Windows CloudBooks?

[RobWilson-BBR]

Hi

 

We are looking at purchasing some Cloud books as an alternative to the traditional Dell Latitude Laptop trolley. The main issue we have is battery life, as they are used too frequently to get a sufficient charge, hence looking at these Cloudbooks.

 

Obviously, we could have gone for a Chromebook. But we have some small amount of software that needs to be installed. They are mainly used for "research" (Browsing google)

 

Has anyone gone down the cloud book route, and if so, what make.

 

I have been looking at the Acer One Cloudbook 14", have purchased one and it appears to run ok. Was looking at the Dell equivalent, but they are now EOL and they will not sell the "consumer" version to schools. (they prefer I spent £350 on an Education Laptop with poor battery life) .

 

I believe Lenovo and HP do something similar.

 

What are all your thoughts.

 

 

Rob

[Decimas6]

They come across as a rebrand of netbooks, doesn't sound like much has changed except the flash memory should make them snappier, and their size/weight. I personally wouldn't but anything Acer, bad experiences with quality.

[Sylv3r]

I took an Acer Cloudbook on trial but it didn't appear to have a NIC card in it, so not really sure how I could get these things built onto our network or are people just intending to use them as standalone devices?