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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I jumped on the Fire (arriving tomorrow). It'll be a great stay-at-home cloud tablet. I love the ecosystem. Still, my Nexus 7 (arriving today) will be my primary, go anywhere tablet.
Thanks for the link. I plan to replace my PC with a Chromebook. To me, a computer is the internet and the internet is a computer. In other words, the only time I use my computer, is when it's on the net. I don't see any point in using a computer without the internet.
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I have talked with a Google Chromebook guy and he said there were about 100 apps at least that you could make offline applicable and use them anywhere and then when you got back in range of the Wifi it would automatically hook up, sync, and if mail was queued send or receive it.
Also as I have said you have enough room with that 320GB HD to most anything as well as put ubuntu on the computer if you want and utilize it IF YOU WANT. (Dual Boot) I don't see me doing that.
The Google guy said he had heard of a touch screen Chromebook but wouldn't say much specific about it.
He did say that the idea Google had was to make the Chromebook's price competitive with the tablets so that the price would be low. I tried to get a price and he was evasive.
And finally from what I was able to wiggle out of him and what has been said by people talking to reps, if I guessed, it would be a Google (branded) Chromebook, ARM machine with 128GB SSD, and a Touch Screen between $300 to $350. It would be a step up from the Samsung $249 ARM cpu, 16GB machine.
What Acer would do to bring in something higher end than their C7, $199 I don't know. I do know they have said that a higher capacity battery would come if people would pay for it. I guess they mean more than $199.
The Google guy said that the 100MB a month you get for 2 years was mainly just for email.
I told him to put in his nightly report that 3 1/2 hours for the Acer was a NO-GO. They had to do better.
From what I have seen and heard, I would buy the Acer today if it had the same battery life as the Samsung, 6 1/2 hours or better. I don't need a touch screen.
Finally, I loved the machines. They reminded me somewhat of the Mac Air 11.6s.