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Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by lobster_johnson »

Alupis wrote: post #392
benihana wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At this point, I find this whole thing funny. Again. How many times has Apple done this in modern times? Remember the outrage when Apple removed floppy disk drives? Optical drives? Ethernet ports? Remember how mad everyone got when Apple replaced their old, thick connector on the iPhone 5? Nobody complains about how thin their phone is now that the old 30pin connector is no longer the limiting factor on size. Nobody…

> we'll all be so happy with the obvious (in hindsight) decision to switch to USB-C. I don't think the issue is the inclusion of USB-C -- in fact, USB-C offers a lot . I think the issue is only having one connector on the entire laptop. What happens if that port fails or beaks? Your laptop stops working...

What I hear people complaining about is that the product isn't complete out of the box: You immediately have to go out and buy a hub, or at least a charger that also acts like a hub, and/or an HDMI adapter. Some of these gadgets are, for now, a little expensive -- $40 for something that used to be built in is, for some people, an insult. (I don't mind myself; I take the long view about things like this.)

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by ElectricFeel »

Google, the company, is really selling the new Chromebook (i have one). They're like, "Ok nerds come & watch this video our marketing department made of this product our engineering team built." Great, Google. No one is paying attention!!! There was a new one last year & the year before & it sold then

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by dman »

amalag wrote: post #494
dman wrote: post #84

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Multitouch on the touchpad works out of the box on ubuntu including gestures. Touch on the screen works too, but I dont use it since I dont like smudging my screen. If there is interest.

Is the touchpad as nice as a Macbook? I have a work provided Macbook Pro but I dread having to buy one myself.

Yes it is as good.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by madeofpalk »

jeena wrote: post #446
mdaniel wrote: post #438

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Android port of the two apps I had mentioned previously, like Sublime and/or Eclipse I believe the Eclipse folks think that Orion ( http://www.eclipse.org/orion/ ) is the path out of that jam. I'm super stoked about that project, and think it may have real legs if they don't lose focus. That is their solution to your git need, also, unless one requires a dedicated git client to do rebases or other ninjary: https://gi…

What about the compile stack or webapplication stack like node or rails? I'm mostly just curious how this would work on such a OS.

Look it sounds like you need a 'regular' laptop. If you're hooked on the hardware, buy one and install linux on it.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by badloginagain »

mkozlows wrote: post #447
badloginagain wrote: post #413

Google develops a laptop that I have high interest in, but no use for. If they want to win the App Ecosystem war, they need to ensure that the developers have the tools to build in their ecosystem. Apple dominates because hackers love macbooks, and provide slick tools that only work in Apple's walled garden. This propagates down to the consumer level, as developers build products consumers love- with Apple taking in…

That's a fine perspective to have, if you are a corporation trying to own an ecosystem. Me, I don't like walled gardens, and ChromeOS's true platform isn't the Chrome App Store, it's the web. I'm good with that.

The Web: Brought To You By Chrome, at least. And Google is a corporation, who would very much want all your online interactions in their garden.

But you are right, I dislike Apple because its walls are so high. Google has the opportunity to embrace open-source (or at least well-adopted) technologies to shape an open garden- where your interactions benefit both Google, the web as an open platform, and end consumers who don't know any better.

I feel that Google can become caretakers of a "open garden" by aligning the technology available to independent developers and the app ecosystem used by end consumers. And I feel that Google can curate the technology of the web better by targeting the developers than the consumers.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by cjbprime »

chez17 wrote: post #166
revelation wrote: post #148

Jesus, designing a usable ultrabook must be very difficult. We have one contender from California, but their ideology has them offer just a single USB-C port. Now we get the competitor from Mountain View, who have rightly recognized the need for more than one fucking port when that's how you charge the damn thing, and what do they decide? Oh yeah, we'll top out storage at 64GiB.

It has an SD card reader. You can double the storage for super cheap.

I have bad news -- the SD card reader on both the new and old Chromebook Pixel is hooked up over USB2 (i.e. max 20MB/sec transfer rate). There is no internal expansion via msata/pcie. And the SSD is soldered down.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by chetanahuja »

benihana wrote: post #299
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…

At this point, I find this whole thing funny. Again. How many times has Apple done this in modern times? Remember the outrage when Apple removed floppy disk drives? Optical drives? Ethernet ports? Remember how mad everyone got when Apple replaced their old, thick connector on the iPhone 5? Nobody complains about how thin their phone is now that the old 30pin connector is no longer the limiting factor on size. Nobody…

"At this point, I find this whole thing funny. Again"

Yup. It's more than just funny. The number of people I know who are carrying around "our thinnest, lightest macbook yet" with a bagful of adaptors that weigh more than the laptop is HILARIOUS.

As for me, I'm carrying around a 2012 Macbook Pro (the last model with a non-glossy screen). Even though my work involves dealing with iOS projects etc., my next laptop will probably be running Linux and I'll learn to rely on my iMac for iOS specific work.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jfoster »

deedubaya wrote: post #243
dublinben wrote: post #227

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The screen is significantly better, and is touch-capable. You cannot get such a good screen from Apple, even on a $3000 MacbookPro.

I can't see how significantly better that screen is with all those fingerprints on it :o

The iPad screen is recognized as good, despite having touch.

Re: 2015 Chromebook Pixel

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Post by chetanahuja »

lobster_johnson wrote: post #501
Alupis wrote: post #392

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> we'll all be so happy with the obvious (in hindsight) decision to switch to USB-C. I don't think the issue is the inclusion of USB-C -- in fact, USB-C offers a lot . I think the issue is only having one connector on the entire laptop. What happens if that port fails or beaks? Your laptop stops working...

What I hear people complaining about is that the product isn't complete out of the box: You immediately have to go out and buy a hub, or at least a charger that also acts like a hub, and/or an HDMI adapter. Some of these gadgets are, for now, a little expensive -- $40 for something that used to be built in is, for some people, an insult. (I don't mind myself; I take the long view about things like this.)

("it's just an 80 dollar adapter from the apple store" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhjDX-DUew )
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