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frahse · 03-19-2013, 02:16 PM

We have to keep kicking the tires to use an old expression, even if they are now low profile, run flat or non pneumatic.

Things change. Decisions have to be rethought.

In today's mail I got an ad from Dell:

$299.99 for a fully loaded Dell 15" W8 laptop.

Compare that $299.99 machine with the $279.99 Acer C710 2055 Chromebook, or the Samsung Series 3 $249 Chromebook or to the $199.99 Acer C710 2847 Chromebook.

It certainly seems as if the Dell W8 machine has more value with all that hardware, but the problem is the costs that you keep paying for the life of the machine.
I just loaded Bit Defender on my personal Windows XP (which I love and they will have to pry from my typing fingers) laptop because the Norton 360 Total Security I got for home, worked wonderfully on my wife's W7 comptuter, but kept giving me problems on mine. It was more expedient to just buy a different product than to run the Norton Removal and reload tool 1 more time, or to use the Norton Power Erase or the malwarebyte or the Bitdefender eraser again and again.

Hopefully the Chromebook system will stop those kinds of agonizing experiences with always ready to go and working software.

Here is to the end of Corporate Gold Disking!

I can handle paying more money for an absolutely beautiful screen, for a wonderful tactile feedback keyboard, for a track pad that seems to respond to my thoughts. That is like deciding to turn in the Jimmy for a BMW roadster. But the thrill of the driving experience disappears fast when you spend a lot of time down in the dealers mechanics repair bay.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THE LOAD, RELOAD, LOAD, RELOAD, ERASE, RELOAD CRAP ANY MORE.

03-19-2013, 02:16 PM	#11
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	We have to keep kicking the tires to use an old expression, even if they are now low profile, run flat or non pneumatic. Things change. Decisions have to be rethought. In today's mail I got an ad from Dell: $299.99 for a fully loaded Dell 15" W8 laptop. Compare that $299.99 machine with the $279.99 Acer C710 2055 Chromebook, or the Samsung Series 3 $249 Chromebook or to the $199.99 Acer C710 2847 Chromebook. It certainly seems as if the Dell W8 machine has more value with all that hardware, but the problem is the costs that you keep paying for the life of the machine. I just loaded Bit Defender on my personal Windows XP (which I love and they will have to pry from my typing fingers) laptop because the Norton 360 Total Security I got for home, worked wonderfully on my wife's W7 comptuter, but kept giving me problems on mine. It was more expedient to just buy a different product than to run the Norton Removal and reload tool 1 more time, or to use the Norton Power Erase or the malwarebyte or the Bitdefender eraser again and again. Hopefully the Chromebook system will stop those kinds of agonizing experiences with always ready to go and working software. Here is to the end of Corporate Gold Disking! I can handle paying more money for an absolutely beautiful screen, for a wonderful tactile feedback keyboard, for a track pad that seems to respond to my thoughts. That is like deciding to turn in the Jimmy for a BMW roadster. But the thrill of the driving experience disappears fast when you spend a lot of time down in the dealers mechanics repair bay. I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THE LOAD, RELOAD, LOAD, RELOAD, ERASE, RELOAD CRAP ANY MORE. Last edited by frahse; 03-19-2013 at 11:38 PM.