Is the difference between this and the $250 Samsung chromebook basically just the case? Same resolution, same amount of RAM, same tiny SSD.
To answer my question, apparently the viewing angles are a lot more forgiving on the HP screen.
HP Chromebook 11
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#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand buying a Chromebook instead of a Macbook Air, but I see lots of people saying that they have both yet still prefer the Chromebook. What is it that makes a Chromebook so much better than a Macbook that has vastly superior construction, better battery life, and significantly more power? The Macbook air is small enough to take anywhere, and let me assure you, people will steal anything. Didn't Stallman'…
You can actually replace 1 Macbook Air with 4 Chromebooks But more generally, most of the things most people do on a laptop can be (or are) done in the browser. You can even do image and video editing in the browser nowadays, as well as programming.
> You can actually replace 1 Macbook Air with 4 Chromebooks
If the web browser is your only application...
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why would you hope for something like that? what do you gain if Windows/iOS/OSX go broke?
Google isn't a shining beacon of hope, but I do delight in seeing hurt put on closed ecosystems. The Apple app store is a flat-out threat to human freedom. I do not want to live in a world where the only software available is the software approved by Apple and the governments that have jurisdiction over it. edit: Note that I take no warmth in it being Google. Yes, they are closed. The good news is that HP just offere…
> This is good for free software and good for the web.
What free software? Locked down behind SaaS walls.
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#204No thanks.
I prefer my laptops, with my data, my native applications, on my hard disk, only accessing the Internet when I say so.
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This. As much as I like Google, I've griped before that the Chromebook is a tempting but raw deal for a power user. [1] You get a pretty locked down laptop that you have to boot into developer mode to do anything useful (which adds an additional 5-second boot time) [2] I'm a happy camper at setting up dual-boot systems with Windows laptops, but crouton sounds like a pain to me. [3] Limited disk space: I would think w…
The Pixel's got 64 GB available, and afaik, crouton's pretty easy to install: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-a... Note: not that I'm suggesting you get one, I'm just adding what I know. I've been tempted by the screen: the LTE version with a DigitalOcean SSD-based VM to do all the painful work (and completely disposable, my favorite part), combined with that screen for text editing, makes…
I find the 32GB Pixel more than adequate, but admittedly I am probably weird that way. The last time my primary computer happened to have 32GB was only 2007 and I've never really grown out of those usage patterns.
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#206Anybody has experience of developing android apps on those devices ?
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As a Pixel owner I can confirm that touch on a laptop form factor is somewhat useless. There are precious few times I want to reach out to touch something instead of using the mouse. The mouse really is a great tool. People need to stop trying to get rid of them.
I suspect this is a generational thing. Kids seem to reach for the screen to touch it all the time.
Oh don't get me wrong, people like to touch my screens. They just might not have any fingers left if they actually do. :)
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#208No thanks. I prefer my laptops, with my data, my native applications, on my hard disk, only accessing the Internet when I say so.
I agree. I love almost everything about this except that I don't control the servers on which the data is sent.
If I did, though, man, they couldn't take my money fast enough.
Re: HP Chromebook 11
#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can understand buying a Chromebook instead of a Macbook Air, but I see lots of people saying that they have both yet still prefer the Chromebook. What is it that makes a Chromebook so much better than a Macbook that has vastly superior construction, better battery life, and significantly more power? The Macbook air is small enough to take anywhere, and let me assure you, people will steal anything. Didn't Stallman'…
I personally couldn't bring myself to switch to a Chromebook. My personal time on the computer constitutes ~25% coding and ~75% in the browser. If I did not code, ever, then I would probably invest in a Chromebook. Since I do, I'd prefer to have a Macbook Air or a similar machine. My girlfriend, on the other hand, spends all of her time in the browser. All she does on the computer is write her papers, surfs the web a…
I have zero problems remotely coding. Nothing beats a good Vim environment.
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#210I really wish i could find a use for the chromebooks for my family, but i failed. This one seems similar to the samsung chromebook, which i tried for a while (also lending it to mother, sister, children) but we all found it basically useless for any everyday task. Surely one can blame the ecosystem; but still the conclusion does not change, and as a comparison, tablets and phones had a more successful approach at ada…
I'm kind of surprised. My dad is an over the road truck driver who isn't too tech savvy. The most I've ever been able to teach him to use on a computer is how to browse the web with Google Chrome. When he left to go back over the road, I got him a Samsung Chromebook with the built-in 3G and he loves it. He plays his online Texas hold'em (flash based), looks up unfamiliar destinations on Google Maps to see the satelli…
This is honestly pretty heartwarming. Good for you to empower your dad with tech!