76 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020COMPARISON
to the Chrome OS experience (especially where file
management and printing is concerned) and you’ll
need to find online (or Android-based) alternatives for
apps like Windows’ Photos app within the browser. The
keyboard isn’t quite the same, either. If you don’t mind
spending a little more for a PC, you can approximate
the Chrome OS experience. But you can’t really run
Android apps on your PC without a separate app
serving as the middleman.
It’s fair to say that Windows offers a more
comprehensive experience, but Chrome OS is a
significantly simpler, cheaper alternative. The buying
decision usually works out to something like: ‘I can do
almost everything in Windows with a Chromebook,
but...’ It’s that last little bit – printing, file management,
and so on – that will guide your decision.76 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020COMPARISON
totheChromeOS experience (especially where file
management and printing is concerned) and you’ll
need to find online (or Android-based) alternatives for
apps like Windows’ Photos app within the browser. The
keyboard isn’t quite the same, either. If you don’t mind
spending a little more for a PC, you can approximate
the Chrome OS experience. But you can’t really run
Android apps on your PC without a separate app
serving as the middleman.
It’s fair to say that Windows offers a more
comprehensive experience, but Chrome OS is a
significantly simpler, cheaper alternative. The buying
decision usually works out to something like: ‘I can do
almost everything in Windows with a Chromebook,
but...’ It’s that last little bit – printing, file management,
and so on – that will guide your decision.