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Google's Chromebox page states: Processor: Intel® Core™ processor RAM: 4 GB RAM Newegg's Chromebox page states: Processor: Intel Celeron B840 1.9GHz RAM: 2GB DDR3 1333 Amazon's Chromebox page states: Processor: 1.9 GHz Celeron B840 RAM: 4 GB
Who is this aimed at?
I have no idea. Why would a business buy something like that? Please elaborate.
Looks like there's major spin on this on that page. Whats a Intel Core(TM) processor? Dig deeper and it's an anemic Celeron, not a Core i3 or i5 or i7 as the name implies. Why is there no mention of storage AT ALL? Because it's a 16GB(!) SSD. The Amazon page says "No Blue Screens"? What happens to ChromeOS if RAM gets corrupt? It doesn't crash and magically keeps running? Most BSoDs nowadays are due to hardware issue…
The Celeron they're using is basically a low-end Sandy Bridge processor, and Intel markets most Sandy Bridge processors under the Core brand. It's not really anemic, either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microproc...
Do you have any reference for that?
Intel's own page shows that only i3, i5 and i7 are part of the family as does Wikipedia.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-...
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Only for those that need it.
Yeah, nobody needs an OS
Looks like there's major spin on this on that page. Whats a Intel Core(TM) processor? Dig deeper and it's an anemic Celeron, not a Core i3 or i5 or i7 as the name implies. Why is there no mention of storage AT ALL? Because it's a 16GB(!) SSD. The Amazon page says "No Blue Screens"? What happens to ChromeOS if RAM gets corrupt? It doesn't crash and magically keeps running? Most BSoDs nowadays are due to hardware issue…
You're likely being downvoted because your criticism shows no understanding of the market segment this product is aimed at.
Note that my comment was more about the way it was presented rather than a complaint that it is slow.
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The Celeron they're using is basically a low-end Sandy Bridge processor, and Intel markets most Sandy Bridge processors under the Core brand. It's not really anemic, either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microproc...
>The Celeron they're using is basically a low-end Sandy Bridge processor, and Intel markets most Sandy Bridge processors under the Core brand Do you have any reference for that? Intel's own page shows that only i3, i5 and i7 are part of the family as does Wikipedia. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core
Although I did forget about the Xeons.
I used a Chromebook (Samsung Series 5) for an entire academic year as a student. The biggest benefits were having everything synced in the cloud (so you're not too attached to it), extreme portability (super thin and super light, instant on is fantastic) and ~10 hours of battery life. I charged the thing about once a week! However, I question who would get a Chromebox though, because the portability + battery life +…
Instant on is still a factor, maybe not for you and certainly not for me (my home PC runs 24/7), but there's plenty of people who don't leave computers running when not using them, and still would enjoy not having to wait while it boots up.
The biggest use-case I see for the future is as a media centre connected to your TV. Google are already trying to replace computer software with web apps, why not TV software too - think Boxee or any other similar device, but all through web apps. If it took off I think it would be awesome.
The UK store doesn't have any of the new generation Chromebooks and especially not the new box. So, select countries means only one: USA.
I used the Chromebook I got from Google I/O for a while. You have to understand that it's not designed to be a hacker's computer or even really a consumer device. It's designed to be a cheap, low-maintenance terminal for generic business computing. This is the new 3270. I actually think it's a pretty good product for that purpose. The economics are compelling if you maintain hundreds of desktops. Instead of PC + Wind…
Making a disruptive improvement for one market would probably end up being compelling to both so you focus on either for a start.
I don't like the decision to focus on office staff first. Google's in a great position to sell to consumers. Also I think Apple demonstrated that going through consumers first encourages better products.