G+_George Kozi Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm kinda getting fed up with people saying "why would you buy a computer that's nothing but a browser". Well, because today you can do in a browser everything a normal user wants to do. Moreover it is secure and kept up to date without you lifting a finger. That's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Bach Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Almost everything... A solid video editing app, Photoshop, a DVD ripper, along with massive built in storage and an optical drive are all issues for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 you have the desktop for all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Ratte Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I predict that list of things you still can't do to get slowly checked off one by one over the coming years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_martyn ridley Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I'm kinda over people telling me anything I should or shouldn't do , I'm at an age where it's pretty much much figured out but I shall listen attentively then take my own counsel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Wilson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 IT folks need more than what Chrome offers and so do businesses. The cloud is great suplement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jared Budlong Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 David Wilson George Kozi mentions that a browser is all most "normal" users use... obviously any power user, no matter the demographic, will need more than just a browser to be efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Wilson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 No such thing as "static" normal use. Thats the point of a computer...to be flexible not ridged in applications or even ability run anything out of the browser. All this fud of browser will do most everything is like Steve Jobs telling folks apps on the iphone wont happen outside of the browser in 2007. Rich applications that normal people will want to use still need a traditional OS. You folks far under esitmate what the normal user does on their computer..and will want to do later.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jared Budlong Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Would the word "average user" be more sufficient? I could give my mom a chromebook and she wouldn't miss a thing about having a "real computer". That's all that is trying to be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Wilson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Then do it. Give it to her. Then watch her curse you in a few weeks/months time when she wants to create greeting cards with her scanner. One of thousands of possible wants from the "average" user. I am not saying this out of spite...I am saying this out of experience.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jared Budlong Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I know way too many people who literally don't do anything but email, facebook, and banking... all of which is done in a browser. I guess we have a disconnect on our terms then. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Wilson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I dont think we do have terms mixed up. I dont think you have spent enough time with them to know not only their use but future desires. Nothing that can be had in Chrome book isnt there on the traditional PC. However the same cant be true the other way around. With cost being equal (which it nearly is)...why even risk it as the average user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eric Humphries Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 define "normal user." Everyones computer habits are different, and a browser based OS probably isn't sufficient for 50% of the population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rob Leonard Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Buy it for the gorgeous screen and put a ubuntu partition on it for stuff you can't do in a browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 It's amazing how people think apps are the bees knees when it comes to tablets and irrelevant when it comes to chromebook... We live in an age when the app solves every need, aren't we? Is this a fad? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Pelletier Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 If it works for you who cares what anyone thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Zulhaimi Abdul Hamid Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Try living in a third world country. You will realize quickly that without strong data connection, a laptop that relies fully on browser and cloud, will be useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Wilson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 George Kozi Apps on a tablet are rich applications with a full featured OS. That's not what Chrome OS is. Tablets could be "full computing" devices (IE Surface Pro) or even perhaps Android with it's Apps and supported add-ons. ChomeOS is likely to be a failure if it remains a browser OS only. The market is already supplying many full OS at low costs (Windows8, iOS, Android, Linux) that can do everything and more than ChromeOS. The problem with ChromeOS is that you are relying on "Google" solely for most everything at this point in time. With the Android head moving over to ChromeOS team I am thinking that they have realized that people are not willing to risk losing a full rich OS..when the costs are the same. Look for Chrome OS to support apps like android. I am not saying there is not a niche market for ChromeOS but it hardly falls within supplying the needs of every "average" user. One question that Google hasn't ask itself is...what can ChromeOS do that Android can't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Byers Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 George Kozi the $200 chromebook is reasonable but a pixel LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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