
The first Chromebooks were released in June 2011. There is also a subscription option for business and school use, which includes a Chromebook, warranty, support, routine hardware refreshes and cloud management for a monthly fee. The Chromebook is available for purchase through Amazon and Best Buy retailers.
A keyboard tailored for Internet browsing. Built-in secure Secure Digital/Secure Digital High Capacity (SD/SDHC) memory card reader. A 40% brighter screen than those of conventional laptops. Video Graphics Array ( VGA) port for connecting an external monitor. An eight-second boot time, which goes directly to the browser without any desktop or background. If a Chromebook is lost or destroyed, the user's data remains secure because it was never stored on the Chromebook.Ĭhromebook is available in two models, one through Samsung and one through Acer. Files and software applications are associated with the user's Google account so they can be accessed through a Chrome browser on any computing device. Because the only software application that Chrome OS can run locally is the Google Chrome browser, a Chromebook is often described as a browser-in-a-box.Ĭhromebooks are also called "cloudbooks" because the owner's applications, videos, image files and documents are stored remotely on Google virtual servers.
Google Chromebook is a thin client laptop that is configured with the Chrome operating system (Chrome OS).