Wow, it uses a micro USB charger.
Right?!?!
HP Chromebook 11
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#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
Skype has a competitor called Google Hangouts that works just fine in the browser. Word has a competitor called Google Docs that works just fine in the browser. Desktop-only apps need to adapt or get left behind.
There are a great number of non-trivial use cases for which Google Docs is inferior compared to Word.
A number? What are these exactly? I keep hearing people say this, but I can't think of any reasons where I would really need MS Office.
I haven't used Word since Word 97, and I have never come across a use case that Open/LibreOffice, Google docs or Latex couldn't solve for me. I would imagine that the same would apply for most people.
On the other hand, I remember collaborating on many reports using Google docs because that was the only application featuring decent real time multi user editing.
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
Skype has a competitor called Google Hangouts that works just fine in the browser. Word has a competitor called Google Docs that works just fine in the browser. Desktop-only apps need to adapt or get left behind.
There are a great number of non-trivial use cases for which Google Docs is inferior compared to Word.
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#214Initial impressions (probably all negative): What's the deal with "Just because it looks cool?" A 640x480 webcam in 2013 seems kinda sad (people have become obsessed with video chats these days, quality matters). Using stylized curse words in the copy? Childish. The font on the page is way too small—people have big screens and bad eyes (plus, lots of words/details/reading trying to figure out what/why this things exi…
> What's the advantage of this thing over a tablet with an external keyboard?
Am I the only one who sits on a couch anymore? There's no way I'm juggling a tablet, something to prop it upright with, and a bluetooth keyboard in my lap all at once.
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
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. :)
Cute kids are supremely adept at taming finger biting demons.
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#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
Skype has a competitor called Google Hangouts that works just fine in the browser. Word has a competitor called Google Docs that works just fine in the browser. Desktop-only apps need to adapt or get left behind.
There are a great number of non-trivial use cases for which Google Docs is inferior compared to Word.
yes, people who need their collection of macros or advanced mail merge are going to have trouble adapting to google docs.
but the original argument in this thread was that chromebooks couldn't do things that "your mother" needed to do. Google docs can't replace all the power-user features of MS Office. but that doesn't make a chromebook unsuitable for everybody.
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are a great number of non-trivial use cases for which Google Docs is inferior compared to Word.
A number? What are these exactly? I keep hearing people say this, but I can't think of any reasons where I would really need MS Office. I haven't used Word since Word 97, and I have never come across a use case that Open/LibreOffice, Google docs or Latex couldn't solve for me. I would imagine that the same would apply for most people. On the other hand, I remember collaborating on many reports using Google docs becau…
Technical document preparation. When you're dealing with stuff like tables, graphs, footnotes, appendices... Word makes it easier. I know there's probably a way to reproduce everything in Google Docs, but it's not as easy/automatic.
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#218Hemingway 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…
Don't talk shit on Android. It is FOSS, therefore it respects your 4 freedoms, unlike iOS, which you cited.
Agreed on Chrome OS. I'll stay with my cheap old Linux Thinkpad. My remote services run on my server at home anyway and they're pretty close to what Google offers, minus the sleek look (who cares, I'm functional).
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#219These 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.
The HP Chromebook 14 should be available soon for $299. despite the bigger screen it's still only a 1366x768 resolution which makes it useless for me, but i'm thinking of picking one up for my parents.
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#220If you are from UK then you can buy this from pcworld, the first 30 pre-orders are also sent a 4G PAYG Mobile Wi-Fi, which sells for ~£90 on it's own.
Or Use code LAPT20 to make it £209.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/chrom...
Please make this comment come on top so that people will save some money. Thanks