

Note: Backup & Sync does work with our system if you see a notice to the effect that it only "might work but have to check with an administrator" Compare Backup & Sync with Drive for Desktop

Setup instructions.įollowing is a link that compares them, and if scroll down, you can choose the one you would like to download. " Drive for Desktop streams all files and folders from the cloud." (This was formerly called Drive File Stream and still is on Macs). "Backup and Sync syncs and stores Drive content locally on your computer." (Note: At some point in the future, some of these features will be unified into Drive for Desktop, and they most likely will discontinue Backup & Sync eventually). So I wish both OS well, and.There are two options to sync files with your computer and Google Drive. The release of Thinkpad x13s elevated it to a whole new level by stamping it as approved for business.Īnyway, I definitely sound like pro Microsoft, and I kind of am, but I absolutely love Chromebooks and I own one for myself, one for my wife (who swears she's never go back to Windows), and one for my daughter. And Google certainly wouldn't like I don't think Windows on ARM is as wide spread as Linux, but it has a higher visibility being Windows. With Edge mimicking so much out of chrome, and with Windows 11 SE looking closer to chrome OS and running well on lower hardware, offering access to your (old) data on Google drive is a key factor to enable hybrid environments and an eventual switch over. But it doesn't change that this what I really thinkīoth OS are now locked in a battle, and the education space is where MS is assaulting the hardest as it is dominated by Google, and it makes future generations more inclined to use it if they got the chance.Īnd MS can't magically change the landscape, so it wants to offer an easy an familiar switch to those young ChromeOS users. Yes, it was a rant, and it was out of frustration.
