FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 71opening it. Windows allows you to right-click a file
and perform any number of operations on it; Chrome
OS does not. Even accessing those files on Chrome
OS requires clicking the ‘home’ circle in the lower left
corner, then either swiping or clicking the exposed up
arrow to access the Chrome OS apps, some of which
can be stored in the taskbar dock for easy access.
The same goes for alternative input modalities.
While Chromebooks allow for inking – you’ll generally
need to supply your own stylus or use your finger –
and can record audio, don’t expect a Chromebook
to include speech dictation or pen input that’s
translatable into text. These are both capabilities
that, for now, Windows exclusively provides.Staring soulfully at a Windows
Hello-enabled PC for a second
or two can automatically
log you in, a capability
Chromebooks don’t provideFEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 71opening it. Windows allows you to right-click a file
and perform any number of operations on it; Chrome
OS does not. Even accessing those files on Chrome
OS requires clicking the ‘home’ circle in the lower left
corner, then either swiping or clicking the exposed up
arrow to access the Chrome OS apps, some of which
can be stored in the taskbar dock for easy access.
The same goes for alternative input modalities.
While Chromebooks allow for inking – you’ll generally
need to supply your own stylus or use your finger –
andcanrecordaudio,don’texpecta Chromebook
toinclude speech dictation or pen input that’s
translatableintotext.Thesearebothcapabilities
that,for now, Windows exclusivelyprovides.
Staring soulfully at a Windows
Hello-enabled PC for a second
or two can automatically
log you in, a capability
Chromebooks don’t provide