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Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by chadillac »

pjmlp wrote: post #26
nandhp wrote: post #22

> What's in the box: Chromebook Pixel; Universal Type-C Charger, 60W; Quick Start Guide So the new MacBook isn't the only USB-powered notebook anymore. It does, however, appear to have two type C ports, along with two type A ports (USB 3.0), headphone, and SD card. The type C port also supports display out (up to 4K). It also has a "regular" processor (Intel® Core™ i5 Processor, 2.2GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 processor, 2…

At least the MacBook is a real computer, not a browser on steroids.

Plot twist, even CR48s can run Arch and other light variants of Linux, with an i7 and 16GB of RAM, I have no doubt these will be capable as well.

Now, about that price point...

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by ja27 »

pornel wrote: post #40
dferlemann wrote: post #19

I don't get it anymore... 8-16 GB RAM for what? I have not used Chromebook. Do you all use it for gaming? For serious computation? with only 32-64 GB SSD? For this price, it would be nice to be able to upgrade SSD though. Then I will also want to install a Linux distro or Windows on it.

> 8-16 GB RAM for what? For a ton of Chrome tabs. > only 32-64 GB SSD? You're expected to store all data on Google servers.

> For a ton of Chrome tabs.

Or one Facebook tab.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by dman »

chambo622 wrote: post #28

My main issues with my first gen Chromebook Pixel that I received at Google I/O in 2013: 1) Poor battery life (~4 hours) 2) Lots of heat 3) Instability of Linux environment (with Crouton) made it a poor dev machine. They seem to have fixed 1) and 2), I'm still nervous about making this a primary machine due to 3). I would have situations where the system would force shut down when closing the lid instead of sleeping/…

Have they released data about heat for the new machine?

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by moskie »

pjmlp wrote: post #26
nandhp wrote: post #22

> What's in the box: Chromebook Pixel; Universal Type-C Charger, 60W; Quick Start Guide So the new MacBook isn't the only USB-powered notebook anymore. It does, however, appear to have two type C ports, along with two type A ports (USB 3.0), headphone, and SD card. The type C port also supports display out (up to 4K). It also has a "regular" processor (Intel® Core™ i5 Processor, 2.2GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 processor, 2…

At least the MacBook is a real computer, not a browser on steroids.

Yet many people use their MacBooks as a browser on steroids. Those people are the target audience of the Chromebook.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by sp332 »

dferlemann wrote: post #19

I don't get it anymore... 8-16 GB RAM for what? I have not used Chromebook. Do you all use it for gaming? For serious computation? with only 32-64 GB SSD? For this price, it would be nice to be able to upgrade SSD though. Then I will also want to install a Linux distro or Windows on it.

The Chromebook hardly stores any files locally, that's why the SSD is so small. But if you have a lot of tabs open, especially with developer tools, it's not impossible to use up 8GB of RAM.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by kuboa »

benologist wrote: post #2

A source that circumvents Google's decision to prevent non-US people from even reading about the device: http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/11/8190513/chromebook-pixel-2...

I agree that it's really senseless that you can't even look at the product pages if you're outside US. Adding ?gl=US to the end of the URLs works, though.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by [deleted] »

nextos wrote: post #39
objclxt wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, if overheating was a major flaw I probably wouldn't consider the laptop well crafted. Thermal management seems part of the overall design to me. I don't dispute it's a nice looking machine though!

Indeed. But it was a very nice machine. Hopefully this one won't overheat. Any idea if it's fanless? There's no specific info about the CPU, but it doesn't seem to be according to the clock frequency.

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