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Google Introduces the Chromebook Pixel to Compete With the MacBook Air
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Wow, I think small and light laptops are for the week and Feeble, but I would pick an Macbook Air over this pile crap any day, I have to be connected to the Internet to even use my machine? **** you google.
But, if its not secured very well, I might pick one up and hackintosh OSX or Windows 8 onto it
But, if its not secured very well, I might pick one up and hackintosh OSX or Windows 8 onto it
should feel embarrassed for Apple. Their scripted, formulaic hyperbole is a farce unto itself. "Oh it is magical, better than sex , .... must have been created by elves ... defies physics .... " .....
Let's not forget that touching a nice retina display will leave fingerprints all over it.
Meanwhile, at Google, brainstormers were storming their brains...
"Crumb-bum Proboscis? No..."
"Crap-box Pooh-pill? No..."
"Crimean Packhorse? No..."
"Cadmium Poprocks? No..."
"Celery Petri Dish? No..."
"Concord Permafrost? No..."
"Chromebook Pixel? Hmmm... I think yes."
"But I kind of liked Crap-box Pooh-pill."
"You're fired."
"Crumb-bum Proboscis? No..."
"Crap-box Pooh-pill? No..."
"Crimean Packhorse? No..."
"Cadmium Poprocks? No..."
"Celery Petri Dish? No..."
"Concord Permafrost? No..."
"Chromebook Pixel? Hmmm... I think yes."
"But I kind of liked Crap-box Pooh-pill."
"You're fired."
Wow, I think small and light laptops are for the week and Feeble, but I would pick an Macbook Air over this pile crap any day, I have to be connected to the Internet to even use my machine? **** you google.
But, if its not secured very well, I might pick one up and hackintosh OSX or Windows 8 onto it
Wait, you need to be connected to the Internet to use it? I thought they fixed that. If you still need to do that, WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Yeah, good luck with that if you are somewhere with a stupid wifi gateway that you have to keep logging in to.
Come on man, you have got to admit, this Google Chromebook is even worst than the "Brown" Microsoft Zune!
http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/zune-30gb-brown/4505-6490_7-32103045.html
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only idea that is stupider is Facebook thinking of charging people money to send e-mail to Zuckerburg! LOL!
Come on man, you have got to admit, this Google Chromebook is even worst than the "Brown" Microsoft Zune!
http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/zune-30gb-brown/4505-6490_7-32103045.html
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only idea that is stupider is Facebook thinking of charging people money to send e-mail to Zuckerburg! LOL!
Cnet gave it a good rating for some reason.
Pointless conjecture. Chrome OS would have to be able to stop advanced development on both those operating systems to catch up; and neither Apple nor Microsoft are scaling back on their flagship operating systems. They are expanding resources on them.
You'll have to touch it, which is a disadvantage. On the other hand, there's no point of touching a laptop screen when you have a trackpad and keyboard right there. Also, I've used a touch PC before. It makes my arm sore after a while. I thought Steve Jobs was naive to not do that until I actually tried one.
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Yes the screen resolution in pixels is less than the Macbook Pro 15.4" model. The screen is not 2880×1800 @220ppi, but it is 2560 x 1700 (239ppi) on a 12.85" display.
Either way it is moot when the next Macbook Pro arrives and they pump up the ppi to a much higher density, while increasing power efficieny, better performance and lower the price point.
Then again this machine is DOA for the masses.
It is, and I think it's kind of a shame. With a proper OS, a larger HDD, and USB3, it would be an excellent machine for the price.
But as it is now? You're paying a lot of money for an internet surfing machine with a retina display. It's not worth it.
Exactly- Windows 8 so much better than Google. Google should stick with search- after all their Maps are second to none.
No, in the video he says, "... the highest resolution." It's simply not. Unless we're defining resolution as PPI, of course...
I wonder if they are going to take preorders deliver on April 1st and refund the money like the failed Nexus Q? April 1st gift?
Honestly? A good 80% of what I like about it is the screen, with the other 20 being the very MBPish but not quite design.
"We" probably are. At least I am. If I hear "high-res", I assume it's taking screen size into account. A big 50" TV is 1920x1080, which is higher resolution than an iPhone 4 in terms of number of pixels, but I would say that the iPhone is higher resolution colloquially.
Wall Street knows Google is ready to replace Apple as the premier hardware maker. Soon, Google retail stores will open and challenge Apple directly, selling Google Android smartphones and now these awesome Chromebooks which some tech pundits claim are better than Apple portables. Google is going to $1000 a share while Apple goes to $400. It goes to show that Google is winning...
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