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Google Introduces the Chromebook Pixel to Compete With the MacBook Air
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I'm talking about the point that avatars are defined it this forum as 75x75px, and for them to be 'retina enabled', you need to fit 150x150px in there because a retina Mac sees that as 75x75 points with 4 pixel per point.
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TOuch screen, LTE, Gorilla Glass. Exact CPU model is not known but it's probably newer than the one in MBA.
Wow, what a horrible move! Even the Google lovers are questioning this...its a $1300 web browser! My Macbook Air is $1199, and can do 20x the things this can...iOS programming, photoshop, Final Cut, ect. Not to mention it has 128 gb of storage, which looks massive vs 32! If I wanted that great screen, I would gladly go for the rMBP for $1499...
But wait! For $1449 you can get 64 gigs of storage! wtf?
I am baffled, this is so stupid...
But wait! For $1449 you can get 64 gigs of storage! wtf?
I am baffled, this is so stupid...
With a mere 32GB of storage and zero professional software available??
I don't think any "professional" in their right mind would consider this over a rMBP. Even MBA has an ability to run Photoshop in 64bit with no problem, and it has 4x SSD storage for the same price. Yes, the Pixel's resolution is better, but if you're a "professional", the likelihood is you already have calibrated, external 2560x1600 ~30" monitor.
They charge you $50/month for cloud storage after three years. That means you can pay $1300 for this worthless piece of junk, then after 3 years, Google expects you to add $600/year on top of that. If you don't want to pay that $600, then you won't be able to access your data.
Haha! See under "Galaxy S3". There's even kinda of a beveled bulge on each side to keep it firmly lodged in place.
Only problem is that your sensitive parts are rubbing against this
I suspect Google is anticipating a rigorous development of software apps. They already have the infrastructure for app development. They are baiting the developers with this machine. If you build it, they will come.
Buy an iPad, and a Logitech Ultrathin keyboard cover. You will pay half the price and have a superior product with a screen that's not even much smaller. Not only that, the iPad also separates from the keyboard, unlike the chromebook.
Edit: Oh yeah, and it's ugly too.
Edit: Oh yeah, and it's ugly too.
There is nothing secret... the core premise is HTML 5 (pragmatically Javascript + expanded HTML capabilities ). More apps are going to be written that run in the browser. Microsoft has them (web version of Office) , Google has more than a few, etc.
Apple positioned HTML 5 to be a "flash killer". If so then Chrome OS is set to fully leverage that as a new viable application platform.
Google slavishly copied both the look and feel of Apple's product AND the look and tone of Apple's ads. Wow.
simply inspiration. project glass retail version will be rimless.
as many have already pointed out, this doesn't compete with the macbook air; it competes with the ipad. and loses.
Google is a good search engine. That's about it as far as I'm concerned. I'm still wondering if they're reading all my freaking emails (seems they've allowed themselves to for commercial interests sake and mining your personal conversations for ad-targeting) and then there's Google Plus.... It's Google's attempt to destroy the Fourth Amendment for money's sake.
They used to be cool...until they went corporate. Now they're PURE EVIL and worse than both Apple AND Microsoft, IMO. They think nothing of your Fourth Amendments rights and want to force your real identity upon the world just to rate a freaking restaurant or use their video chat program. Frak'em.
Ignoring customer wishes and invading your privacy?
Sadly, yours is the only such comment I'm seeing. Google's "web only" OS is freaking bloatware, pointless crapola that spies on EVERYTHING you do and SELLS IT. But you're OKAY with that. You buy one. I have no interest in letting people make money off my identity at every key press.
You must drop your phone a lot....
Mountain Lion surprised me how good it is. I finally upgraded my 2008 Macbook Pro to it recently after using it on my new Mac Mini Server. Frankly, your comments just keep looking worse and worse and WORSE....
Other than the maps fiasco (I can't really use them much on my iPod Touch most of the time), these other things you list weren't on the previous iOS version either so how does that make it the worst iOS release ever??? I like display mirroring (pretty sweet when playing games so others can watch on an AppleTV, etc.)
How touching that your sense of style figures into your argument. I really don't have any trouble getting around in it. Neither interface was "great", though.
That still doesn't make Google's OS anything less than a freaking JOKE. Rag on OSX and iOS all you want. They're still 100x better than a web-based OS. You'll need the i5 CPU power just to make a basic calculator app run.
I don't think touch will ever become the exclusive means to work with your computer. Much like anything, it works in some situations better than others. Sometimes you need a keyboard, a mouse, or a stylus to work best with what you're doing.
And the keyboards? Honestly, I think I'd use my Apple bluetooth over any of the touch covers if I got a Surface. I think the Type cover could be pretty decent, but from all the years I've used my desktop, and my recent experiences with my iPad, I've come to prefer having a completely detached keyboard to work with. Like I could pop the surface on a table, and use the keyboard in my lap if I wanted to, or I could caddy corner it off to the side with the keyboard right in front of me. I like the freedom of movement it gives me.
The one reason I don't like the pull apart machines is because I know...I KNOW...I'll pick it up by the screen one day and end up dropping the bottom half onto the floor and break it into a billion pieces. That one huge caveat aside, I do like what they offer. I think they're better best-of-both-worlds devices than the Surface currently is.
...though I'm coming around to think I'll eventually end up liking the Surface more once MS eeks some extra battery life and shaves a tiny bit more weight off it. Even as a desktop machine, it being just a screen means I can be a little more freeform with how I lay it out. It's kinda like an itty bitty iMac in a way.
But I want to be able to run apps without an internet connection. Web apps don't make sense. I want native apps that upload to the cloud automatically in addition to saving locally. I want the best of both worlds, which is what the iPad currently gives me.