![]() Rather than iTunes, you use Pandora or maybe the "cloud" music services offered by Google and Amazon. Rather than run a local copy of Microsoft Office, you use Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar. You can install plug-ins and extensions, but otherwise, every application you use must be a web application. Chrome OS is essentially a modified Linux kernel that runs only one native application: Google's Chrome browser. Running Google's Chrome OS operating system, Chromebooks seek to move everything you do onto the interwebs. And Mountain View was adamant that such a basic piece of software was beside the point. But in December, when Google released its beta Chromebook, the Cr-48, there was no file manager. This may seem like the most fundamental of tools. ![]() It's not much of a file manager, but it's relatively easy to find, and it gives you relatively quick access to the files you've download, or screenshots you've taken, or documents on a thumb drive you've plugged into the USB port. Review The most amazing thing about Google's inaugural Chromebooks is that they come with a file manager.
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