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The Chromebook Pixel

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Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by speeder »

I think it is purely amazing the specs for that price.

But I am really bothered by the fact that it is...

A Chromebook.

I hate "cloud" stuff, I like to have stuff where I know where they are, and who can see them.

Also I live in Brazil, where internet is patchy, at best. And it is sad it does not support Ethernet... I like Ethernet! It is faster and more stable!

But impressive, very impressive, well done Google.

If anyone here has a idea if there are a way to use Chromebook as non-Chromebook (specially, non-cloud), tell me :)

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

#32

Post by bvdbijl »

KevinEldon wrote: post #27
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #13

3 TB of Drive for free is incredible. Just 2 TB sets you back $99/month normally. EDIT: KevinEldon corrected me below, it is 1 TB for 3 years, my mistake. Normally that would be $49/month.

The offer is 1 TB free for 3 years.

That's pretty sneaky to call it 3TB....

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by spankalee »

pm90 wrote: post #20

What kind of apps can you run on this? Chrome OS wasn't a touch based OS as far as I recall... have they integrated touch into the OS now?

Yes, the OS itself is touch enabled. Buttons and such are better designed for tapping, tabs are draggable, the status bar at the bottom can be pulled up with a swipe, etc.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by druidsbane »

recoiledsnake wrote: post #16
andrewmunsell wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really, I'd take anything but Chrome OS... But with 32 GB of storage I doubt Windows would even fit.

An install of Windows 8 takes only 10.2GB. Add swap and hiberation files and maybe it will reach 15 to 20GB overall.

I think this is really trying to push the hardware to do something it isn't designed for. Why get this when you can get a Retina Macbook and install Windows on that for less. I believe they are available for around $1350 right now on sale. You'd get 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD and better performance/battery life. Plus you can then run Chrome on that :)

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by naner »

So this looks like it could be a very nice Linux laptop assuming all the drivers are open source (nothing bad stood out in a cursory glance of the specs, though I imagine the noise-canceling and touchscreen won't work on vanilla Linux). Only issue is how well your favorite Linux interface (Gnome, KDE, etc) will scale to such a high pixel density.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

#38

Post by pjscott »

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #13

3 TB of Drive for free is incredible. Just 2 TB sets you back $99/month normally. EDIT: KevinEldon corrected me below, it is 1 TB for 3 years, my mistake. Normally that would be $49/month.

There is a certain cost to Google to provide that big a storage limit "for free", but storage isn't that expensive these days, and most people won't use it all. I would guess that there's room in the Pixel's hefty price tag for that net present value of that cost.
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