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Google Announces New Chromebook Pixel With USB-C, $999 Price Tag

jrswizzle said:
Uhh no, I simply was asking a question.

Do you have to be snarky every time you respond to a post of mine? Do you feel it validates your opinion or that you are somehow defending something against me?

Your attitude towards me is childish....stop assuming, stop reading things into my post and take it for what it says.

A simple adapter accomplishes the task you state above by the way - all while allowing for a lighter laptop during use, which in my mind isn't inconvenient at all.

My MBA backs up wirelessly to my 3 TB Time Capsule. Again, for a group of people who are into technology, I find it curious that so many rail against progress.

But I suppose progress is only progress when it suits you. Hell, you've lambasted me for being "against progress" with respect my questioning the Samsung Edge's usefulness.

Perhaps I should rethink that in the same way I ask you to rethink your stance here.

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Nope - not how I do things. I'll stick my fingers in my ears and scream until I get my way. How dare a technology company ask me to change!

*sigh*

The above bolded is so simple. AirDrop, Bluetooth, wireless functions. Get with the future people!
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so confining the user into "lighter usage"
and forcing that person into using adapters to be fully functional

is

"progress"


ok, terrific.
 
I really wonder for how much longer we'll rely so heavily on wires and "plugging in".....

The fewer wires I need to carry/use the better for me. I travel/carry my laptop with me a lot - ultra portability is key.

The rMBP still exists for the same base price point. Why rail on the new MB?
 
manu chao said:
No, you carry it around with nothing and only plug it in at home (that is the use case Apple has in mind). How often have people lauded the idea of a dock requiring only two cables with TB. Now with USB-C that can be done with one cable.

Of course, while carrying it around with nothing, you can still plug in a USB device once those come equipped with USB-C connectors/cables. And while travelling you might still carry around the charger, but that is not different to other laptops.
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gosh.


I sure hope nothing gets stuck in that usb c input. Your adapter waiting at home is going to fix that real quick
 
kepler20b said:
so confining the user into "lighter usage"
and forcing that person into using adapters to be fully functional

is

"progress"


ok, terrific.
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Why "lighter usage"?

Not forcing people into adapters.....perhaps forcing them towards more wireless functions, but then again isn't that where we want to go? Isn't "fewer wires" progress?
 
jrswizzle said:
I really wonder for how much longer we'll rely so heavily on wires and "plugging in".....

The fewer wires I need to carry/use the better for me. I travel/carry my laptop with me a lot - ultra portability is key.

The rMBP still exists for the same base price point. Why rail on the new MB?
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heres the thing.

Apple has done nothing to solve that, only exasperate it by pushing all these connectivity options onto the user (think lightning, thunderbolt, DP-- all of which are now under threat by usb c, har har)

only to force you to buy even more wires and adapters to be fully fuctional!


progress.
 
westrock2000 said:
I have a Chrome Book because I like to try everything. I can safely say that Chrome OS is the least useful OS I have ever used. You would have to up to your chin in the Google ecosystem for it to make sense, and even then you are still awfully limited.

Hardware wise and responsiveness wise Chrome Books are very good products. But I just can't figure what to do on the damn thing other then browse the Internet. Which it is very good at doing.
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Just curious, how would you compare it with a 13" Android with a keyboard case or stand? Essentially, is Chrome OS more useful than Android? Or is Chrome OS only more useful for the stuff it can do and which profit from a cursor but overall Android would let you do more stuff?
 
kepler20b said:
heres the thing.

Apple has done nothing to solve that, only exasperate it by pushing all these connectivity options onto the user (think lightning, thunderbolt, DP-- all of which are now under threat by usb c, har har)

only to force you to buy even more wires and adapters to be fully fuctional!


progress.
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Nothing to solve that? AirDrop is a pretty big one that comes to mind....

Also, many wireless storage options can be found outside of Apple. Software is downloaded wirelessly, storage backup done wirelessly....Bluetooth file transfers/peripheral connections, what else are you referring to?

Also....http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
 
manu chao said:
Yes, but it shows that it is possible that Apple will add more ports in a later version.
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Why should they? If a user wants ports, the MacBook Pro offers a bunch of them for the same price point.

The MacBook represents the future - wireless.

Until Apple gets rid of ports across all their laptops, all this complaining is ridiculous.
 
avanpelt said:
The Chromebook Pixel continues the tradition of making MacBook hardware seem reasonably priced when compared against the Pixel's price and feature set.
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You know what I've been saying about Google and Apple for a few years now... One hand washes the other.
 
jrswizzle said:
Nothing to solve that? AirDrop is a pretty big one that comes to mind....

Also, many wireless storage options can be found outside of Apple. Software is downloaded wirelessly, storage backup done wirelessly....Bluetooth file transfers/peripheral connections, what else are you referring to?

Also....http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
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again.


You are on the road in a pinch and need to access a file with no internet connectivity.


Because you own a macbook, you have trained yourself to use the cloud for all of these things.


That night, it was never worth buying hte macbook over any PC or macbookpro, or pixel for that matter.
 
westrock2000 said:
But it's still a "terminal" to an extent. Would be like using the best hardware available to run VNC or Team Viewer. And even so, as a developer, you shouldn't develop on the best because you may not experience something your likely target audience will on lesser hardware.

I'm not saying you are wrong. I am left very perplexed by the Chrome Book experience, as a user.
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I believe the vast majority of buyers scrap Chrome and install a decent LINUX distro. In that regard the hardware is usually a good deal.
 
kepler20b said:
Yeah, until you are traveling somewhere for vacation, business, whatever with no wifi connection and realize your new macbook is a complete paper weight with a flappy dongle that needs to be attached to it to even be productive i am positive you'll be saying to yourself

i shouldve gotten the macbookpro, i dont care how much this thing weighs. it sucks.
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This has been the case with the 7 year old MacBook Air and it's doing just fine.
 
jrswizzle said:
Why should they? If a user wants ports, the MacBook Pro offers a bunch of them for the same price point.

The MacBook represents the future - wireless.

Until Apple gets rid of ports across all their laptops, all this complaining is ridiculous.
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Go through my posts, I have not complained about the one port only or the new MB in general. I think it has its use case but that doesn't mean that if Apple can fit a second USB-C port (without compromising size or battery life), they might not do it.
 
DudeDad said:
Wait....how are Chromebooks still a thing?
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My friend who is a developer and is a Google/Android fanboy has the ring, the phone, the small tablet, the big tablet, the glass, and uses his chromebook exclusively...he has hacked it to run Ubuntu in another partition so he can do his development work. He is like the Google/Android version of me in that way.

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TechZeke said:
WTF is someone doing on a chromebook that requires 16GB of RAM and Core i7?
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Chrome browser needs that kind of power these days to keep from crashing so much.... *rimshot* :D
 
kepler20b said:
again.


You are on the road in a pinch and need to access a file with no internet connectivity.


Because you own a macbook, you have trained yourself to use the cloud for all of these things.


That night, it was never worth buying hte macbook over any PC or macbookpro, or pixel for that matter.
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So you're saying thumb drives won't exist with a USB-C connector?

All of the sudden Apple has magically caused all external hard drives to disappear as well?

In a pinch, you have a port.

Though I suppose that if you take your scenario and also add to it the fact that you are at 1% battery life and have to decide between charging and transferring a file, then you're SOL.

By the way, how often would someone not be able to simply tether to their iPhone?

Essentially what I'm driving at here is....we need a pretty specific scenario in order to make this some big inconvenience.

And in the end....how large is that adapter anyhow?

And yet again......http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/

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manu chao said:
Go through my posts, I have not complained about the one port only or the new MB in general. I think it has its use case but that doesn't mean that if Apple can fit a second USB-C port (without compromising size or battery life), they might not do it.
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Sure - I'm not saying you've complained.

Simply stating that I see no reason why they should add another port even in the future. They've got a laptop that has plenty of ports in the MacBook Pro priced the same as the new MacBook.

If you value portability, go for the MacBook. If you value ports, get the MacBook Pro.
 
kepler20b said:
again.


You are on the road in a pinch and need to access a file with no internet connectivity.


Because you own a macbook, you have trained yourself to use the cloud for all of these things.


That night, it was never worth buying hte macbook over any PC or macbookpro, or pixel for that matter.
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I have to admit, it has been a very, very long time since I needed the Ethernet port on my laptop (I have used it a couple of times to speed up things at home with my TC when doing a full backup or restore but if I have to use an adapter for those very rare moments, it won't be a big deal. Even the MBPs need an adaptor for Ethernet nowadays and we here very few people complain about that.
 
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