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Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
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Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#92Serious question, given that this solution appears to be: 1) based around Google Hangouts, and 2) targeted at enterprise customers: Does using it require Google Plus?
Exactly my question. I could do away with some awful solutions, but I don't want to merely switch to different awful problems.
My company has been using Google Apps for a while, uses Hangouts for videoconferencing, and the worst problem I've had is getting (1) a reminder to add a profile picture and (2) a pointless "What's Hot" email.
So not really sure what awful problems you expect to pick up.
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#93I assure you that this is not a joke. The best 'self-contained' video conference machine I've used in the last year is: 1. $400 less up front than the Chromebox 2. Has an annual service fee $200 less than the Chromebox 3. Has a camera with awesome built in face detection (if one person is in the room it centers on their face, if three people are in it automatically expands to fit them all in, if you wander around the…
As usual, Google picks the Intel-solution over a cheaper solution for political reasons (just like with the original Chromebooks, original Google TV, etc), and ends up failing, because the price is not competitive in the market for that type of product that it is.
other solutions in this space (ex. Cisco) are much more expensive
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#94It's only mentioned briefly in the blog post, but one of the biggest wins with this system (and the aspect that I absolutely love when using it internally at Google) is the simplicity of screen sharing into a meeting. Anyone who wants to present can simply join the hangout from their laptop and then share their screen. Not only does it mean you don't have to fuss with cables/adapters (which can also break/wear out),…
The software and experience could easily be worth the price, but the promo page does a poor job explaining its features and differentiating it from a normal Chrome OS hangouts experience. Is this special software that's only available on this package? Are there dedicated servers for subscribers? A video showing the actual experience would be worth a lot here, but the site tells me almost nothing other than it's a video meeting solution. Also, can I even use the chromebox for things other than meetings without a painful hacking process? It seems that i7 would be going to waste whenever you aren't having a meeting.
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#95Serious question, given that this solution appears to be: 1) based around Google Hangouts, and 2) targeted at enterprise customers: Does using it require Google Plus?
It requires a Google account. There is no such thing as Google Plus account.
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#96> Need to meet with a customer who doesn’t use Chromebox for meetings? That’s easy too—all they need is a Gmail account. This would be amazing, except no partner or customer our company works with has a gmail account. I have used quite a few different solutions, and while none of them wow me, the one thing all of them did was work for everyone. For this to become a viable solution for this market it will need to incl…
I have gmail personal gmail account but I will absolutely not use it for business purposes. It's just unprofessional to ask everyone to log in into gmail.
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#97It's only mentioned briefly in the blog post, but one of the biggest wins with this system (and the aspect that I absolutely love when using it internally at Google) is the simplicity of screen sharing into a meeting. Anyone who wants to present can simply join the hangout from their laptop and then share their screen. Not only does it mean you don't have to fuss with cables/adapters (which can also break/wear out),…
Could you highlight what the differences are versus using Hangouts and collaborative editing on Drive, apart from the compatibility via gateways to conventional videoconferencing systems? Capacity? Management?
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#98While this sounds interesting, it seems like a major branding error. Why mix "Chrome" with a meeting-room appliance? Extending the Chrome brand to a browser-UI-based OS makes sense, since your interaction with the OS is basically using the browser. But this...
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#99I was wondering where is all the money was going. It's clearly the newly announced Asus Chromebox, which starts at $179[1]. I haven't seen the high end price, but according to the spec sheet[2], the only difference is the CPU. The price difference here is $820. I couldn't imagine the cost difference between a celeron and a mid-range i7 to be much more than $300. That same camera is $75 on amazon, and a similar lookin…
Hopefully the 250 a month includes a customer support phone line or at least a chat room. Might be almost worth getting one of these just for that. Google isn't known for it's customer support.
Re: Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
As usual, Google picks the Intel-solution over a cheaper solution for political reasons (just like with the original Chromebooks, original Google TV, etc), and ends up failing, because the price is not competitive in the market for that type of product that it is.
other solutions in this space (ex. Cisco) are much more expensive
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