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Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by vetinari »

deedubaya wrote: post #238
cdelsolar wrote: post #198

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because $1299 is a fortune

I agree, it isn't a fortune, but it isn't cheap either. The people who complain about the price can't/don't want to spend the money to buy a high end device, but they want a high end device. The people who wine about the costs of going high end (MacBook , Watch, whatever) aren't part of Apple's target demographic. Apple wants to (and always has) sell well made devices to people who don't want cheap, and aren't afraid…

Not really.

I'm typing this on Thinkpad T430s with i7, two SSDs (one of them in ultrabay), 3G modem... when it was bought, it was as expensive, as Macbook Pro can be. Yet, I consider the Thinkpad worth the asking price and Macbook Pro not.

It is entirely about what you value in the product you buy. You may be totally utilitarian, or you may want fashion item. In the end, it is just stuff anyways ;)

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by darcyparker »

nine_k wrote: post #64
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.

32-64 GB of SSD is plenty enough for a serious work environment (unless you're not into photo-video editing), and you probably run heavy computations that require high sustained CPU load on a server / cloud anyway.

True - it is enough for most people. And those who need more can upgrade. Many chromebook users upgrade the NGFF drive.... its a big seller on Amazon.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jrockway »

chatmasta wrote: post #312
jrockway wrote: post #123

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The bootloader has never been locked on any ChromeOS device.

I have a Samsung chromebook 2 and as far as I know I cannot install linux on it. I believe this is due to the chip architecture however, and my understanding is eventually it should be possible. Am I incorrect in any of this?

Is that an ARM one? You can certainly build Chromium OS (which is Linux), including packages that you want, and install that. It is a somewhat involved the first time, but possible. You probably want something more self-hosting though (like, apt-get dist-upgrade works), and that sounds like it would be a lot of work. There's also Crouton which might get you what you want.

But yeah, ARM booting is consistently crazy and I don't understand how it works at all.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by keeperofdakeys »

copsarebastards wrote: post #328
ChuckMcM wrote: post #173

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What most people have missed is that USB allows charging and data over the same port. So you can easily get a power adapter that has a charging tip which has on the same cord another USB-C port (socket) which you can plug into your display chain, or port replicator or what not. In Apple's case I fully expect they will make it so that when you plug your Apple display into your laptop it also charges it since the charg…

> What most people have missed is that USB allows charging and data over the same port. So you can easily get a power adapter that has a charging tip which has on the same cord another USB-C port (socket) which you can plug into your display chain, or port replicator or what not. What you seem to have missed is that this is nobody cares . Nobody is going, "I really wish I could charge my laptop through the same port…

"I wish I could charge my MacBook and Chrome Pixel using the same cable", that's one big advantage.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by Sodman »

dman wrote: post #162
stusmall wrote: post #137

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Is it still done through that chroot wonkery?

I am old school in the sense that I like to run my os as a native install directly on the machine without any chroot / vm / hypervisor trickery. This guide walks you through how to do a native linux install and blow chromeos away on the pixel. http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/chromebook_pixel_linux.txt

I'd just like to chime in and say that this guide is pretty much all you need to get up and running with Debian on the original pixel. It worked great and was my primary side-project development laptop for over a year in this setup.

I recently restored ChromeOS in anticipation of selling it for the pixel 2 upgrade, and I gotta say - ChromeOS and crouton have both come a long way. Ubuntu via crouton handles everything without any tweaking, which was a major problem I had with Wi-Fi on Debian. You can still take advantage of the To take advantage of everything, if you could get ChromeOS to boot in developer mode (ctrl+d at bios screen) and Debian to boot on legacy boot (ctrl+l at bios screen), then you really get the best of all worlds!

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by ceronman »

DanTheManPR wrote: post #348
spot wrote: post #325

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xps13 does not have a retina screen. i don't think i could buy a non HiDPI device anymore.

It has the option of a 3200x1800 screen.

Apparently the HD display comes with a huge price in battery life: http://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-13-2015-review/

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by SeanLuke »

> *Yes, we know there are five senses, but we don’t recommend trying to taste or smell your Pixel.

C'mon Google. Surely you know that there are more than five senses. At the very least, can't balance and proprioception get any love? Not to mention the entire gastrointestinal tract.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by [deleted] »

aikah wrote: post #263
cdelsolar wrote: post #198

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because $1299 is a fortune

> because $1299 is a fortune Yes, for some people it is a serious investment. You might win 500k or more a year, good for you, you are successful. But for people who have kids who will have to go to University ,even at 100k a year , $1300 isn't a small amount of money. If you think people buy laptops like they buy candies well you're a privileged man, and again I wish you the best,but that's not the reality for most…

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