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Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by j-b »

mtgx wrote: post #178
javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.

Exactly. ChromeOS is not for such powerful machines, because the OS itself is not powerful. So ChromeOS with a $1000 machine is far from a perfect match (at least it isn't yet, maybe 5-10 years from now). But right now ChromeOS is and should be for light web machines. And I've said it many times before. There's absolutely no reason for Chromebooks to use x86 chips. I've said Google will almost surely mess up the pric…

Why pay $1,299 for a thin client OS even if it's running thick client hardware? I can run a browser and so much more in a macbook air or thinkpad in the same price range.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by CGamesPlay »

To help get context on this, I went back in time and looked at discussion about the initial iPad launch:

- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081505

- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1081140

The first poll is especially telling. Overwhelmingly, people said they wouldn't get this device (2/3 of the voters). The initial iPad was obviously very successful.

The complaints in the second thread are largely a mirror of the conversation in this thread, except for back then, nobody came up with counterarguments in favor of the iPad. Does that indicate that the market for this sort of thing is different these days?

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by Taylorious »

DigitalTurk wrote: post #71

The Verge has more pictures. http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/21/4013480/google-chromebook-... It looks an awful lot like a Macbook: Just witness the aluminum-like color and the black bevel around the screen. Where it looks different, it's uglier. The hinge looks particularly bad. And judging by the pictures it's an awful lot bulkier than a Macbook Air. Chrome OS strikes me as an underpowered OS. That is, there's a lot…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I agree that it looks too much like an Apple product, but I think the differences they made are nice and the machine over all looks better than the Macbook Pro.

I am disappointed though. One of the images they showed was in low light and it made it look like the whole surface of the keyboard area was charcoal sort of shade. I think that would look way more sleek and professional looking, and at the same time it would help to differentiate it from Apple products.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by cube13 »

Kerrick wrote: post #163
rayiner wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you pay $1,300 to log into a $5/month remote box with 20GB of storage and 512MB of RAM?

Plenty of people already do this with the $250 Chromebook, and even iPad. The $1,299 isn't for the 32GB SSD. It's for the 239ppi 2:3 multitouch Gorilla Glass display. It's for the 4GB of RAM. It's for the dual core Intel i5. It's for the impressively made aluminum chassis. It's for the 1TB of cloud storage. It's for everything a high-end cloud device should be.

But the OS is cloud based, so you don't need the processor power or the RAM. That's the entire point of ChromeOS.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by LilValleyBigEgo »

rayiner wrote: post #186
d23 wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I really don't get this product. Reminds me of what every techie said about the iPad too.

Or the Surface. Or BB10.

I own a Surface Pro and it's crap.

It's like someone chopped the screen off a laptop and put it where the keyboard goes.

If you're considering a Surface Pro just get an ultrabook instead.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by skc »

I'm confused. People said the Surface Pro was overpriced. This thing does much, much less than a Surface Pro but costs $300 more.

And it's being praised?

Wow.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by baddox »

javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.

By "specs like this," I'm assuming you just mean the high resolution display. I disagree that a hi-res display is only useful or "meaningful" for development, design, or gaming. It's great for web browsing, which is my main usage for the iPad, and I happily upgraded from iPad 2 to the 3rd generation iPad just for the retina display.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by baddox »

DanBC wrote: post #162
javajosh wrote: post #58

There are only three meaningful things you can do with a computer with specs like this: development, design, or gaming. And yet ChromeOS can't do any of these things. Perhaps this is a vanity product for the wealthy. But wealthy people are going to just surf the web on an iPad. I really don't get this product.

> I really don't get this product. Many people are not rational when they buy products. All you can do with a pair of jeans is wear them. Nice denim, nice rivets, nice pockets, and a nice zip (or buttons) - and then some quality control. And yet people can pay very much money for jeans. (Sort by price, high to low. ( http://www.mrporter.com/Shop/Clothing/Jeans?sortBy=price-des... ) You say that wealthy people are jus…

If buying a product makes the buyer happy, you can hardly call the purchase "irrational."

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by [deleted] »

Kerrick wrote: post #163
rayiner wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you pay $1,300 to log into a $5/month remote box with 20GB of storage and 512MB of RAM?

Plenty of people already do this with the $250 Chromebook, and even iPad. The $1,299 isn't for the 32GB SSD. It's for the 239ppi 2:3 multitouch Gorilla Glass display. It's for the 4GB of RAM. It's for the dual core Intel i5. It's for the impressively made aluminum chassis. It's for the 1TB of cloud storage. It's for everything a high-end cloud device should be.

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