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Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jfb »

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #65
rayiner wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the things Apple avoids is $1,300 products that are conceptual beta-tests. It's blatantly obvious that "life in the cloud" isn't feasible for most people yet, not when 10 GB of Verizon LTE costs $90 here in the US, then $10/GB. But with that tiny 32GB of flash, that's clearly what the Chromebook is designed for. It's bold, but it's not going to sell. The reviews are going to rip this to shreds ("nice screen, b…

People get by with 16GB iPads just fine, think you're wrong here.

So who's going to spend 3x the price to buy a Chromebook? This thing is just flat out weird.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by pringles »

mrb wrote: post #93
jjcm wrote: post #45

I know this is going to seem like a nitpick, but laptops without magnetic power connectors these days just feel cheap. It's such a simple addition that greatly improves the product. I don't see why larger companies aren't all converting over to them. I know apple has a patent on them, but there's tons of prior art for heaven's sake. I think the only non-apple product out there I've seen with them on it is the microso…

I am pretty sure Apple patented magnetic power connectors, and that this is the reason no one else uses them.

Better not tell the Pebble watch people then, they might get sued.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by nwh »

yuxt wrote: post #77
recoiledsnake wrote: post #51

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>I think it is purely amazing the specs for that price. The display specs are amazing, but storage is a paltry 32GB so I guess it's compensated there.

They also provide "One terabyte of Google Drive cloud storage, free for 3 years"

It would cost me $20,000 to transfer that amount of data over 3G, and almost ten times that on another common carrier. The amount of "cloud" storage is irrelevant in most countries.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #75
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #61

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It's not really limiting though. Between NaCl and WebGL you can do everything from 3D gaming, to Remote Desktop clients (an RDP client already is in the Web Store). It's true that a lot of the software still needs to be created, but what is going to spur that to happen if not hardware that is tuned for it?

You can't build for NaCl from CrOS, and as it stands you don't have the toolchain (editors, debuggers, shells, etc) one's used to on other platforms. I understand a $400 phone not being able to run it's own toolchain, a $1300 computer less so.

It's much easier to develop on a Chromebook than you probably think. There are many editor choices, there is Web Inspector for debugging, there is an SSH client (in NaCl), there is developer mode, there is Crouton which gives you a Ubuntu chroot without losing the rest of ChromeOS[1]. I don't do NaCl, so I can't speak to how much pain that is, but for web development I find Cloud9, Web Inspector, Secure Shell to be more than adequate.

[1]https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jkn »

rayiner wrote: post #99
nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #66

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Considering that this is actually competing against the Retina MacBook Pro, it's actually $200 cheaper...

For a much slower CPU and 1/4 the disk, and an OS that has no apps.

I would consider in this calculation that the chromebook comes with 1 terabyte free storage on the cloud for 3 years.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jfb »

recoiledsnake wrote: post #4

Does it run Android apps? What use is the touchscreen apart from scrolling or tapping on links in the browser? The Verge calls it a hair thicker than the Air, am I the only one that feels that it's a lot thicker? Comparison photo: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/7732773/theverge...

It is significantly larger than the 13" MBA, and only barely smaller than the 13" rMBP.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by bane »

wrong direction..$250 should be the target for mass uptake. This is $1050 in the wrong direction...it's almost like they don't want mass uptake of this concept quite yet

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

rayiner wrote: post #78
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People get by with 16GB iPads just fine, think you're wrong here.

People who "live in the cloud" with a 16GB iPad have very un-demanding needs. They're people like my mom, who take some photos and send some e-mails. They're not going to buy a $1,300 machine to do those things when a $500 iPad does them just fine.

That's the problem with speaking for the general population, you say "most people need more", someone else says "most people only need X" and the conversation goes no where.
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