Hany 1 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a chromebook for trading, but I'm not sure it can run the Mosaic interface from Interactive Brokers. I tried speaking to someone at IB's customer support about this, but he wasn't helpful. Has anyone tried using a chromebook? Can it load the Mosaic interface from Interactive Brokers? Any feedback and comments would be really appreciated. Thanks! Hany Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drewbromley 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2014 I would be careful. "Chromebooks are shipped with Google Chrome OS, an operating system that uses the Linux kernel and the Google Chrome web browser with an integrated media player" I believe that TWS and Mosaic run are designed for either Mac OS X or Windows. Check the TWS system requirements at this link: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1537 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulCao 51 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 Hi Hany, I definitely would not recommend a Chromebook for trading via IB platform, This is actually what I do but my reason being that I'm a programmer who have rooted my Chromebook to use Ubuntu Linux (instead of ChromeOS); and even then, I don't even use my Chromebook to run IB TWS natively but instead use it as a remote desktop client to log onto my Amazon Web Service virtual machine in the cloud to remotely access IB and ToS; my reasons for doing this convoluted way is because I have a lot of my stuff in the cloud, so I'm just using my Chromebook as a dumb remote access screen, If you'd like a cheap laptop, I'd definitely recommend something that's a low-end Window laptop than a Chromebook; Chromebooks are cheap and nice for surfing the web and doing everyday stuff like e-mails, music but not so good for specific stuff like coding, graphics design or trading, Best, PC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxtodorov 19 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 Not sure if money or size is the primary driver for you. I just got the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I am setting it up for IB and OptionNet... will tell you tomorrow how its working...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hany 1 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 Hi guys. Thank you so much for all the feedback. I did some reading on the web, and apparently the IB interface requires Java, which can't be installed on chromebooks. So a chromebook cannot be used for trading. Maxtodorov, let me know know how the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 works out for you. Since it has a microsoft operating system, it should be okay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
