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Google Chromebook

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Just got released I guess. Anyone actually seen one in person? Not sure what kind of market they're targeting, as the specs on these computers are pretty pathetic for 90% of the people I know.

Oct 18 2011 1:59PM
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SketchyMike
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i feel like a major lawsuit is right around the corner...
Oct 18 2011 2:02PM
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Actually I think iPads have as much as this thing.
Oct 18 2011 2:02PM
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Parrish
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Seemed very hyped for what it is. really not that impressed from what i have heard about it.
Oct 18 2011 2:03PM
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Eh, the more I read about this.....the more I think Google should be embarrassed that they managed to create a $500 machine that can actually do less than a Droid.
Oct 18 2011 2:14PM
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RubberSoul
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i think it's intended for cloud kind of shit. i bet soon most of our apps and shit will be online rather than on our comp
Oct 18 2011 2:16PM
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RubberSoul
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but i agree 500 isnt that impressive
Oct 18 2011 2:17PM
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howlongcanausern
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my brother got one (fo free) during the beta phase....i was impressed.

it's pretty sick. full keyboard (no caps lock tho). free 3g, boots quickly and can handle flash video (you mad ipad?)
Oct 18 2011 2:18PM
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Parrish
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I agree with this. There are easier alternatives. You could get a cheap laptop with better or close to the same specs(except that long 8.5 hour battery life) and just stick ubuntu 11.04 on there and it would greatly fit a person needs only in a non, half ass version of a netbook.

it has 2 USB2.0 ports? ohh shit. Plus a basic card reader slot and a VGA CABLE!

VGA cables are very outdated along with USB2.0 and the card reader is nice but frankly there isn't even a CD drive on this fucker. And I am not liking how they are saying "Any app you need you can download within chrome. You can do that anyways, on a real computer...
Oct 18 2011 2:19PM
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I could see that. At the least I think Blu-Ray and DVD is already obsolete. I don't even want to own $30 Blu-Ray movies or store HD digital movies anymore when I can stream Netflix to my $100 Apple TV for $7 a month. And I split that subscription with 4 people, so it's pretty much completely free after your startup fee of getting an Apple TV or something like it.
Oct 18 2011 2:20PM
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howlongcanausern
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nice thought, but local storage on electronic devices isn't going anywhere just because there are cloud services.
Oct 18 2011 2:22PM
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mehregan15
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i wish my mac could start up in less than ten seconds though...
Oct 18 2011 2:24PM
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49566738265
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It takes time. How long did it take you to trust MP3's and throw your enormous stack of CDs away? Took me about 10 years from the first time I made an MP3 on my Jogproof MP3/CD player....which was FUCKING SICK BY THE WAY. Nostalgia right now. Now I know how Grandpa feels about record players.
Oct 18 2011 2:25PM
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49566738265
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It's called an iPad. Or an iPhone or Droid if we're being honest about this device.
Oct 18 2011 2:26PM
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NataliePortman
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welcome to the new world of cloud computing.
Oct 18 2011 2:32PM
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nomensteven
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Please explain what specs are too "pathetic" for web browsing...
Oct 18 2011 2:42PM
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Funkadelic
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Nah, it's a notebook computer. All "laptops" are actually supposed to be called notebooks. So they're not copying macs, they're just playing off of the term "notebook," not "macbook."
Oct 18 2011 2:43PM
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49566738265
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I originally looked at it as an actual computer, not an internet surfing device.
Oct 18 2011 2:52PM
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babooski92
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me and my brother bought a chromebook about 3 months ago. overall i am happy with it. it is not as fast as i would have liked but i can deal with it. I only use it for web use and school so i have never needed a big hard drive. the keyboard feels very nice and the touchpad works well, not as good as a mac tho. i put all my music in google music and use google docs for school. it does everything i need it to do well. and the fast start up speed is really nice.
Oct 18 2011 3:02PM
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mehregan15
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yes, I have an iPad also and it takes longer then 10 seconds to boot up.
Oct 18 2011 3:03PM
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49566738265
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Would it be a good computer for my little brother to use in college? I mean, will he be able to write papers and use Excel without any issues? Just simple stuff, not talking about running Auto Cad or anything like that.
Oct 18 2011 3:08PM
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babooski92
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i don't think you can run microsoft programs on it. but google docs has spreadsheets that work just like excel. A good idea to see if the chromebook is good for him would be to download google chrome(if he hasn't already) and try only using chrome for a while. if he can do everything he needs on just chrome then he should be fine with a chromebook.
Oct 18 2011 3:28PM
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NickSki.
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Are you fucking with me?
Oct 18 2011 4:20PM
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SketchyMike
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yes?
Oct 18 2011 8:57PM
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notadoctor
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Not impressed.

I bought a netbook with comparable hardware and put an ssd(32GB not 16GB like the chromebook) in it for a grand total of $275Cdn. And my boot time is about 10sec.

I use a cloud to store most of my shit and I still have the stock netbook HD(320GB) just-in-case.

to summarize:
for $275
-32GB solid-state HD + backup 320GB HD
-Intel Atom N570 processor
-2GB ram
-3 usb ports, card reader, vga, mic, headphones
-~4.5hrs battery life

for $500
-16GB solid-state HD
-Intel Atom N570 processor
-2GB ram
-2 usb ports, card reader, vga, mic, headphones
-8.5hrs battery life(claimed)
-fancy screen?

Just another re-brand of the same technology we already have to get dumb people to buy more useless shit for twice what it is worth.

People eat up these new buzzwords like cloud computing. I was using dropbox like 3 years ago. same shit.
ISP data caps will kill the cloud anyways.
Oct 18 2011 10:12PM
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tripnip
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they already relesaed these once, a kid in my engineering class got one when they were giving them away for free and they were soooo dumb

Oct 18 2011 10:15PM
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Mr.Turtle
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can't tell if serious.. mine can fully restart in 13s
Oct 18 2011 10:22PM
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Travapple.
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i got one of these for the pilot program. at first it sucked, but now they seem to have everything smoothed out and it works very well, very quick.
Oct 18 2011 10:41PM
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Blurst
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Where have you been?
Oct 18 2011 10:46PM
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