HP Chromebook 11 • Hacker News Board

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#31

Post by grrowl » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:52 PM UTC

6 hours battery life? Where's the tradeoff happening? A restricted device should give me something in return for this restriction.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#32

Post by ff10 » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #25

harigov wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

The freedom to not choose between a multitude of operating systems?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#33

Post by S4M » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #25

harigov wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

Dude, I'd fear much more Google controlling the OS market than Apple or Microsoft, even though I am not found of them, far from it.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#34

Post by jfrm » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #10

These things are getting increasingly more tempting. I'm actually in the market for something to give my parents, but I actually think an 11" screen is too small for them. 13" might be more like it, but in all honesty they probably still need a 15" machine. But I'm getting increasingly close to picking up one of these just for the hell of it.

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebooks.ht...

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#35

Post by jpswade » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

Never mind this.

When will the UK get Chromecast?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#36

Post by untog » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #25

harigov wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

And Chrome OS represents freedom now?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#37

Post by ihsw » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

grrowl wrote: post #31

6 hours battery life? Where's the tradeoff happening? A restricted device should give me something in return for this restriction.

A modestly-sized IPS screen.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#38

Post by seiji » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #7

Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly." I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare. I hope the same thing is happening to iOS. edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.

iOS gives you direct hardware access to the device so you can do photo editing, video editing, music production, high resolution high frame rate gaming, and dozens of other device-local tasks. How does a series of glorified web browser Googlebooks compete with that?

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#39

Post by sz4kerto » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #25

harigov wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?

Freedom.

The fact that people have this perception makes me sad.

Re: HP Chromebook 11

#40

Post by Osmium » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #7

Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly." I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare. I hope the same thing is happening to iOS. edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.

If we have to have corporate oversight to get a decent OS, then I'd rather one I pay (e.g. Apple for iOS) than one I don't (e.g. Google for Android/Chrome OS). I want to be the customer, not the product being sold. Even if that's not what you want, choice is still a good thing: without choice, we have vendor lock-in and stagnation of ideas.

To pick an example, I think the mobile ecosystem would be a lot better right now were WebOS still a viable alternative. Instead HP left it to rot. How much progress did we lose there?