On 12/3/2014 1:06 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:15:20 -0600, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> Frankly, I see little difference between a Chromebook for $500 and a
>> 7" Android tablet for under $200, some even as low as under $100 on sale.
>
> As far as I can tell, it's the internal memory that drives their
> prices. I'd like to know if I could hook up an external HD to either
> one and if it's possible to do things like use my Forte Agent on a
> Chromebook or Nexus 7 that way.
>

You're pretty much out of luck with Forte Agent or any Windows program
in the Chrome or Android OSes. On the Chromebook, I use Google Groups.

On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:53:55 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>
> You're pretty much out of luck with Forte Agent or any Windows program
> in the Chrome or Android OSes. On the Chromebook, I use Google Groups.

Thanks, that's what I suspected. I hate Google Groups, so I'm still
focused on the Transformer Book for myself, but I'm going to encourage
my husband to get a Chromebook for himself when he needs a new netbook
because he doesn't use any applications and he never creates or saves
anything. When he retired, he really retired! LOL

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On 12/3/2014 8:44 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:53:55 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> You're pretty much out of luck with Forte Agent or any Windows program
>> in the Chrome or Android OSes. On the Chromebook, I use Google Groups.
>
> Thanks, that's what I suspected. I hate Google Groups, so I'm still
> focused on the Transformer Book for myself, but I'm going to encourage
> my husband to get a Chromebook for himself when he needs a new netbook
> because he doesn't use any applications and he never creates or saves
> anything. When he retired, he really retired! LOL
>

Actually, you're out of luck with Android period - the mobile interface
of Google Groups will not allow for quoting when replying. This makes it
easy to spot people posting from their phone or tablet. If you can't
stand Google Groups, you're gonna just hate the NNTP apps for Android
out there.

The Asus Transformer Tablet has a very nice display. The funny part is
that as a tablet, it's kind of big but with the keyboard, it's too
small. My assumption is that it will be upgradable to Win 10 for no
charge in the next few months.

As far as the Chromebook goes, the Toshiba CB35-B3340 is a pretty good
choice. You can get a Chromebook for $199 but I really dig the the HD
display and the 4 GB of memory. Contrary to what people say, there are 2
standard sized USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. I can't say what the deal is with
Amazon.com - the prices posted for this item was $392.99, $299.99,
$329.99 and $409.99 in a twenty four hour period. Now the price is
listed as $299.99. Mystery price shifting.