20 minutes with my Chromebook • Hacker News Board

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#11

Post by mingramjr » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 4:29 AM UTC

"Maybe I’m being unfair by comparing the Series 5 to a high end laptop running an OS that has had 10 years to mature, but that’s its competition."

I saw too many comparisons to a laptop that is far superior than a Chromebook. Right now they are not in competition.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#12

Post by chimeracoder » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 4:36 AM UTC

"The packaging was fine. It wasn’t Apple quality, but few companies put the effort into packaging that Apple does."

All I needed to read. Really, reviewing a laptop on the box? Talk about judging a book by its cover. As long as it gets there in one piece, isn't the computer itself more important?

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#13

Post by resnamen » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 4:51 AM UTC

This review would have been much better if it was "60 minutes with my ChromeBook". He's complaining about 20 second boot time - on the first boot, when it's busy initializing profiles and whatnot. Had he timed the system after restarting, he likely would have measured a boot time around 5-10 seconds. My Cr-48 takes somewhere around five seconds.

A rushed, nonchalant review is hardly better than no review.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#14

Post by resnamen » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 5:06 AM UTC

peregrine wrote: post #8

I really really wish google would package up a slightly more powerful cr-48 everything about but the processor is perfect. Including the packaging, startup and hardware.

While we're at it, let's get a better trackpad. :) But the rest of it is full of solid, albeit vanilla, laptop goodness.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#15

Post by JoelJ » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 5:47 AM UTC

"OS X and Windows give you a nice sound to show you how loud you’ve just made it, but ChromeOS just gives you a little volume bar."

Windows actually doesn't.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#16

Post by rubergly » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 5:49 AM UTC

xxpor wrote: post #2

I think the thing to remember is MacBook Pro: $2000 Chromebook: $500?

The only MacBook Pro it is at all fair to compare the Chromebook to is the $1200 one.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#17

Post by xelfer » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 5:53 AM UTC

JoelJ wrote: post #15

"OS X and Windows give you a nice sound to show you how loud you’ve just made it, but ChromeOS just gives you a little volume bar." Windows actually doesn't.

Default Windows 7 install here and I hear a ding noise every time I change the volume.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#18

Post by dumbphone » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 5:56 AM UTC

Beats me how anyone would use a computer where both the OS, browser, and major applications are made by the same company - a company whose living depends on making huge databases about its users' personal data - a company that is based in the US where the authorities have easy access to your data.

The privacy implications to using Chromebook are huge, in my opinion.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#19

Post by thornkin » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 6:09 AM UTC

JoelJ wrote: post #15

"OS X and Windows give you a nice sound to show you how loud you’ve just made it, but ChromeOS just gives you a little volume bar." Windows actually doesn't.

Except that it does. Try left clicking on the volume icon in the tray and changing the volume.

Re: 20 minutes with my Chromebook

#20

Post by BasDirks » Tue, Jun 28, 2011, 6:54 AM UTC

One thing that makes reviews like this obsolete quite quickly: ChromeOS is a living creature, give it some time to grow fangs and muscle.