > > can't escape that login. (I have recovered my Google password, but
> > cannot
> > > > sign in as me because I've condemned myself to Guest.)
> > > > I watched a video about how to install Windows 10 on a Chromebook.
> The
> > > > vidBelarc works only on Windows and the Settings button doesn't seem
> to
> > > > have a Windows-like option that will tell you what's inside, so how
> > can I
> > > > learn this? I can't even find the model number. All I know is that
> it's
> > > > made by HP and the salesperson said it's got 32 gigs, but that
> person -
> > > > obviously untrained  - claimed it was 32 gigs of RAM, which was the
> > > reason
> > > > I bought it. Idiot me; it must mean that it contains a 32 GB hard
> disk
> > > and
> > > > who knows, maybe 4GB of RAM. No way I can know without figuring out
> > > > Chrome's equivalent of Belarc Advisor or Computer.
> > > > If I can, I will convert this to a Windows 10 machine, run Belarc and
> > see
> > > > what I've been suckered into buying, and then decide what to do with
> > it.
> > > > Maybe I'll give it to Nellie's, a shelter for abused women in the
> > > > neighbourhood, to which I donate  $10 a month -- and then go buy a
> > > serious
> > > > laptop.
> > > > I got suckered by price. My bad.
> > > >
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Arthur