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Originally Posted by Dopedangel
Wait I thought the the point of web and html app was that the hardware architecture is no longer relevant. And they could be run on anything that can run a browser
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Indeed it is. However, some web app designers add code targeted at the specific features of Intel hardware.
So, perhaps a better way to look at the current state of the Chromebook ecosystem is that they can run all strictly HTML5 web apps (which is the intended purpose), and they also support Flash, but that the Intel-based devices can also run an additional selection of apps.
The problem currently is that the Chrome Store doesn't indicate compatibility, so you have to install the app on the ARM Samsung to find out. This isn't as big a deal as it sounds, as installation is trivial on a chromebook; very little code is downloaded, if any. You click 'Install' in the Store and the installation only takes a few seconds. Removal is just as simple.
Having said this, I've mainly run into the issue with certain higher-end games. All the productivity apps I've needed have run fine on the Samsung, except for one: Gantt, a Microsoft Project clone, runs so slowly as to be unusable. But it isn't much faster on my i7 desktop...
Graham