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Because they are killing Chromebooks. http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9639950/google-combining-...
I thought this was a big rumor for a few days that ended up getting extinguished by a Google exec.
So.. read the actions.
[1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/12/the-pixel-cs-bumpy-ro...
from the post: > Schools in the US are now buying more Chromebooks than all other devices combined -- and in Q1 of this year, Chromebooks topped Macs in overall shipments to become the #2 most popular PC operating system in the US*. that's pretty amazing actually. congrats to google & the chromebook team!
I'm curious why they didn't mention something so game changing as this in the keynote.
Chromebooks in general don't seem to get that much attention. I'm not sure why, maybe they're not as ground-breaking as... another messaging app... that isn't even out yet...
I'm curious just on the technical side, what does this mean for the many apps that include ARM code? (i.e. apps that use the NDK) Will there be some emulation, or do apps generally ship with multi architecture? Edit: Ok, the answer is, both. Thanks ;)
1.) Majority of the apps with NDK code will ship x86 binaries as well. It's very rarely a problem. 2.) For those that don't, libhoudini does an ok job even on slower phones. On faster chromebooks that shouldn't be an issue at all.
1. This depends on closed-source code (libhoudini is Intel code, and it's not open, last I heard). I guess it's not the first piece of closed-source code in Chromebooks, but it's a crucial piece.
2. This code is still not portable, it just runs on 2 archs, unless someone writes a libhoudini for all other archs as well.
After the Android Chrome app gets extensions, what's the point of keeping ChromeOS alive? It's the only thing Android's missing that ChromeOS has.
> It's the only thing Android's missing that ChromeOS has. Except for instant boot times, really paranoid security and a long list of supportive laptop OEMs
If that's true, then I wonder why ChromeOS would boot up so much faster than Android? I suspect it doesn't.
Why are Chromebooks such a US phenomenon... Here in Australia retail availability is pretty dire. I wonder if this development might see that start to change?
Why are Chromebooks such a US phenomenon... Here in Australia retail availability is pretty dire. I wonder if this development might see that start to change?
Why are Chromebooks such a US phenomenon... Here in Australia retail availability is pretty dire. I wonder if this development might see that start to change?
I don't think they are as successful in the state as you might think
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What game is this changing, really?
Having offline apps is game changing because not everyone has access to the Internet all day long, and doing tasks like image and video editing on your laptop will be much easier and faster than using web services.
It's cool, but not game changing.
from the post: > Schools in the US are now buying more Chromebooks than all other devices combined -- and in Q1 of this year, Chromebooks topped Macs in overall shipments to become the #2 most popular PC operating system in the US*. that's pretty amazing actually. congrats to google & the chromebook team!
Pretty heartening too...for awhile, I was worried that computerized education would be limited to tablets.
They've built tablets. We (developers) need to build the software that does more than consume our time, but allow us to create the content for others. Sadly, it's not there yet, but in time it will be. I don't doubt the computing capacity is there for a company to create a 3D modeling program for a tablet that's either touch driven, or a combo that includes a mouse and/or keyboard. There are already suites out there for image manipulation, music and video creation etc.
If I could purchase a tablet and then a full (3D) CAD or other modeling software for it, I'd drop the money in a heartbeat.