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Re:Google ChromeBook Review: ChromeBomb? by jeremymims on Friday June 10, 2011 @06:52PM (#2642707)
The assumption is that you've set up a desktop Windows machine. Printers are fickle things at best, made cheaply, and have mechanical in addition to software problems.

He's either got to buy a compatible printer (extra cost) or set up a windows machine too. It probably has to be on. Not the end of the world (and might be just right considering the family computer situation), but I stand by the notion that there are more potential points of failure.

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Re:Google ChromeBook Review: ChromeBomb? by drivebyacct2 on Friday June 10, 2011 @08:52PM (#2642906)
I don't see how it's any more difficult to set-up a printer with a Chrome device than it is with a regular desktop, especially for a random noob user. It's just not that hard, even if you opt against Cloud Print.
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Re:Google ChromeBook Review: ChromeBomb? by drivebyacct2 on Friday June 10, 2011 @11:46PM (#2643166)
Oh come on, at least tell me what's wrong with the post if you're going to downvote it? Even if we leave of Cloud print entirely, how is it harder for a user to configure a printer with this than it is with any conventional laptop? Surely you don't think the Windows process of downloading a 200MB driver hidden in a manufacturer's website is easier than the Chrome utility?
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