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Make the Most of your CBT Nuggets Subscription!

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One of the things that is so incredibly exciting about a CBT Nuggets subscription is all of the content that is constantly in production. Many of these titles require work outside of the virtual classroom, so it makes perfect sense to watch a video or two each week as they are produced, and then be practicing and doing the out of class work as you go.

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A perfect example of a class that would require this type of approach is our Cisco CCIE RS v5 All-In-One: 3.0 Layer 3 Technologies course. This is just one of the many courses that are currently in progress. Check them all out here!

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The Great Chromebook Experiment – Part 1

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So I would love a new Macbook Air – who wouldn’t??? My main motivation would be battery life. But alas, I have a first world problem. I already own a powerhouse Macbook Pro system. The battery life depresses me on that tricked-out retina display system, but I just cannot bring myself to sell it and “step down” to the Air.

So I was poking around a local Best Buy and was reminded of Chromebooks thanks to a display unit. Hmmm, this would scratch my itch for a 9 hour battery life laptop device. Yes, yes, I know – they are strange Internet-only devices, but at $299 from Amazon.com, I decided I had to give it a try.

EDITOR’S NOTE: There are cheaper Chrombooks – I went with the highly rated and pricier Samsung Chromebook 2 model with twice the RAM of typical Chromebooks. Typical seems to be 2 GB. There is no way I am trusting a system with only 2 GB of RAM. 🙂

In this series of posts, I will be detailing my results with this grand experiment. I, like you I am sure, am hoping for the best. My unit just arrived (depicted above) and tomorrow’s post will feature what the hell happens when I turn it on. 🙂