02-22-2013, 06:25 AM | #1 | |
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Google Releases $1299 Chromebook
...and the LTE version is a steal at $1449
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02-22-2013, 06:30 AM | #2 |
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So why wouldn't one buy an Ultrabook instead? The display is only real difference and even there is nice FullHD options available.
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02-22-2013, 06:32 AM | #3 |
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02-22-2013, 06:35 AM | #4 |
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Google execs have their heads in the cloud. A reality check is in order and they'll get it mighty fast when this model crashes and burns in the starting gate.
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02-22-2013, 06:37 AM | #5 | |
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Hmm, I wonder if could run the OS in VirtualBox, and how well it works with bad internet. Even Win 8 has issue on train when you don't have a decent connection at times... |
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02-22-2013, 06:44 AM | #6 |
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I hope it doesn't mean that Google has run out of ideas.
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02-22-2013, 07:44 AM | #7 |
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I certainly wouldn't buy it. But prices always drop. When it hits $200, sure.
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02-22-2013, 08:26 AM | #8 |
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To paraphrase what I said in the V&R thread, between this and the Nexus Q, I have to wonder what the people at google have been smoking.
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02-22-2013, 08:33 AM | #9 |
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I forgot all about the Q ball. Now they're behind the eight ball once again.
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02-22-2013, 09:46 AM | #10 |
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02-22-2013, 09:48 AM | #11 |
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It looks like a nice device, just not at that price. I wonder how long it will take Google to figure out that it is horribly over-priced.
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02-22-2013, 10:02 AM | #12 |
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For the price of a Pixel, you can get 6 Acers or 5 Samsungs.
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02-22-2013, 10:06 AM | #13 |
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This may work like screen doors in submarines!
Google's execs having their heads in a cloud, and what happy chemicals they may have been using or they flew into Mexico city's inversion layer and it did something to their brains! ;D Last edited by DustyDisks; 02-22-2013 at 10:09 AM. |
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^Not overly portable, but a potential solution.
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02-22-2013, 10:15 AM | #15 |
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