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fjtorres · 11-14-2012, 07:28 AM

The Chromebooks remind my of Larry Ellison's "Network Computer" fiasco of the 90's.
They suffer from the same issues: the price of the NC was comparable to a fully functional, offline-capable computer and often undercut. It was cheaper to buy fullPCs and use them as both terminals and PCs than to buy the less capable NCs. Once MS got serious about remote PC management the whole idea collapsed.

At US$249 those Samsung Chromebooks match the price of quite a few Netbooks at the local WalMarts. Put the Chrome browser on a netbook and you have a Chromebook *and* a Windows or Linux computer on the side.
The world neets to get a whole lot "Cloudier" before pure internet terminals start to make sense for the majority of online denizens.

11-14-2012, 07:28 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The Chromebooks remind my of Larry Ellison's "Network Computer" fiasco of the 90's. They suffer from the same issues: the price of the NC was comparable to a fully functional, offline-capable computer and often undercut. It was cheaper to buy fullPCs and use them as both terminals and PCs than to buy the less capable NCs. Once MS got serious about remote PC management the whole idea collapsed. At US$249 those Samsung Chromebooks match the price of quite a few Netbooks at the local WalMarts. Put the Chrome browser on a netbook and you have a Chromebook and a Windows or Linux computer on the side. The world neets to get a whole lot "Cloudier" before pure internet terminals start to make sense for the majority of online denizens.