Wow… and I thought these were taking the educational market by storm.
This is the premium Chromebook’s biggest test
HP’s Elite Dragonfly Chromebook finally has a price.
www.theverge.com
That one makes zero sense.Wow… and I thought these were taking the educational market by storm.
This is the premium Chromebook’s biggest test
HP’s Elite Dragonfly Chromebook finally has a price.www.theverge.com
For every alternative scenario where "it doesn't make sense", there will be someone who will think that THAT alternative doesn't make sense. Believe it or not, there are people who could justify spending $1000 on a chromebook but NOT spend $1000 on a Macbook Air.That one makes zero sense.
For less than that, one could buy a MacBook Air or a Windows PC with far better specs. And it would run a full operating system (either macOS or Windows) which is miles ahead of the very limited ChromeOS.
This. If you're as involved with Google's ecosystem as a Mac user is in Apple's ecosystem, spending premium money for your primary device would make perfect sense. Granted, they won't sell millions of them, and I wouldn't buy one, but I can still see a use for them.From my perspective, it makes plenty of sense. People who are sold on Chromebooks will not find a Macbook or Windows laptop a viable alternative.
For less than that, one could buy a MacBook Air or a Windows PC with far better specs. And it would run a full operating system (either macOS or Windows) which is miles ahead of the very limited ChromeOS.
Well put my leg in a tea kettle, you can buy an iPad for $2,399.Really not much different than comparing Apple's cheapest $329 iPad to their most expensive $2,399 iPad...
You are going to need to explain this one to me. My kids have basic iPads, I have a Surface Pro 7, and it can kick the crap out of those iPads on running things? Even against my iPad Pro 2018 12.9" I find plenty of things the Surface runs better?That would be an iPad Pro. There's Microsoft Surface tablets that break that price, and aren't even able to run most of what even an iPad can.
Ah, you are thinking of the Surface RT or Surface X. Yes, those are terrible.Does the Surface run apps outside the Windows Store? I haven't been keeping up but I last browsed Best Buy's Surface section and they wanted not only 2 grand but they were only able to run apps from the Windows Store. That meant no Angry Birds, No Plants vs. Zombies, no Cut the Rope, and a lot of other apps missing, meaning you're about on par with an old BB10 BlackBerry for apps. Great though if all you do is business.
For the price, though, I'd expect far more than a mere tablet. I would expect something more mind-blowing than the most expensive HP Spectre.
AFAIK, there's no *.exe variant of Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, etc either. Meaning you miss out on a lot of popular mobile games that aren't available for Windows. That's what killed Windows phone.
It is not up to you to decide what a real computer is. For those people who are interested in this kind of Chromebook it is very much a real computer. Not only can they run web applications, they can also run Android and Linux applications.In my opinion, $1,000 for a Chromebook doesn't make sense. Even though Chrome OS keeps getting better, it isn't a real computer. For that kind of money, a MacBook Air or a Windows 2 in 1, would make better sense. Even an iPad or Android tablet for that price works better in my mind.
Maybe I'm puzzled. Are ARM and M series CPUs the same?You need to differentiate between x64 Macbook and ARM Macbook. ARM Macbook is not much better than ARM Chromebook since it's limited compared to x64 due to lack of native software. You can jump through hoops and pay for Crossover and Parallels subscriptions to run some Windows on ARM software but it's still severely limited compared to x64.