chartier: Google wants to sell you a web browser. It happens to include a keyboard. It costs $1,300. Enjoy! I thought you might have been joking until I went to the link. I’m not sure what exactly Google is thinking/hoping-for but I suppose building a $1000+ Chromebook is one way to earn revenue. I mean, I’m all for ChromeOS as both a developer and an enthusiast but building a machine that defies the very principle of ChromeOS’s existence (namely, a low cost operating system based on Google Chrome and it’s spectacular v8 engine at the price of compatibility) seems very counter - active. I can’t imagine it would compare well to alternate solutions with greater capabilities, but I suppose it can be compared to Microsoft’s current predicament with the surface rt: if the surface rt fails as the premier, flagship product, it will take windows rt with it.
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chartier:

Google wants to sell you a web browser.

It happens to include a keyboard.

It costs $1,300.

Enjoy!

I thought you might have been joking until I went to the link. I’m not sure what exactly Google is thinking/hoping-for but I suppose building a $1000+ Chromebook is one way to earn revenue. I mean, I’m all for ChromeOS as both a developer and an enthusiast but building a machine that defies the very principle of ChromeOS’s existence (namely, a low cost operating system based on Google Chrome and it’s spectacular v8 engine at the price of compatibility) seems very counter - active. I can’t imagine it would compare well to alternate solutions with greater capabilities, but I suppose it can be compared to Microsoft’s current predicament with the surface rt: if the surface rt fails as the premier, flagship product, it will take windows rt with it.

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  1. unjoursurterre reblogged this from appleafterstevejobs and added:
    Google wants to sell you a web browser. It happens to include a keyboard. It costs $1,300. Enjoy! Update Fair point.
  2. chuuy reblogged this from appleafterstevejobs and added:
    Hahahahahaha
  3. appleafterstevejobs reblogged this from chartier and added:
    Suddenly, Google made the MacBook Air look like monster deal.
  4. shadowscurvesloveliness said: True dat. My damn Sony laptop charger/plug is $100. Now that I think of it, this thing would be like 13 Sony plugs….
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  8. darnellclayton said: You could but a 13-inch MacBook Air with cash to spare for the price they are asking for the cheapest Google Pixel! And that includes the cost of installing Chrome upon your MacBook!
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  10. autodevote reblogged this from chartier and added:
    might have been joking until I went to the link. I’m not sure what exactly Google is thinking/hoping-for but I suppose...
  11. jaisons said: Come on man… cut them some slack… you get a charger too!
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