I'm not really seeing how this wins in the "computer as appliance" market when the competition is the iPad, the Playbook and all the other imitators...
Am I missing something here? Why wouldn't you just purchase an iPad?
Chromebook
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Re: Chromebook
#282I'm not really seeing how this wins in the "computer as appliance" market when the competition is the iPad, the Playbook and all the other imitators... Am I missing something here? Why wouldn't you just purchase an iPad?
Because it's not an iPad?
Re: Chromebook
#283I'm not really seeing how this wins in the "computer as appliance" market when the competition is the iPad, the Playbook and all the other imitators... Am I missing something here? Why wouldn't you just purchase an iPad?
Because it's not an iPad?
Well, I wouldn't be betting my shares on that particular marketing point.
Re: Chromebook
#284Earlier quoted context omitted.
I personally find the Angry Birds-Facebook-Netflix picture of the future of computing extremely depressing. Where's Google's suite of content creation apps that "non-techy" people can explore to express their creativity?
Here's an awesome music creation app for non-techy people: http://www.beatlab.com/ Here's a great photo/picture editor: http://www.pixlr.com/ Those are just off the top of my head.
I can't resist plugging audiotool: http://www.audiotool.com/
It's flash, but it's mind blowingly amazing.
Re: Chromebook
#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
And those people don't know what Google Docs are either. And when they get an Excel document where charts don't render correctly, or comments are screwed up, or pivot tables don't work against their datasource, they'll be POed. Or when all their friends are playing WoW and they realize that this device doesn't play it. Or when they want to Skype with their grandkids they realize, they can't do that. Or when they take…
I pretty sure Google knows all of this. And are counting on it. They want them in people's hands, and they know once they are, all of those problems play into their vision. And those people don't know what Google Docs are either. And when they get an Excel document where charts don't render correctly, or comments are screwed up, or pivot tables don't work against their datasource, they'll be POed. Google likes this.…
"Google likes this. Excel screws up? Perfect, just use Google Docs. Mission accomplished. People are surprisingly flexible if you throw up a barrier. An hour or so of pissing off a customer is a exchange Google is willing to make if it give them a shot at a new Docs user."
I'm not sure I understand this, what he was saying is that someone sends you an excel document and all you can open it with is Google Docs then he'll run into issues. Believe me, it is definitely not going to make them want to use Google Docs more. We're not talking about Microsoft Excel screwing up, to the consumer it'll look like Google Docs is crap and not compatible with their friends documents.
Re: Chromebook
#286is there a dedicated screen for always on advertisement yet ? :)
And seriously I'd need at least ssh and rdp clients on this to even consider it
Re: Chromebook
#287- browses web? check. - runs the latest fad games, like Angry Birds (and more soon thanks to WebGL)? check. - can connect digital camera and upload photos? check. - can browse facebook, twitter, youtube, gmail, hotmail, etc? check - can play flash games & netflix, hulu, & other crap? check. This will satisfy the needs of all my immediate non-techy family members. And I won't get the monthly calls about malware anymor…
I get your point overall, but to nitpick, can it play Netflix? Netflix uses Silverlight, not Flash.
I have a Cr-48 and Netflix does not currently support streaming:
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Dear Chrome Pilot user,
Streaming is not currently supported on your device. We're working with Google to ensure that Chrome Notebook users can instantly watch TV shows and movies from Netflix. More details will be announced in the coming months.
Note that your current Internet browser is fully compatible with adding titles to the Instant Queue for later watching on compatible devices.
Re: Chromebook
#288Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's all the other nonsense that comes along with managing a typical PC that's the problem. System update every so often, upgrade the system every six months, driver problem with graphics, an endless stream of support requests. On the Windows side, its even worse. I shudder every time I see my Mom's Windows install after a gap of a few months - only half the screen is visible in Firefox because of all the malicious t…
Set up apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y to run as a cronjob, disable the notifications. EDIT: Curious as to why this is getting downvoted. If you don't want to "bothered" with update dialogs, you have to run the updates behind the scenes without prior approval. This is what Chrome already does automatically -- Google pushes an update and you get it no questions asked, so what's wrong wi…
If you're going to do that at least use cron-apt which was made for that.
You also need apt-get clean and you are not handling things like conf files changing, and prompts.
Re: Chromebook
#289- browses web? check. - runs the latest fad games, like Angry Birds (and more soon thanks to WebGL)? check. - can connect digital camera and upload photos? check. - can browse facebook, twitter, youtube, gmail, hotmail, etc? check - can play flash games & netflix, hulu, & other crap? check. This will satisfy the needs of all my immediate non-techy family members. And I won't get the monthly calls about malware anymor…
- Use Skype?
- Use Word/Excel?
Re: Chromebook
#290I see a lot of criticisms here but it was apparent in the presentation today that Google is targeting this mainly towards business, organizations and schools. Their selling point is elimination (or significant reduction) of the maintenance and support that the IT infrastructure requires.