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Hany

IB Mosaic Interface on a Chromebook

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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

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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

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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

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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......

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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.

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