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Google Introduces the Chromebook Pixel to Compete With the MacBook Air

Ok so it seems silly to sell a $1,300 web-only computer. But I wonder how many Mac Books are used this way. I'd bet a good percentage of MacBook owners only use the browser.

Google Docs is not bad. I think ther City of Low Angeles has signed up with Google to have Google do all their email, word processing and so on. Chrome OS might be the ideal OS to use in an organization that wa moved 100% to Google products
 
WilliamG said:
No, in the video he says, "... the highest resolution." It's simply not. Unless we're defining resolution as PPI, of course...
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Hmmm, kind of what the word really means.

Dictionary app on OS X ( Oxford dictionary )

resolution .... 4 the smallest interval measurable by a scientific (esp. optical) instrument; the resolving power.

merriam-webster .... ".. 6 ... b : a measure of the sharpness of an image or of the fineness with which a device (as a video display, printer, or scanner) can produce or record such an image usually expressed as the total number or density of pixels in the image <a resolution of 1200 dots per inch> ..."
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resolution



the "resolution" pixels of 2880 x 1880 is high for a 15" screen. It is relatively low for a 45" screen if viewed from the same distance. There is an implicit normalization on "standard dpi" when the resolution consists of a just height and width number of pixels.
 
Renzatic said:
Though my biggest question is what will I be using ChromeOS for that requires a Core i5 processor? It's all just cloud and web browsing right now. If I'm gonna pay that much for a computer, I at least wanna run some games on it or something.
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Adobe Flash.
 
Digital Skunk said:
considering what happend to Apple when they removed Maps from iOS
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What did happen to Apple? They forced Google to come out with a greatly improved version of Google Maps, which they could never get them to do when it was included with iOS, and everybody won. If you think that wasn't planned, then you aren't paying attention. Now we have Apple Maps and Google Maps, and a bunch of third-party maps that are much better than they were before this whole maps fiasco.

As for this ChromeBook thing, FAIL.
 
Hay Hay said:
A pathetic and mocking rip off of Apple, down to the black T.

Google is evil.

I deal with all of their lying 'consultants' all the time and they will "guide you", but not in the right direction for yourself, they will steer you in the direction that will waste your money and line their already ridiculously fat pockets.

They earn billions, pay no taxes, rip off Apple design, and abuse your privacy.

Here you have a company that will never get another dime of my money - most certainly not for their phony MacBook Air ripoff.
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First of all, it's a MBP ripoff, not a MBA ripoff. Secondly, HOW does Google invade your privacy? Don't say Google+. All that does is asks for your name, which you always fake anyway, then sends spam to your Gmail account about the social network nobody wants to use.

Lastly, Google pays taxes. Sure, they dodge most of them, but so does Apple and every other company because U.S. tax rates are BS.
 
What happens when you travel to a place that doesn't have internet access? What happens when another Nor'easter storm comes and knocks out the power and cuts off all the cable/broadband connections? Google Chrome laptop suddenly becomes a very expensive brick.

"Sorry, user! Running the Notepad application on this computer requires an Internet connection. Please check your network settings." :D

And people thought Diablo III was bad....
 
I'm sure it's awesome but not for that price, not me, NO.
On the other hand I really like the Samsung ARM Chromebook but they still haven't got Netflix to work on it. Waiting...

PS. I'm sure Netflix will work on this one, it's Intel based.
 
Hungry&Foolish said:
For 499. Definitely
For 699. Probably Not.
For 1299+ Definitely NOT.
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For the price of an iPad, you'd say definitely?? I'd consider it lightly at $300, seriously consider at $200. At $1300, I'd laugh.

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Solomani said:
What happens when you travel to a place that doesn't have internet access? What happens when another Nor'easter storm comes and knocks out the power and cuts off all the cable/broadband connections? Google Chrome laptop suddenly becomes a very expensive brick.

"Sorry, user! Running the Notepad application on this computer requires an Internet connection. Please check your network settings." :D

And people thought Diablo III was bad....
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Is this actually true? Where did you get this info?

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Renzatic said:
If you really want to nail the point home, a refurbed 13" rMBP only costs $60 more.
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A 13" rMBP is my dream laptop. I have a 2006 MacBook right now, and I'd still definitely take it over the Chromebook Pixel assuming cost was not a factor and assuming I can't sell the Pixel and use it to buy more MacBooks.
 
You guys are awesome

One of you summed it up as this:

"It's the new era! Everything has to be touch and somewhat without purpose!" was re Windows 8, chromebook pixel...

I laughed at that for a good ten seconds. Well done!
 
Fatalbert said:
For the price of an iPad, you'd say definitely?? I'd consider it lightly at $300, seriously consider at $200. At $1300, I'd laugh.

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Is this actually true? Where did you get this info?

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A 13" rMBP is my dream laptop. I have a 2006 MacBook right now, and I'd still definitely take it over the Chromebook Pixel assuming cost was not a factor and assuming I can't sell the Pixel and use it to buy more MacBooks.
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200 c'mon.
 
Fatalbert said:
Don't say Google+. All that does is asks for your name, which you always fake anyway...
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Since you're fairly new here, I'll explain to you...The Conspiracy

You see, some people believe Google literally tracks every move you make on the internet and beyond, and has gigabytes and gigabytes of data on them. Everything from the amount of friends they have on their friends list in Google+ all the way over to their private vaccination and medial records, social security numbers, and credit card reports. I think they believe Google sells this information both to advertisers, and secret shadow governments that need to track everyone in the country to implement some vague, scary Plan with a capital P.

If you try to explain to them that it's really nothing more sinister than a giant Nielsen Family demographic report that's about 99% anonymous, they'll usually reply with something like...

"yeah, it's because of people like you that they're able to do what they do SHEEPLE"

or...

"Sure. Whatever. Google loves you. Keep believing that". :rolleyes:

It gets pretty ridiculous after awhile. If you think I'm exaggerating, go look up any Google news threads over the past year, and you'll see.

Really, I think they're worried we'll all learn of their donkey porn fetish. But hell, everyone around here already know about that. Yeah. You know who you are.

edit: also, I'd save my cash and get the 15" retina pro. More bang for the buck.
 
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It is important to remember that Google's own employees have exactly two choices when it comes to their work machines. A dell running a heavily customized copy of Ubuntu....or a Macbook Pro. From what the Google Rep who came to my office (hawking Google Business tools, Google Apps basically), they're pretty heavily skewed toward the macs.

When you use a Macbook Pro all day every day....and everyone you've ever met at your job is using the same computer...you kind of get this idea in your head about what computers are supposed to look like. So it isn't really a surprise to me they chose to emulate the Macbook Pro. And when it comes time to make your own...you're naturally going to build something similar.

Then right at the end, when it's almost done, you figure "We're home free! I know....let's do a tab of acid, Steve Jobs said it'll make me creative!" and ten minutes later you've got a crack pipe in your hand and thinking "I don't know what's in this magical hot stick, but something tells me this will only amplify my creativity!"

A month later your computer ships with a hip to be square screen and chromeOS.


With that said, I'm ready for a unibody redesign from Apple. It's time tested and bulletproof, but I'm ready for a pant****ting design out of Jony. I know the trademark aluminum and White logo are such massive brand identifiers that even the unwashed masses know what an Apple Computer looks like. I don't care.

Apple was never successful at appeasing the masses. We ended up with beige boxes and pot shots from Michael Dell. Apple was successful at showing the masses that form could be function, and function could be form. Apple was successful at picking slack jaws off the floor as they were drug agape and slobbering into their retail stores.

I love my Macbook Pro. I will never buy anything else so long as terminal.app is still around. I love my iPhone. But Apple...if anyone is reading this...Corporate America didn't make you, and they won't break you. ****'em. Apple Computers are made for professionals, not petulant business users. Customers don't know what they want until you show them. It's time to show them again.:apple:
 
They Put a High Res Panel into it so people get a better viewing experience since theynot see the real pixels on the screen and they call the thing PIXEL. :confused:
 
Renzatic said:
Since you're fairly new here, I'll explain to you...The Conspiracy

You see, some people believe Google literally tracks every move you make on the internet and beyond, and has gigabytes and gigabytes of data on them. Everything from the amount of friends they have on their friends list in Google+ all the way over to their private vaccination and medial records, social security numbers, and credit card reports. I think they believe Google sells this information both to advertisers, and secret shadow governments that need to track everyone in the country to implement some vague, scary Plan with a capital P.

If you try to explain to them that it's really nothing more sinister than a giant Nielsen Family demographic report that's about 99% anonymous, they'll usually reply with something like...

"yeah, it's because of people like you that they're able to do what they do SHEEPLE"

or...

"Sure. Whatever. Google loves you. Keep believing that". :rolleyes:

It gets pretty ridiculous after awhile. If you think I'm exaggerating, go look up any Google news threads over the past year, and you'll see.

Really, I think they're worried we'll all learn of their donkey porn fetish. But hell, everyone around here already know about that. Yeah. You know who you are.
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Totally agree. I like google. Gives me options, and I am sure price and other stuff will taken care of soon. Google is a multi billion dollar company,they always have something up their sleeve.
 
Wow, even the font they use for the product name seems to be haven stolen from Apple. A truly unoriginal product and product presentation.
 
Renzatic said:
Since you're fairly new here, I'll explain to you...The Conspiracy

You see, some people believe Google literally tracks every move you make on the internet and beyond, and has gigabytes and gigabytes of data on them. Everything from the amount of friends they have on their friends list in Google+ all the way over to their private vaccination and medial records, social security numbers, and credit card reports. I think they believe Google sells this information both to advertisers, and secret shadow governments that need to track everyone in the country to implement some vague, scary Plan with a capital P.

If you try to explain to them that it's really nothing more sinister than a giant Nielsen Family demographic report that's about 99% anonymous, they'll usually reply with something like...

"yeah, it's because of people like you that they're able to do what they do SHEEPLE"

or...

"Sure. Whatever. Google loves you. Keep believing that". :rolleyes:

It gets pretty ridiculous after awhile. If you think I'm exaggerating, go look up any Google news threads over the past year, and you'll see.

Really, I think they're worried we'll all learn of their donkey porn fetish. But hell, everyone around here already know about that. Yeah. You know who you are.

edit: also, I'd save my cash and get the 15" retina pro. More bang for the buck.
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What have you got against donkeys?
 
I.Love.Apple said:
On second thought...

iCloud comes at $100 for 55GB per year. To get 1TB for 3 years with iCloud one would have to pay $5454. As usual, Google gives out stuff for free. This Pixel is the best bargain around.
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So which team do you work on at Google? Have you worked with a russian guy named Anton? Tell him Ari says hi. I remember working with him on some tricky hand coded python soap clients.

PS. Welcome to my ignore list.
PPS. I read your comment history and I recommend everyone do the same and then put you on their ignore list.
 
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