Can you boot linux on it?
Likely, but you have to flip it into "developer" mode first...
2015 Chromebook Pixel
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Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can install linux on it. I own the previous version of the Pixel and I run ubuntu on it and its close to perfect. Two things I would change are 1. Improve thermal cooling or move to a underpowered cpu. I have worked around it by rate limiting my CPU to not go over 800 MHz. With a few tweaks, it sips ~8.8W and gives me > 6 hrs of battery life. 2. Make the hinge a bit stiffer. My only other complaint is that it ref…
> You can install linux on it. I own the previous version of the Pixel and I run ubuntu on it and its close to perfect. Yeah, just like buying a Windows laptop to install Linux, meaning using the laptop for another purpose than it is being sold for.
Laptops are sold to be general purpose computing devices, not to "run Windows".
The reasoning you gave seems to be some sort of fully general counterargument to ever installing GNU/Linux, as there are hardly any devices that are "sold to run GNU/Linux".
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#93> 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.
It's a real computer, it's just that people haven't written a lot of software for it. What kind of software can't you write for Chrome OS?
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#94A 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'm not sure what you're getting at -- I can see both this link and the OP from Mexico.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#95I really wish this didn't look like a bad imitation of an Apple product. Surely it's possible to build a nice looking laptop that doesn't look so similar to a MacBook. If you're going to do something different, just be different. I think these things are actually kind of sweet, but I can't stand the way they look.
I own both a macbook pro and a pixel. In person they are nothing alike at all. The feel of the two devices is very different. And to be honest in my subjective opinion I like some of the details on the Pixel better. (The charger has a small led band that goes from red to green as you charge your device, theres also a colored led strip that fades in / out when you turn the machine on / off. Lastly I have never been happy with the various iterations of magsafe, I always end up fraying the cable, the pixel charger connector is pretty good).
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#96I really wish this didn't look like a bad imitation of an Apple product. Surely it's possible to build a nice looking laptop that doesn't look so similar to a MacBook. If you're going to do something different, just be different. I think these things are actually kind of sweet, but I can't stand the way they look.
It's just a seamless metal rectangle, and much more squared-off and flat than Apple products. It's also a different color, has different speaker placement, different screen aspect ratio, different hinge...
I hope we don't get into a situation where every metal slab notebook is considered an Apple knockoff. I prefer that basic design and want more choices than just metal and Apple or curvy, wedgey, plasticy PCs.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
It's not the product page, it's the store. The product page is at http://www.google.com/chromebook/pixel/
I meant the individual product pages in the Store. The "Visit the US site instead" link they provide works for the main page, but not the sub-pages for products. I don't know why I can't buy the devices and have them sent to a US address, anyway, for that matter.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#98"we don’t recommend trying to taste or smell your Pixel"
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#99$999 (32G) and $1299(64G) I am not sure I would buy this, the spec looks ok
$999 (2.2GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 32G SSD) and $1299 (2.g4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 64G SSD), 2560x1700 12.85" touch screen, Intel 5500 graphics, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB Type-C ports, SD card, audio jack, 720p webcam, Bluetooth 4.0. Really a very nice machine; seems a little overpowered for the cloud-oriented ChromeOS. Stingy SSD can be fixed with a generous high-speed SD card. Presuming it's dual-bootable, I'd be tempted though. I'd…
The Air is unaffected by the 'port war'.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can install linux on it. I own the previous version of the Pixel and I run ubuntu on it and its close to perfect. Two things I would change are 1. Improve thermal cooling or move to a underpowered cpu. I have worked around it by rate limiting my CPU to not go over 800 MHz. With a few tweaks, it sips ~8.8W and gives me > 6 hrs of battery life. 2. Make the hinge a bit stiffer. My only other complaint is that it ref…
> You can install linux on it. I own the previous version of the Pixel and I run ubuntu on it and its close to perfect. Yeah, just like buying a Windows laptop to install Linux, meaning using the laptop for another purpose than it is being sold for.
Out of curiosity what laptop do you use? What do you do on your laptop? How does the vendor that you bought the laptop from enable your intended use (out of the box)?