Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
Having left my Samsung Netbook on the Madrid Metro 
I need to buy a new one but they seem to have disappeared. I used to use it closed on the desk with a separate keyboard and screen plugged in and just took the Netbook on my travels.
I'm not into games or movies, I mainly use it for the net, emails and Microsoft Office.
A Chromebook would seem to be the answer but I have a few concerns:-
Can I plug a mouse in, I hate built in mouse pads? They only seem to have one or two USB´s
I assume I would need to buy a new printer?
I obviously won't have MS office, is whatever Google provides going to prove a problem if I send documents to clients who still use it?
Will I need to pay for cloud storage?
Can I give others permission to access stuff I have stored in the cloud - photos of properties for example?
My internet connection is not very fast here - ping 62, download 6.62 upload 0.37 - is this going to be a problem?
Will I be able to upload all my current local files to the cloud or will I have to have some local and some cloudy?
Part of me worries about not having files locally, what happens if the Russians block the cloud? I suppose rather less likely than me stupidly leaving the bloody machine on the Metro, but please reassure me!
All suggestions and advice much appreciated. And no, I don't want to buy a Mac.
I need to buy a new one but they seem to have disappeared. I used to use it closed on the desk with a separate keyboard and screen plugged in and just took the Netbook on my travels. I'm not into games or movies, I mainly use it for the net, emails and Microsoft Office.
A Chromebook would seem to be the answer but I have a few concerns:-
Can I plug a mouse in, I hate built in mouse pads? They only seem to have one or two USB´s
I assume I would need to buy a new printer?
I obviously won't have MS office, is whatever Google provides going to prove a problem if I send documents to clients who still use it?
Will I need to pay for cloud storage?
Can I give others permission to access stuff I have stored in the cloud - photos of properties for example?
My internet connection is not very fast here - ping 62, download 6.62 upload 0.37 - is this going to be a problem?
Will I be able to upload all my current local files to the cloud or will I have to have some local and some cloudy?
Part of me worries about not having files locally, what happens if the Russians block the cloud? I suppose rather less likely than me stupidly leaving the bloody machine on the Metro, but please reassure me!
All suggestions and advice much appreciated. And no, I don't want to buy a Mac.
