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Cool dev machine but for 1200 dollars I want to be able to run Microsoft office when people send me documents without asking them to reformat and also edit and modify images with standard software when necessary. In a collaborative world it is not worth the pain to pay 1200 and not be able to work with people who do not code. Chrome books are acceptable at the 200 dollar price point (I have one that dual boots archli…
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Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy.
And what, exactly, does a Chromebook offer? Take this $1K device. Hardware-wise, for that kind of price you can get a nice laptop. Heck, for $200 extra, you can even get a MacBook pro if you wanted. Software wise, the value proposition looks even worse. Apple can justify that price tag because you are buying into the Mac ecosystem. Windows laptops can justify the price tag because, well, Windows is what people expect…
Not having to care about software and hardware specs like those you've mentioned.
Those people value closed OS that's irrevocably tied to the Cloud (as a good thing).
And I shouldn't even have to point it out. That's literally the marketing proposition behind Chromebooks from the start.
>It's so bad that most people that cheer for these devices say "just put Linux on it".
You'd be surprised.
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Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy.
I'm not sure there's much overlap between your first group and your second group.
You can want a hassle-free Cloud-based computer whether you are a millionaire or unemployed.
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Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy.
Hopefully $1099 will be spare change for me soon! However, why can't someone get a cheaper laptop similar specs, perhaps worse design, just install linux on it?
Because they want the "all Cloud, all the way" simplicity of a Chromebook as opposed to the "you're on your own" standard Linux operational mode.
>Pixelbook Google will have tough luck registering this trademark in China
Would it run an actual Linux OS?
[0] https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton [1] http://galliumos.org/
Cool dev machine but for 1200 dollars I want to be able to run Microsoft office when people send me documents without asking them to reformat and also edit and modify images with standard software when necessary. In a collaborative world it is not worth the pain to pay 1200 and not be able to work with people who do not code. Chrome books are acceptable at the 200 dollar price point (I have one that dual boots archli…
This new pricing strategy for the Pixel line seems a very odd strategy. It sounds like the Pixel phone has sold terribly, and I imagine this will too.
>Pixelbook Google will have tough luck registering this trademark in China
Could you elaborate on why this name would be hard to trademark in China?
The core of the company's collective went to found the BYD's consumer electronics unit and were the ones who made BYD's Vaio P clones. Their makes were rather stylish for a Chinese CE company
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Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy.
For me it certainly isn't spare change, and given that I was able to buy an Asus laptop with Ubuntu LTS pre-installed with about 300 euros, I don't really see the appeal.
I mean, let's get real, obviously it wouldn't appeal to you (doesn't appeal to me either).
But at least I can pretend to understand the proposition -- it's about never caring for backups and stuff, and having all your stuff in the Cloud, in a Google curated computing experience.
Not about specs or if one can install fvwm and xmonad on it.
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Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy.
> Those that value what the Chromebook offers over what a regular laptop with Linux does. And what does Chromebook offers? > For many also $1099 is spare change -- at least when considering what computer they can buy. You mean it's an expensive gadget for rich hipsters to use as a vulgar display of wealth? that's what Chromebook offers over a regular laptop? then by all means...
A Google-curated, hassle-free computing experience. Those that don't want one can always, I dunno, not buy it.
>You mean it's an expensive gadget for rich hipsters to use as a vulgar display of wealth?
No, I mean that if you're pinching pennies, you can always buy something else, even if you'd really like a Chromebook.
A Pixelbook is for those wanting such an experience, AND being able to afford one (And of course there are much cheaper Chromebooks out there).
If you don't like yourself a Chromebook, on the other hand, why are you even discussing this?