Laptops, the Samsung Series 3 and 5 Chromebook, Ebackpack, Moodle, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, BYOD in School and the Future of Laptops – HT114
Summary: Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM), Andrew Morris (@unrealshots) and guest Nathaniel Lindley (@thanlindley) for Show 114. This show is part one of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: We started with a questions from the Facebook group over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ around the Samsung Chromebook (Wi-Fi, 11.6-Inch http://amzn.com/B009LL9VDG Nathaniel has the Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook (Titan Silver) http://amzn.com/B0067U9W7Y If you wanted to try out the Chrome OS before you buy a Chromebook, http://www.howtogeek.com/128087/how-to-run-chrome-os-in-virtualbox-and-try-out-chrome-os-before-buying-a-chromebook/ or get more info at http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ Christian brings up some tools that are used at his school. https://www.ebackpack.com/ and https://moodle.org/. HP Pavilion Chromebook 14-c010us 14-Inch Laptop (Black) by HP http://amzn.com/B00B7HW5YE We also talked about Nathaniel’s Apple MacBook MA701LL/A 13.3-inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) – Black http://amzn.com/B000GA91P4 Christian’s looking at a new laptop for his upcoming college work. He is looking at Lenovo Helix - INTEL - CORE I7 - 3667U - 2 GHZ - DDR3 SDRAM - SATA III - 256 GB - 11.6 http://amzn.com/B00BBLEYXQ The Core i5 version is http://amzn.com/B00BBLEX78. Nathaniel also mentioned the Lenovo ThinkPad Twist S230u 3347-2GU 12.5-Inch Tablet (i7-3517u, 24GB) http://amzn.com/B00A3PJ9PY Drobo / Cali Lewis Event in Omaha. April 30 - http://theaverageguy.tv/2013/04/14/drobo-cali-lewis-meetup-in-omaha-april-30-2013/ Link to the inventory of audio equipment http://theAverageGuy.tv/gear Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feed and pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 The Show Announcements and Schedule: https://twitter.com/#!/TheAverageGuyTV Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Andrew’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/unrealshots Christian’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheWizBM / Bios Mods Site: http://Bios-mods.com Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.
