Day 2 of the my adhoc testing of the Chromebook. I still like the keyboard, but the clicking on the trackpad feels uncomfortable – whilst at a desk using a regular mouse is a much more pleasant experience. Coming from the MacBook Air I have tendency to click on “Alt” rather than “Ctrl” when I copy and paste. These though are minor issues.
What I wanted to do was to find ways that I could match 80% of what I do on the MacBook Air. Here is what I have found so far:
MacBook Air |
Chromebook |
Notes |
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Office Word |
Google Docs |
No issues so far. Spell check does not seem to be available offline. This might be fixed by installing an extension. |
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Office Excel |
Google Sheets |
No issues so far. |
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Office PowerPoint |
Google Slides |
Have not tested. |
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iWork Keynote |
Google Slides |
Have not tested. |
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iBooks Author |
No equivalent. |
Was not expecting to find an equivalent. |
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Dreamweaver |
ShiftEdit (Cloud9 IDE might be an option too) |
Have not tested. |
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Photoshop |
pixlr |
Tested with some basic cropping and resizing. Need to test more extensively. |
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Cyberduck |
Have not found solution yet. I might be able just using Secure Shell Terminal emulator and SSH client. |
Have not tested. |
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Safari |
Chrome |
No issues so far. |
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TweetDeck |
No issues so far. |
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Gmail and Webmail |
No issues with Gmail so far. Have to configure webmail. |
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Screenflow |
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Have not tested. |
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iTunes |
Google Play Music |
Working well. Music Manager has uploaded the majority of my library. |
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Evernote |
Evernote Web |
No issues so far. |
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Dropbox |
Dropbox |
No issues so far. |