Chromebooks account for 21% of all commercial US laptop sales.
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I sell Chromebooks all the time to people who are comfortable with a little bit of change. Most people don't use their computer for much more than going on the internet and MAYBE word processing. The number one problem customers have is that (obviously) you can't install shit like iTunes and Skype. Not being able to sync your iPod absolutely kills any drive people have for them.
Also, KorJax is completely right. $200 Chromebooks are BUILT around being $200. A $200-$300 laptop is a piece of shit, no matter who puts it together.
[QUOTE=.Lain;43370301]a Chromebook Pixel is £1049, if you save a mere £50 over that you could buy a 13" retina macbook pro, with an even better screen (better calibration, 16:10) and processor (+ Iris level GPU).
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chromebooks are great in the cheaper market, but i don't really see where the pixel fits in.
[editline]31st December 2013[/editline]
oh, you're also not stuck with a 64GB SSD with any other comparable laptop in that pricerange.[/QUOTE]
Didn't realize they were so close in price, I thought the chromebook was much cheaper. I don't want Mac either though I detest apple OS (as I post from my iPhone), I would really just like if there was a high res monitor for a desktop, idk why externals monitors max out at 1080p it's insanely outdated
Chromebooks are either a useless laptop, or a useful tablet that happens to have a keyboard.
I haven't figured out which, but I still kind of want one for some reason.
[QUOTE=Trogdon;43372602]Didn't realize they were so close in price, I thought the chromebook was much cheaper. I don't want Mac either though I detest apple OS (as I post from my iPhone), I would really just like if there was a high res monitor for a desktop, idk why externals monitors max out at 1080p it's insanely outdated[/QUOTE]
you have the choice to install windows with full hardware support on an MBP though, chromebooks make that harder to do
[editline]31st December 2013[/editline]
also eh, external monitors can go right up to 4k. 2560x1440 monitors are quite common, although kind of expensive depending on brand
I figure it's useful for a non-STEM student who doesn't need much power. For the < $300 price range you can get a cheap netbook that will get you by built around cloud features. One could do worse.
I'm loving Google's new range of affordable devices, surprised they haven't outsold Samsung's stuff yet
[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;43367778]But it's not even a real laptop!
Just like how this isn't a blatant ad for microsoft!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQhYBKInwo[/media]
Goddammit now all the videos about that have the word "Scroogled" in them. Pretend it's not there.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it doesn't even have Office unlike my true Lumia 520 laptop
[QUOTE=Dr. Haxx;43368760]Chromebooks + NSA intercept and bugging = scroogled (stupid word, I know) :D[/QUOTE]
gj buying into microsofts marketing
[quote]Furthermore, if 2013 really has been the year of the Chromebook[/quote]
um, no, it's the year of Luigi
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