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I found OSX with MacPorts to be quite enough most of the time. I can run editors and such on the Mac side and test the application from within a small VM.
Not homebrew?
both is possible
2015 Chromebook Pixel
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Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
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What happens if that port fails or beaks? Your laptop stops working... I'm not a fan of their single-port decision either, but in fairness: Every laptop stops working when the charging port breaks. No matter how many other ports it may have.
Not if you had 2 USB-C ports, and you could charge from either side. That would be pretty cool actually.
And even cooler if it could charge twice as fast when you plug both in.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#463Owner of a last-gen Pixel here. I don't see myself upgrading any time soon, but as far as refreshes go, this one seems to address most of my complaints, namely: - More RAM - Better battery life / charge time - USB-C ports Here's what I'm not sure if it will fix: - Overheating (original Pixel gets HOT on the top-left corner where I'm guessing the CPU resides) - OpenVPN support (ChromeOS does not support simply loading…
I know a beta tester of the new Pixel, and the battery life of 12 hours is absolutely for real. I've been pretty impressed from the bit of it I've seen.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
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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…
"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 charger is permanently connected to (or built into) the Apple monitor/display." Some of us are still waiting for our Displays with MagSafe2 and USB3... when was the last MagSafe1 laptop made? Yet Apple is still manufacturing the TB display as-is.
> waiting for our Displays with MagSafe2 and USB3
And Thunderbolt 2.
And a screen with the same great anti-glare coating as the current two-year-old non-retina iMac.
And industrial design that matches any of Apple's current products, rather than something visually unchanged in six years.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
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Or you live in Europe and 2 years of warranty on new electronics is the law, not the premium.
Either way you pay for it.
Not necessarily. Making extra units to replace broken ones (or spare parts to replace broken parts) is typically more expensive than simply making units or parts more durable so it makes the two year mark.
Also, insurance companies are not non-profits. They take a cut as well. The factory already makes a profit, but that's not going to increase simply because they have to lawfully offer two years of warranty. They'll have more costs but it probably wouldn't affect the profit margin as much as an insurance company would.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#466Earlier quoted context omitted.
What happens if that port fails or beaks? Your laptop stops working... I'm not a fan of their single-port decision either, but in fairness: Every laptop stops working when the charging port breaks. No matter how many other ports it may have.
> Every laptop stops working when the charging port breaks That is true, however if you are using the same port for a multitude of things (plugging/unplugging USB sticks, monitors, etc...) it's going to get a lot more use, and therefore increases the likelihood of something breaking. I've broken USB ports before on laptops, usually by crushing the floating center plastic thing (USB cable gets ripped out weirdly or so…
> That is true, however if you are using the same port for a multitude of things (plugging/unplugging USB sticks, monitors, etc...) it's going to get a lot more use, and therefore increases the likelihood of something breaking.
By design it allows at least 10000 cycles of insertion/removal. Using it 8 times a day every single day you'd need about 3.5 years to end them. It's probably ok for most workloads.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#467Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or you live in Europe and 2 years of warranty on new electronics is the law, not the premium.
Warranty and insurance are slightly different things. Warranty in Europe does not cover the cases where you brake something accidentally, for example.
It does in America? You buy something and if you break it "by accident", you get another one for free?
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
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But that's not true, is it? The old interfaces are generally still supported with adapters, like this. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD824ZM/A/lightning-to-30-... So at worst you can complain that existing equipment may require an adapter. That seems like a fair price for progress to me.
I mean if I buy an iPhone 6 my 3 chargers + 2 car chargers + Bose audio device are now junked. Thats all I mean.
They kept the 30-pin connector around far, far longer than most companies kept their proprietary power or data connectors. When they switched it was to something robust enough they wouldn't need to fiddle with it for a long time.
Standards change, but at least this one hasn't changed very often. I think "once" is an allowable amount of change.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
#469Earlier quoted context omitted.
Warranty and insurance are slightly different things. Warranty in Europe does not cover the cases where you brake something accidentally, for example.
It does in America? You buy something and if you break it "by accident", you get another one for free?
If you get that kind of insurance, then yes, you will. Most likely the 'insurance' company, like Squaretrade, will attempt a repair, though.
Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel
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Why do you say Google will "never fix" the "lack of apps"? What do you call adding support for running Android apps? Clearly they are working on addressing this, even if they're not there yet.
That's what you want to run on your laptop? Android apps?
Think of them as Chrome OS version of "Modern apps".