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The Chromebook Pixel

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Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by recoiledsnake »

speeder wrote: post #31

I think it is purely amazing the specs for that price. But I am really bothered by the fact that it is... A Chromebook. I hate "cloud" stuff, I like to have stuff where I know where they are, and who can see them. Also I live in Brazil, where internet is patchy, at best. And it is sad it does not support Ethernet... I like Ethernet! It is faster and more stable! But impressive, very impressive, well done Google. If a…

>I think it is purely amazing the specs for that price.

The display specs are amazing, but storage is a paltry 32GB so I guess it's compensated there.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by kbar13 »

btipling wrote: post #10

This is basically a $1,300 web browser. I don't get it, beautiful touch display or not.

chrome environment has developed enough that the "web browser" is no longer just a web browser. Consider it like emacs as it was way back when GUI's weren't around.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by jbail »

robertst wrote: post #42
jbail wrote: post #14

So, it is real! It looks awesome, but at $1,299, I don't think it's priced well. That's $100 more than a 13" MacBook. I just don't see that much value in a Chromebook at this point in time.

I honestly think the high price tag is the point. Google is trying to establish itself as a major brand that isn't just offering alternatives to Apple hardware for a lower price. Think of the plans to build retail stores, and how the Android brand is given less prominence these days: they are working hard to build a consumer "Google" brand that's as strong as Apple. So far most of the devices they sold were priced to…

I love bold moves and this is certainly one of them. I just don't think it's going to sell well. Yet.

I don't think the average consumer will understand what it does and why it's priced the way it is. I understand what it does and does not do, I work in front end web engineering, and ultimately would really like to see Chrome OS take off (selfishly because my skillset would be very well suited for writing software for it). This is all a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned. I just wouldn't plunk down $1300 for one.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by hadem »

robertst wrote: post #42
jbail wrote: post #14

So, it is real! It looks awesome, but at $1,299, I don't think it's priced well. That's $100 more than a 13" MacBook. I just don't see that much value in a Chromebook at this point in time.

I honestly think the high price tag is the point. Google is trying to establish itself as a major brand that isn't just offering alternatives to Apple hardware for a lower price. Think of the plans to build retail stores, and how the Android brand is given less prominence these days: they are working hard to build a consumer "Google" brand that's as strong as Apple. So far most of the devices they sold were priced to…

But isn't it essentially just running web applications? I know I could download applications from the Chrome app store but I couldn't install any other applications, correct?

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by revelation »

With 4GB of RAM, USB 2.0 (how do you even get that? what kind of oooold chipset are they using?) and only 32GB of storage, this thing is ridiculously overpriced and pretty much dead on arrival.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by rdtsc »

jbail wrote: post #14

So, it is real! It looks awesome, but at $1,299, I don't think it's priced well. That's $100 more than a 13" MacBook. I just don't see that much value in a Chromebook at this point in time.

> That's $100 more than a 13" MacBook.

Some will see that as "So Chromebook is better than a MacBook then? They wouldn't have priced it that high if it wasn't. I want one".

Kind of how some expensive wine is sold. Sell it for $15 / bottle and it gets lost on the shelves among others. Put it in a special glass case and sell it for $120 / bottle and surprise people will buy, taste it and think it is really the best one they've ever head.

Not only this, now a cheaper Chromebook will seem like a really good deal.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel

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Post by javajosh »

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.

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