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Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings

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Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings

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Post by rayshan »

This is really cool, unlike other enterprise teleconference vendors, this is single fee up-front and free ongoing.

Can you chromecast to a chromebox? If so this can replace the crap load of Apple TVs we have at work, great for the 1/2 of folks that're on Thinkpads.

edit: missed "includes first year's $250 management & support fee"

Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings

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Post by spankalee »

rayshan wrote: post #2

This is really cool, unlike other enterprise teleconference vendors, this is single fee up-front and free ongoing. Can you chromecast to a chromebox? If so this can replace the crap load of Apple TVs we have at work, great for the 1/2 of folks that're on Thinkpads. edit: missed "includes first year's $250 management & support fee"

You can do better than Chromecast with the Chromebox setup, you can share your screen, window, or document, into the hangout so that all participants can see it. You can do this now with Hangouts, you don't need the Chromebox.

We use this at Google for all of our video conferencing, and have for years. It's very well battle tested.

Edit: It looks like there's a $250/year fee per Chromebox. I'm not sure if that's good or bad compared to other vendors. You can connect from your computer or phone for free though.

Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings

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Post by dmdeller »

rayshan wrote: post #2

This is really cool, unlike other enterprise teleconference vendors, this is single fee up-front and free ongoing. Can you chromecast to a chromebox? If so this can replace the crap load of Apple TVs we have at work, great for the 1/2 of folks that're on Thinkpads. edit: missed "includes first year's $250 management & support fee"

Not free ongoing.

> Chromebox, plus everything you need for video meetings. Starting at $999.

> includes first year's $250 management & support fee

source: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/solutions/for...

Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings

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Post by markhelo »

rayshan wrote: post #2

This is really cool, unlike other enterprise teleconference vendors, this is single fee up-front and free ongoing. Can you chromecast to a chromebox? If so this can replace the crap load of Apple TVs we have at work, great for the 1/2 of folks that're on Thinkpads. edit: missed "includes first year's $250 management & support fee"

Thought it said 250 per year after first year.
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