[omosh]

I am just wondering how the Chromebooks will operate with a whole new concept especially with the idea of internal storage minimized. Do you think the old people will adapt to this technology?

 

[mrmtampa]

If by "old people" you mean the baby boomers that invented the internet, developed the standards underlying the cloud technology, and funded Google and other bleeding edge start-ups; yeah, I think we can adapt.

 

[russcasey]

If by "old people" you mean the baby boomers that invented the internet, developed the standards underlying the cloud technology, and funded Google and other bleeding edge start-ups; yeah, I think we can adapt.

Naah - he's talking about my mum who thinks bugs can crawl out of the internet while she's sleeping at night and eat her credit cards

_some_ of you can adapt

What's going to screw with everyone for a while is the choice that used to be 'desktop or laptop' is now 'desktop or laptop or netbook or tablet or chromebook or smartphone or internet-tv'. There are a lot of new types of device out there which is great but it isn't a choice any of us are used to. Working out how to compare these different devices that all have overlapping capabilities is going to take some time and patience.

 

[bloggie]

If by "old people" you mean the baby boomers that invented the internet, developed the standards underlying the cloud technology, and funded Google and other bleeding edge start-ups; yeah, I think we can adapt.

Haha I heard a similar argument about the term "silver surfers" not long ago.

Notwithstanding, most of them use computers mainly for web-browsing anyway, so I think Chromebook will definitely appeal to them.

 

[Driod]

I think they can adopt as well most people don't use a pc based on heavy application usage anymore, most people use it for the browser and they usually just search everything online as well..

 

[mrmtampa]

Haha I heard a similar argument about the term "silver surfers" not long ago.

I like "silver surfers". My son used to call me "snow on the roof programmer".

 

[Jason]

I think it depends on Internet Connection...For my Parents it is great because they have atleast DSL..my Grands on the other hand like there super cheap dial up..I can't see a chromebook being worth it...Shoot my Grand father uses a 600MHZ iMac I bought for 50 bucks close out from CompUSA when I worked there...It works on Yahoo News and plays solitary. So he is fine

 

[pelloski]

I think looking at both perspectives of 'old people' really helps spice up this conversation. I do not think the Chromebook will be such a hard device to get used to.