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Apple's iPad Pro vs. Google's Pixelbook
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Anything that benefits from having a full desktop OS and specifically Chrome (which the web is built around) will be better on ChromeOS.
The iPhone X has a better rated still camera than the Pixel 2, so it’s no slouch and not “far superior” to the iPhone X camera.
The Pixel screen is horrible, not just ok. I’ve used a Pixel 2XL for over a day...awful screen.
Android vs iOS is subjective, but iOS 11.2.1 is essentially like iOS of old. The bugs are gone, at least on my iPhone X. I was an Android apologist and owned Android phones for years, including a Nexus. I’m sure it has gotten better, but it just isn’t as good for me.
That plastic button on the pixel is ridiculous and that plasticy coating makes it feel cheap.
iMessages is really good and a huge letdown when you use the Android offering.
The removal of the headphone jack after making fun of Apple...I can’t take Google seriously just for that.
And Google with my data, no thanks. Google is super lax of user privacy.
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"Google can't quite compete with Apple when it comes to software and performance due to issues with some unoptimized Android apps running on the Pixelbook."
When are people going to stop these lies?
Almost nothing is optimized on iPads.
Most apps just stretch the pixels for the larger screened iPad pros. It's a total joke to handle the software like that.
Even worse maybe there is no tablet version of an app so it's stuck with massive black space around it..
Android scales pixels for many screen sizes without these stupid issues.
Would you rather have a few apps built for tablets from the ground up but have tons of blurry, huge black space Or would you rather have all apps work in full screen with sharp pixels?
When are people going to stop these lies?
Almost nothing is optimized on iPads.
Most apps just stretch the pixels for the larger screened iPad pros. It's a total joke to handle the software like that.
Even worse maybe there is no tablet version of an app so it's stuck with massive black space around it..
Android scales pixels for many screen sizes without these stupid issues.
Would you rather have a few apps built for tablets from the ground up but have tons of blurry, huge black space Or would you rather have all apps work in full screen with sharp pixels?
Things that chromeOS can do that iOS can't:
(Note: these things might not matter to you, but they are differentiators)
Desktop-level web browsing
Virtually full support for USB peripherals
Physical pointing device support (mouse/trackpad)
Support for removable storage (SD card)
Multi-user support
User accessible file system
... just off the top of my head.
chromebooks are more locked down than Windows/OSX machines.
and while I know crouton exists, nothing can beat the simplicity of just installing an alternative OS.
and while I know crouton exists, nothing can beat the simplicity of just installing an alternative OS.
Nothing about this retarded article is even close to a review.
They should be ashamed of writing such a garbage, quick and dirty opinion piece.
User accessible file system is very important. A lot of supposedly simple things that I would like to do become tedious chores because of the inaccessible iOS file system.
I'm with you on that. The harder one tries to push the limits of iOS in their workflows, the easier it is to use a chromebook, especially 2-in-1 chromebook. I think that the more people learn about this, the greater incentive Apple will have to expand the capabilities of iOS.
Yep but it’s already patched.. unlike Macs and IOS devices that have the Spectre flaw too.
Not afraid to try something new, I bought a Samsung Chromebook Pro. A month later I found, for my needs, it had completely replaced my iPad Pro and my Macbook Air.
I liked Chrome OS so much I bought a Pixelbook which I love, and my wife really likes the Samsung. Next, since Google was working so well for me, I bought a Pixel 2 to replace my iPhone. The Pixelbook ($824) and Pixel 2 ($324) total cost wasn't much more than an iPhone X. Everyone complaining about the price of the Pixelbook just hasn't realized yet that Apple reset the bar; Apple has trained me well
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Thanks for posting that. I bought an Acer R11 to test the waters before making a major investment in the chromebook arena, and I have concluded the same thing... a Samsung chromebook Plus (slight performance edge when running Android apps) can replace my 11" MacBook Air and 12.9 iPad Pro. I'm just waiting for a killer sale.
For some reason the iPad Pro was never able to replace my MBA and vice versa; I was using both daily. Either Chromebook works great as my single portable daily driver - throw in a Samsung T5 SSD and Chromecast, and I now only use my Desktop once or twice a week
.Privacy??
If you are using the Internet at all then there is no privacy. On the iPad, do you think you would be using Google search? Maps? YouTube? Gmail?
You think the advertising companies won’t know what you’re doing simply because you are using an Apple product?
I'm waiting for the detachable Samsung Chromebook to be released.....so it can function as a full blown tablet without being thick. I returned my Pixelbook and purchased the latest rendition of the Acer chromebook 15 for the time being and it performs excellent so not missing my Pixelbook at all but I also play with my other devices too so never bored when not at work. I will always keep at least one chrome OS device to stay up to date since it's possibly the future of most modern OS's..........
Like I said, Pixelbook is not worth the price at least not yet...give me a surface pro like chrome OS device and I am game to pay that $1000 but I can't tell much of a difference between a mid range powered Chromebook vs the Pixelbook until you heavily multitask which I can do on my windows desktop or laptop instead.
You don't need mouse support with a finger and a stylus. A mouse is not more useful. Larger display space is more useful.Yeah and I wouldn't forget the large display ipad pro has no mouse support either for such a large display thats almost 13 inches.
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Significantly worse does not technically mean that the contrasting item is poor. And for what it is worth I’ve worked in visual arts for twenty years, and have few complaints.
Significantly worse does not technically mean that the contrasting item is poor. And for what it is worth I’ve worked in visual arts for twenty years, and have few complaints.
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This is so different to my experience. iPad Pro is the best portable art tablet around and easily worth the money when compared to the price of the competitors in that field. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone over the standard iPad, but they're easily a full computer replacement - depending on what exactly you use your computer for.
Pixelbook ticks no particularly "useful over the competition" boxes I can see in any way though, so.. Good luck to it.
I can agree that loosing iMessages takes a bit of getting used to and that WhatsApp is not quite there yet. We need a truly great cross platform app to the standard of iMessages.
You are mistaken, every single test of the camera including the technical tests have found the Pixel 2 to have a superior camera to the iPhone X. I'm a photographer and for me that is the most important aspect, I've tested both back to back and the Pixel runs rings around the iPhone X, I believe most of it to be software / processing related because the way Apple deals with image files is very destructive.
I don't have a problem with the screen on my XL maybe yours had a faulty screen? The colour is always the same so it more a case of getting used to a different white point. But I can see why that might be an issue for some. Each to their own.
I find the aluminum body brilliant and love the grippy back, I never use covers on my phone and have no worries with this while the few people I know with iPhone X, (only very few and my friends would normally all have updated by now, which says something) put covers on theirs as they are too slippery without. Again each to their own but I can't stand covers.
Companies change their mind, Apple saying they were never going to make a phone bigger than 4" comes to mind.
Anyway competition is only good, this is Google's second phone and I find that in many respects they have Apple beaten. That is good for everyone as these two juggernauts fight it out to make better hardware and software.
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This is so different to my experience. iPad Pro is the best portable art tablet around and easily worth the money when compared to the price of the competitors in that field. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone over the standard iPad, but they're easily a full computer replacement - depending on what exactly you use your computer for.
Pixelbook ticks no particularly "useful over the competition" boxes I can see in any way though, so.. Good luck to it.
No tablet with mobile OS and browser is a computer replacement. . . . . . Period!
I love it when God makes a pronouncement directly from the burning bush ........ Amen!