Wi-Fi-Only Motorola Xoom To Hit Stores March 27 • Hacker News Board

Re: Wi-Fi-Only Motorola Xoom To Hit Stores March 27

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Post by jrockway » Wed, Mar 16, 2011, 11:00 PM UTC

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #19

jrockway wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

x86_64 Linux?

My 64 bit install of Chrome is working perfectly fine, although I have no idea if the flash plugin it uses is 64 bit or not.

What's the point of using Linux if you're going to use Chrome instead of Chromium?

Re: Wi-Fi-Only Motorola Xoom To Hit Stores March 27

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Post by nuclear_eclipse » Wed, Mar 16, 2011, 11:28 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #21

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My 64 bit install of Chrome is working perfectly fine, although I have no idea if the flash plugin it uses is 64 bit or not.

What's the point of using Linux if you're going to use Chrome instead of Chromium?

for one thing, I disagree with my distro's update schedule for chromium, and Google has a package repository for chrome that allows me to stay on the dev channel while still using the package manager to handle updates. not to mention that I get flash, PDF, and other proprietary features that you don't get with chromium. oh, and flashplugin-installer doesn't work properly behind a proxy without docking around with system files I don't have permissions to change.

Re: Wi-Fi-Only Motorola Xoom To Hit Stores March 27

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Post by xcvd » Thu, Mar 17, 2011, 12:34 AM UTC

cryptoz wrote: post #12

codedivine wrote: post #10

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It is no longer the most powerful tablet. A5 chip in the iPad 2 offers similar CPU performance and much better graphics performance than Tegra 2 according to Anandtech's tests.

There's a lot more to "power" than just clock speed and graphics. For example, nobody has to ask permission to write and run apps on the Xoom whereas iPad can only (under normal circumstances) run apps that have the approval of a small team of people in California. Being able to run whatever computer programs you want - on your computer - definitely factors into what it means to be powerful. Also, it has more sensors…

What would you prefer? Thousands of apps approved by "a small team in California", which are generally spyware free.

OR a handful of apps specifically designed for your platform.