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Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by mdwrigh2 » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:51 PM UTC

emergence wrote: post #6

They've been on sale for over 10 days now. I don't see them flying off the shelf. I've been thinking about buying a 12.1" Samsung Series 5 3G or a 12.5" Lenovo X220 or an 11.6" Macbook Air or an 11.6" Samsung Series 9. If I could get emacs on a terminal, with ssh access I would be sold on the Chromebook. Does anyone know if ssh + emacs + term is possible? (w/ the same battery usage - i.e. I don't want to bother with…

I don't know about the latest revisions, but the CR-48 had a terminal that was basically only useful for SSH. So if you have a dev box setup somewhere that you can SSH to, it makes an okay dev environment (for someone who uses emacs or vi).

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by Pewpewarrows » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:52 PM UTC

Ronkdar wrote: post #13

> It just works. Can we stop saying this please? > "Your apps, documents, and settings are stored safely in the cloud." Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person) > Millions of apps. [citation needed] > Friends let friends login. Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users" >Gets faster over time. What does this mean? Tha…

If by no specific reason you mean "blatant violation of AdSense terms of service," then yes.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by mtogo » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:52 PM UTC

Ronkdar wrote: post #13

> It just works. Can we stop saying this please? > "Your apps, documents, and settings are stored safely in the cloud." Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person) > Millions of apps. [citation needed] > Friends let friends login. Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users" >Gets faster over time. What does this mean? Tha…

I agree with you 100%, especially on the "It just works" point, but you're wrong on the "friends let friends login" thing. As far as i know, no other OS allows me to log into someone else's computer and get the exact same experience i have on my own, and vice versa.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by eggbrain » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:55 PM UTC

shoota wrote: post #16

eggbrain wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Samsung Series 5 3g is $500, the cheapest Macbook Air is $835. So, a little more than a couple hundred dollars more, but a lot less than $650 more (even the cheapest Chromebook at $350 would be tops $485 less).

The Macbook Air starts at $999 according to http://www.apple.com/macbookair/ . Looking at the cheapest Chromebook vs. cheapest Macbook Air it is $650. I'm not considering educational pricing here.

This was the model I was referring to: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MC505LL-11-6-Inch-Laptop...

Which is being sold from Apple on Amazon. I do not know if it is the latest one, but given the OP's original statement, was it ever implied that it was the latest one he was referring to?

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by lftl » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:56 PM UTC

emergence wrote: post #6

They've been on sale for over 10 days now. I don't see them flying off the shelf. I've been thinking about buying a 12.1" Samsung Series 5 3G or a 12.5" Lenovo X220 or an 11.6" Macbook Air or an 11.6" Samsung Series 9. If I could get emacs on a terminal, with ssh access I would be sold on the Chromebook. Does anyone know if ssh + emacs + term is possible? (w/ the same battery usage - i.e. I don't want to bother with…

Chrome OS has a weird non-standard ssh, but I wouldn't think there's any problem ssh'ing into a remote machine where you have emacs running. Having emacs running locally probably wouldn't be possible though.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by klbarry » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:57 PM UTC

The biggest Chromebook advantage, in my opinion, is that it never slows down because you never change the software in any meaningful way. For the average person who bloats their computer over time until it isn't usable, that is huge.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 6:58 PM UTC

Ronkdar wrote: post #13

> It just works. Can we stop saying this please? > "Your apps, documents, and settings are stored safely in the cloud." Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person) > Millions of apps. [citation needed] > Friends let friends login. Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users" >Gets faster over time. What does this mean? Tha…

> Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person)

Google can delete my Facebook account? My Office Web Apps account? How do they manage this?

> Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users"

No other OS saves OS settings and apps in the cloud, to my knowledge.

> What does this mean? That you designed it to be inefficient so you can speed it up and gather favor from your users? That you just stopped optimizing halfway through and pegged it 1.0?

They are talking about the auto-update feature.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by watty » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 7:00 PM UTC

I too struggle with the price of Chromebooks. I do love my CR48 but expected price to be around $200 considering the OS is very limited.

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 7:00 PM UTC

eggbrain wrote: post #3

When I first saw the Chromebook, I figured it would be priced around $150, so that it was a no-brainer decision (especially with it's limitations over a normal laptop). But at $349, its still $75 more than an Acer Aspire One. Make it $100-$150, and I'll buy it. As it stands though, its too much money and too little benefits.

Samsung Series 5 cost $334.32 to make.[1] Your price expectations are way off.

[1]http://www.thechromesource.com/with-what-it-costs-to-make-is...

Re: Chromebooks on sale at Amazon for $349

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Post by kenjackson » Mon, Jul 25, 2011, 7:02 PM UTC

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #27

Ronkdar wrote: post #13

> It just works. Can we stop saying this please? > "Your apps, documents, and settings are stored safely in the cloud." Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person) > Millions of apps. [citation needed] > Friends let friends login. Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users" >Gets faster over time. What does this mean? Tha…

> Until Google deletes your account for no specific reason and refuses to give it back (this has happened to more than one person) Google can delete my Facebook account? My Office Web Apps account? How do they manage this? > Every OS ever has had this feature. It's called "Users" No other OS saves OS settings and apps in the cloud, to my knowledge. > What does this mean? That you designed it to be inefficient so you…

Google can delete my Facebook account? My Office Web Apps account? How do they manage this?

If Google deletes your Google/GMail account, can you still login to your Chromebook?