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Re: Chromebox

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Post by dscrd »

cooldeal wrote: post #29

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…

Celeron is more than enough for everything if the software beneath is good enough -- remember, it's orders of magnitude faster than what we had in the 80s, but most computer tasks are still similar. Perhaps Google is betting on that?

16GB SSD needs to hold the OS (.5GB perhaps?), the browser (.1GB), and some cache (all the rest). Everything else is in the cloud.

"No Blue Screen" -- I suppose it hangs in some other way then :)

Re: Chromebox

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Post by simonz05 »

jeffool wrote: post #22
simonz05 wrote: post #12

How does Google manage to only have one retailer who actually sells the device in Europe. It feels as if every time they [Google] introduce something new and cool (phone, computer ...) it is only available for a selected few. Then when we all forgot about it they add a few more retailers.

That's not by accident. Exclusive partners gain that status by agreeing to help subsidize the product in some way, shape, or form. And they want their money's worth, so they (the partner) make sure the contract lasts just long enough for you to not care after the contract ends. Of course, the first party is hoping the product catches on, is insanely popular, and continues to drive demand after the contract is up. Tha…

I guess my problem, as a consumer, is that I never expect to actually to be able to buy a Google hardware product. Compared to a hardware company like Apple, I know I can go to my local store to get that fancy device I just heard about on the radio. While, with Google, It's like their glasses, their autonomous car, their phones, their computers; it seems to only be some really polished R&D thing.

Re: Chromebox

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Post by maigret »

dscrd wrote: post #121
cooldeal wrote: post #29

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…

Celeron is more than enough for everything if the software beneath is good enough -- remember, it's orders of magnitude faster than what we had in the 80s, but most computer tasks are still similar. Perhaps Google is betting on that? 16GB SSD needs to hold the OS (.5GB perhaps?), the browser (.1GB), and some cache (all the rest). Everything else is in the cloud. "No Blue Screen" -- I suppose it hangs in some other wa…

Must be a red-yellow-blue-green screen then ;)

Re: Chromebox

#124

Post by jonknee »

89a wrote: post #107

Funny how many USB ports it has when it's capabilities are limited to a web browser. What on earth would you be plugging in to them.

I have one on the way amd will be testing with a barcode scanner and mag stripe reader which makes a total of four USB devices.

Re: Chromebox

#125

Post by pgeorgi »

cooldeal wrote: post #63
CrazedGeek wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=commit;h=...

"Sandybridge base Samsung ChromeBox"

How many different types of ChromeBoxes is Samsung selling?

Re: Chromebox

#126

Post by saraid216 »

vlad wrote: post #18

For only $70 more, Google also sells the Galaxy Nexus, which is a similar Samsung device but contains more storage, runs a lot more apps, can make or receive phone calls and data over a cell phone connection, and even includes a high definition display, and a (removable) battery, and NFC, and all in a smaller package. Since the Galaxy Nexus can use a keyboard and mouse over Bluetooth and run a 1080p display over HDMI…

> but contains more storage

Wait, doesn't that defeat the entire premise of the Chrome OS?

Also, what does this have to do with Android?

Re: Chromebox

#127

Post by hollerith »

robmcm wrote: post #15

It's the perfect PC for the majority of non savy users, who unfortunatly will probibly never hear about it...

I am struggling to imagine a situation where I would be tempted to recommend a Chromebox over an iPad to a non-savvy user. (The iPad 2 is currently available from Apple's online store for $399, and remember that the Chromebox's $329 price does not include keyboard, mouse or monitor.)

The only thing coming up for me is if the non-savvy user's vision is really horrible, such that he or she will always be using a big TV as a monitor, then the Chromebox wins because even with Airplay Mirroring, the user would have to look at the iPad to manipulate the elements of the iPad's user interface.

I think you are letting your enthusiasm for Google's commitment to innovation or your enthusiasm for ChromeOS's being based mainly on open-source codebases or your enthusiasm for the open web bias your thinking about what would be best for a non-savvy user!

Re: Chromebox

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Post by Tomis02 »

revorad wrote: post #99
i386 wrote: post #73

This is a terrible page and the product manager of this thing should be ashamed. The inmates are truly running the asylum. The technical specs are completely irrelevant to the interests of the majority of consumers. This page needs to show what this is capable of without the foreknowledge of what Chrome OS is or is capable of or what Googles other offerings are. Sell me a story! Tell me why my life is going to be bet…

Come on, it's clearly aimed at tech geeks. Nothing to be ashamed of.

As tech geek it's not clear to me what the "device"'s capabilities are. Is it running Linux? Can you install your own OS? Is it a PC? Is it a console? Is it a TV with with browsing capabilities? The page is very vague on that.

The only clear thing is that you plug mouse/keyboard/monitor in it, but that's it. I'm not sure what exactly that "device" is and does.

> The Chromebox is a fast, compact home or office device.

Oh, I see. It must be a printer.

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