"Why Chromebook Pundits Are Out of Touch"

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Can someone please explain to me the benefit of that kind of high resolution on a Chromebook? I can only see a benefit if you're doing graphic work and tools for that aren't available as far as I know.

Watching videos

[Graham]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Can someone please explain to me the benefit of that kind of high resolution on a Chromebook? I can only see a benefit if you're doing graphic work and tools for that aren't available as far as I know.

I edit images on my Chromebook all the time.

I also work with large spreadsheets where a higher resolution would be a benefit as it would make smaller cells more readable.

Graham

[Fluribus]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Can someone please explain to me the benefit of that kind of high resolution on a Chromebook? I can only see a benefit if you're doing graphic work and tools for that aren't available as far as I know.

When I'm scoping out the girlies on HotchaChickieBabies.org, I need all the resolution I can get. Especially on New Year's Day.

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Watching videos

As always, the true propellant of technological advancement on the internet....

Originally Posted by Fluribus

When I'm scoping out the girlies on HotchaChickieBabies.org, I need all the resolution I can get. Especially on New Year's Day.

...is porn.

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by Graham

I edit images on my Chromebook all the time.

I also work with large spreadsheets where a higher resolution would be a benefit as it would make smaller cells more readable.

Graham

But are there professional grade tools available? I'm thinking Photoshop or Corel Paint.

[frahse]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

But are there professional grade tools available? I'm thinking Photoshop or Corel Paint.

Good question.
I don't think so.
For myself, I see a problem with Turbo Tax Premier. (I don't like to do my taxes on line.)
And of course the offline printing.
Everything else is pretty cool with the new generation of Chrome laptops coming out starting the first of the year.

I have to admit I am waffling on my decision to buy a Chromebook.

But I am committed to doing something by April when XP is no longer supported and I am going to retire my venerable Desktop. I guess it is possible that I end up with a Windows 8 machine. Woe is me. Woe is me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by frahse

But I am committed to doing something by April when XP is no longer supported and I am going to retire my venerable Desktop. I guess it is possible that I end up with a Windows 8 machine. Woe is me. Woe is me.

Yep; woe be you if you do

I had to trick my Win 8 machine into thinking it was Win 7 so I could navigate properly. I most thoroughly hate the apps, those stupid squares, the lack of a start button, IE, WMP, etc.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by frahse

But I am committed to doing something by April when XP is no longer supported and I am going to retire my venerable Desktop. I guess it is possible that I end up with a Windows 8 machine. Woe is me. Woe is me.

Cheer up, you can probably find a Win7 machine somewhere. get the most popular Win8 program of all -- the one that turns it back into Win7. The most popular are Start8 and StartIsBack. Both are paid programs, of course. And a number of other free ones abound, but not with as good reputation. A full list will naturally be found at the fount of "all" human knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._for_Windows_8

[Graham]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

But are there professional grade tools available? I'm thinking Photoshop or Corel Paint.

Why would only professional grade tools make it useful to have a high resolution screen? The increased resolution would be good regardless of how many filters and effects your editor has available.

While there's nothing as extensive as full Photoshop, Pixlr Editor is as powerful on ChromeOS as say Paint.net is on Windows. I use it professionally all the time, for website images and adapting screenshots in work instructions and presentations. So it's 'professional grade' enough for my work, though obviously it may not be enough for professional photographers or graphic artists.

Graham

[frahse]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Cheer up, you can probably find a Win7 machine somewhere. get the most popular Win8 program of all -- the one that turns it back into Win7. The most popular are Start8 and StartIsBack. Both are paid programs, of course. And a number of other free ones abound, but not with as good reputation. A full list will naturally be found at the fount of "all" human knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._for_Windows_8

You are right of course. I just would rather not start off "a new era" with a crunched system.

[forsooth]

CES 2014 brings high hopes for Chrome.
Expectations are more subdued.

[frahse]

This article appears to be translated. Of particular interest to me is the screen, size and resolution. Another point is the weight.

"New Chromebook from Samsung
Written by Damir Brodjanac Friday, 03 January 2014 22:55 Published in News

According to the latest information coming from Korean sources close to Samsung, early in 2014 we will get a new model of Samsung Chromebook.
New Chromebook from Samsung

The new model should represent a successor of their Chromebook with Exynos 5250 processor. It will have a screen size of 12 inches and a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 processor, 3 GB of memory and storage space of 16 GB to 32 GB depending on the model. Sources close to Samsung also mentioned USB 3.0 ports and a battery that could withstand between two to seven hours between recharging. All this should be packed in a casing a bit heavier than one pound. The price of this notebook should be between 250 and 300 dollars.

Despite the fact that Korean media said that these news came from reliable sources, Samsung for now firmly denies that this will happen. Is it an attempt to preserve the Samsung exclusive for upcoming CES we will see in a few days."


Here is the source:

http://www.decryptedtech.com/news/ne...k-from-samsung

[Graham]

We've been discussing this a page or so back. I think the weight is a mis-translation, the other sources are saying a little over a kg, i.e. about the same weight as the current Samsung.

Interesting that they think this will be announced at CES. I think the other sources thought this was for later in the year.

Graham

[AndrewH]

Originally Posted by frahse

But I am committed to doing something by April when XP is no longer supported and I am going to retire my venerable Desktop. I guess it is possible that I end up with a Windows 8 machine. Woe is me. Woe is me.

It's not as though XP will suddenly stop working... However, you could always turn your venerable Desktop into a Linux machine.

[Sregener]

Originally Posted by AndrewH

It's not as though XP will suddenly stop working... However, you could always turn your venerable Desktop into a Linux machine.

While true, all it takes is to find one vulnerability in IE or XP itself, and the machine becomes a walking time bomb for some hacker. Unless, of course, you don't install any more software on it or connect it to the Internet and use it in true stand-alone mode.