it's always baffling on how a chromebook "is enough is ok does everything i need" but if you were to tell them to use linux and chrome on an existing laptop they would go batshit crazy because"nothing works as intended"
that't true, I bet if google had applied all their might after an actual linux distribution, what a shot in the arm would linux get from it man. I would mind them integrating all their services in the OS and even an optional locked down version for education and such.
Google is already doing a lot by supplying source code back to the community which is a good thing. However, I would prefer if the company stayed well away from making a Linux distro. The last thing Linux needs is Google's spyware and data mining motivations perverting even more operating systems into being nothing but home phoning zombie boxes.
One thing that baffles me about Chromebook is why have that not put in Qualcomm processor, it just seems like a better combination that using Windows on Qualcomm and having all those emulating issues.
Would be a sad state of affairs to have to cope with a Chromebook in the enterprise.
I honestly thought that the Chromebook would be less expensive than the typical Windows corporate laptop, but $800 for a two generations old Celeron processor?! That's almost the same price as my last quad core Lenovo laptop.
Nah, go farther, that resolution panel shouldn't even be in use anymore. Look up the actual BOM for laptop panels, the actual price difference is nothing.
But if you got rid of the 720p screens, how could you charge sucke...sorry, discerning customers, an extra $100+ for an upgrade that might cost you <$5 ?
Correct , this is total bullshit. How is even possible for a company like Dell to come up with such panel. On the other hand aqusition guys from companies are not stupid and they are NOT buing such things.
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sireangelus - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
it's always baffling on how a chromebook "is enough is ok does everything i need" but if you were to tell them to use linux and chrome on an existing laptop they would go batshit crazy because"nothing works as intended"patel21 - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
that't true, I bet if google had applied all their might after an actual linux distribution, what a shot in the arm would linux get from it man. I would mind them integrating all their services in the OS and even an optional locked down version for education and such.patel21 - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
would --> wouldn'tPeachNCream - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
Google is already doing a lot by supplying source code back to the community which is a good thing. However, I would prefer if the company stayed well away from making a Linux distro. The last thing Linux needs is Google's spyware and data mining motivations perverting even more operating systems into being nothing but home phoning zombie boxes.Guspaz - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
There’s a hell of a lot more going into a Chromebook (particularly things that an enterprise might care about) than “Linux running chrome.”HStewart - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
One thing that baffles me about Chromebook is why have that not put in Qualcomm processor, it just seems like a better combination that using Windows on Qualcomm and having all those emulating issues.It probably a porting issues with Linux
HStewart - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
I personally have no desire for either a Windows for Qualcomm ( Microsoft says ARM but Qualcomm is only thing it runs on ) or a Chrome laptopBut I would serous consider Chrome Laptop using Qualcomm processor. It may have something that Android does not offer very well.
sorten - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
Would be a sad state of affairs to have to cope with a Chromebook in the enterprise.I honestly thought that the Chromebook would be less expensive than the typical Windows corporate laptop, but $800 for a two generations old Celeron processor?! That's almost the same price as my last quad core Lenovo laptop.
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
In theory, Chromebooks should make excellent mobile thin clients. Unfortunately they're just too damned expensive.Dizoja86 - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
No laptop over $300 should have a 1366x768 display in 2019.Hrel - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
Nah, go farther, that resolution panel shouldn't even be in use anymore. Look up the actual BOM for laptop panels, the actual price difference is nothing.Haawser - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
But if you got rid of the 720p screens, how could you charge sucke...sorry, discerning customers, an extra $100+ for an upgrade that might cost you <$5 ?RaduR - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Correct , this is total bullshit. How is even possible for a company like Dell to come up with such panel.On the other hand aqusition guys from companies are not stupid and they are NOT buing such things.
HStewart - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Not always, I could see a case for people old or young with eyesight issues.Samus - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - link
They're basically Dell Latitude 5490's, but...they cost more?What!?
PeachNCream - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Most people are idiots.OFelix - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
I'd be really interested in Chromebooks as laptop versions of thin client devices, except for 2 things:1. Non standard keyboard. Users need function keys (and all the rest)
2. There isn't a native RDP client
iampivot - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
Xtralogic RDP client is too slow?