The Chromebook Pixel • Hacker News Board

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by rjv » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:26 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #150

javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.

I agree it doesn't make sense. Unless Google announces something in the near future that would make it more than just a web-browsing device...

If that's the case then they should have waited to reveal the Pixel. I'm of the mind that you should buy a device for what it is, not for what it may be in the future.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by Lockyy » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:26 PM UTC

mcantelon wrote: post #184

Lockyy wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because my laptop doesn't already get enough fingerprints all over the screen.

The fingerprint issue certainly hasn't stopped people from using tablets.

I wasn't being entirely serious, but fingerprints everywhere did bother me on my iPad. They bother me even more so on my laptop, despite there being significantly less, and it'd be worse with a touchscreen.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by mcfazeli » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

What I find rather shocking is that 10% of all UK laptops are Chromebooks. When and how did that happen? This is all while Apple is still dominating the Windows exodus!

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:28 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #178

javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.

Exactly. ChromeOS is not for such powerful machines, because the OS itself is not powerful. So ChromeOS with a $1000 machine is far from a perfect match (at least it isn't yet, maybe 5-10 years from now). But right now ChromeOS is and should be for light web machines. And I've said it many times before. There's absolutely no reason for Chromebooks to use x86 chips. I've said Google will almost surely mess up the pric…

The Chromebook with the best battery life is the Atom-based Samsung Series 5.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by Terretta » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:31 PM UTC

Google Drive 1TB for 3 years = $1,800

Chromebook Pixel 1TB for 3 years = $1,300 + free laptop

Or put another way, commit to Google Drive for 3 years of 1TB, get 30% off and a free Chromebook Pixel.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by wmf » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:31 PM UTC

bitcartel wrote: post #108

Where are the real specs? Google have gone and copied what Apple do, and just dumped marketing blurb everywhere. "Intel® Core™ i5 Processor (Dual Core 1.8GHz)" - What's the model number? There are numerous Core i5 processors and their performance varies, which one am I getting? http://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html 32 GB SSD - What kind of read/write speed? Standard SATA or mSATA interface? 4 GB DDR3 RAM - Is the R…

Chromebooks are definitely appliances.

I only found two current Dual Core 1.8GHz i5s: http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&FamilyText=3rd...

The SSD specs don't matter because you can't run anything that would stress it and officially it's not replaceable.

Likewise, RAM is officially not upgradeable/replaceable.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:31 PM UTC

criley wrote: post #167

Kerrick wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome has a wonderful SSH client [0], and with a $5/mo Digital Ocean [1] (or other [2]) VPS for all your UNIX work, it's a perfectly capable dev machine. [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec... [1]: https://www.digitalocean.com/ [2]: http://www.lowendbox.com/

These are really cool tools that I didn't realize existed! I think I may take advantage of one of them! However as the other reply said, it seems silly to buy a big powerful incredible machine just to do all of your actual work on a virtual server. Why not just buy a cheap machine and an expensive server instead of vice versa? I want good performance and it feels wrong to buy a beefy, sexy machine and gimp it with a…

If you're doing CPU/GPU intensive web development this would come in handy. WebGL is pretty much a no-go on the ARM based Chromebooks but would perform fine here.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by bnegreve » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:33 PM UTC

vladev wrote: post #189

Raphael_Amiard wrote: post #126

Am i the only one seeing this as a high-end computer with : - Linux drivers working out of the box - Amazing screens - Very easy to transform into a full fledged Linux development machine I hope it can fit the bill, certainly looks promising from that perspective ! Anybody has a link to full specs ?

I wonder how Linux desktops will handle the screen - I imagine lots of tiny, unreadable text.

I a pretty sure the font size isn't hard coded in the kernel ;)

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:34 PM UTC

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Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by dman » Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 8:36 PM UTC

javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.