can't one just install a different OS? or is the chromebook pixel using some weird hardware?
Chromebook used to be locked down iirc. Anyway it isn't anymore, so yes you can install *nix or whatever on it.
Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going
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#12>Sony, Asus, and Lenovo all have notebooks at similar prices, but none have a high density display and none have only solid state storage. Huh what? A lot of ultrabooks have only SSDs, has the author been in coma for the last year? Sony has a Vaio Duo 11" with a 1080p display. Lenovo and Asus also have or are about to have high density displays. All in all, an empty uninsightful fluff piece. Also, please get some con…
Sony does not have any notebook with the high density display of Apple's, or the one Google is trying. 1080p is not a synonym of a high density (PPI) display.
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#13tl;dr: this article wastes your time
Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going
#14>Sony, Asus, and Lenovo all have notebooks at similar prices, but none have a high density display and none have only solid state storage. Huh what? A lot of ultrabooks have only SSDs, has the author been in coma for the last year? Sony has a Vaio Duo 11" with a 1080p display. Lenovo and Asus also have or are about to have high density displays. All in all, an empty uninsightful fluff piece. Also, please get some con…
Sony does not have any notebook with the high density display of Apple's, or the one Google is trying. 1080p is not a synonym of a high density (PPI) display.
>1080p is not a synonym of a high density (PPI) display.
Not on a 24" screen, but 11" at 1080p is pretty much there.
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#15>Sony, Asus, and Lenovo all have notebooks at similar prices, but none have a high density display and none have only solid state storage. Huh what? A lot of ultrabooks have only SSDs, has the author been in coma for the last year? Sony has a Vaio Duo 11" with a 1080p display. Lenovo and Asus also have or are about to have high density displays. All in all, an empty uninsightful fluff piece. Also, please get some con…
I just purchased an Asus UX51VZ with 2x128gb SSDs and a 15" 1080p display that weighs less than a Macbook Pro Retina, for $400 less than the Macbook would've cost. The Retina has a couple of big wins over the UX51VZ (battery life and higher resolution display) but I wouldn't put them in different classes, or claim that Asus isn't even trying.
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#16Sony, Asus, and Lenovo are a particular type of company. They make the computers that they think consumers will buy in the next 12 months. If that's low end netbooks, mid range ultrabooks, desktop replacements, whatever.
That's not a high margin business model. But it is a valid one. It's also the model which supplies computers to most of the population. Its the model which has brought down the price of computers year after year.
It does't inspire cliche images of technological innovators 'building-the-future' by "skating to where the puck will be" but they are an important part of the landscape. To me the tech map looks great right now. Better than ever. We have real competition among OS makers. We have serious innovation in devices. We have competition between chip makers. Competition between commodity component manufacturers is pushing prices down.
Sony, Asus, and Lenovo are doing their part. Repackaging the innovations of last year for the mass market at half the price. They're an important part of the mix.
It's great that Google are trying this new stuff with ChromeOS. It's great that Apple is out there creating new products and setting the standard in industrial design. But we don't need all companies to be Apple.
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#17Other laptops can't use high definition displays because Windows would not look and feel nice on them.
MS behaved as if they can ignore the display progress forever, and now it's finally bites them and their minions in the rear, which is lovely.
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#18It seems like the author sees where Apple is skating, and assumes the puck must be going there also.
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#19Some context for non-hockey fans: "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky
Let's continue this digression. Fun fact I learned recently about guided missiles (I have diverse interests), modern ones don't adjust to aim directly at the target, they adjust to keep the target at the same relative angle (the same position on the imager). This has the effect of leading the target and flying an intercept course instead of a following course, which is more efficient and effective.
This video of the Sprint ABM missile (0 to Mach 10 in 5 seconds!) shows it intercepting a ICBM RV in a test - given the speed of the RV it does look like the missile is aiming where the RV is going to be rather than where it is - and this is from the 1970s:
Re: Only Apple and Google are skating to where the puck is going
#20It seems like the author sees where Apple is skating, and assumes the puck must be going there also.
I totally don't see why it is important to have absurdly high resolutions, when sometimes what matters is something else.
For example, I want a machine that is reliable (both in software and hardware), fast enough for my purposes and with good usability.
The only point where the Pixel scores in that is their 3:2 screen, that make much more sense than those crazy widescreens.