Chromebook Making Gains
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ZDnet article on the Google Chromebook market share gains. Chromebooks are still pretty quietly playing in the background but they seem to be sneaking up on everyone. We have one and plan to get another soon. They have been great devices for us. Google Chromebook Gains and Microsoft Worries on ZDnet
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Makes sense. Chromebooks are a very useful laptop choice. Cheap and easy to use. For the average home user, they are really perfect if you need something more than a tablet. For kids who need to do homework, they can be just enough more than a tablet to allow them to write reports and stuff. It's not very many people, except for gamers, who need the power for a Windows machine anymore.
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Another article on the Chromebook menace to windows hegemony.
http://www.itworld.com/open-source/428137/chromebooks-are-freaking-out-microsoft
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I'm still leaning heavily on getting HP's 14" model. I just found training resources that do not require me to have anything installed locally, all done through a browser (Boson Simulators).
The ONLY thing that has me still wanting a normal laptop is PowerShell 4.0 and the ISE / RSAT tools. That really is it.
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I think that you can overcome that via SSH to PowerShell.
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@StrongBad said:
I think that you can overcome that via SSH to PowerShell.
Kinda. I could use PowerShell Web Access (which is awesome btw). But still no ISE.
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Oh that is true. But you can at least execute PS as if you were sitting at the console.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Another article on the Chromebook menace to windows hegemony.
http://www.itworld.com/open-source/428137/chromebooks-are-freaking-out-microsoft
Hmmn, you got any links to real world facts rather than dodgy websites spewing unsubstantiated link-bait?
I'd like to see Chromebooks take offer a real alternative to Windows, but I just can't see it. It feels too much like a toy rather than a serious business solution (other than using them as cheap thin-clients for Windows).
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It's a niche product. Mostly for kiosks and kids as a way of saving a bit of money. Claims that it will seriously challenge Windows are very wide of the mark.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
It's a niche product. Mostly for kiosks and kids as a way of saving a bit of money. Claims that it will seriously challenge Windows are very wide of the mark.
Yeah but with so much of Microsoft's infrastructure moving to the cloud via Azure and even with PowerShell Web Access, everything is moving towards only needing a web browser to function.
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It had some like a doubling of market share in five months. It's doing a lot if damage. I think a lot more home users are looking at it than you are thinking and a $99 desktop edition is expected this year.
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@Bill-Kindle exactly. It's taking hold fast. Even if just used as a thin client, that's a great way to get market share.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It had some like a doubling of market share in five months. It's doing a lot if damage. I think a lot more home users are looking at it than you are thinking and a $99 desktop edition is expected this year.
And on top of that, they are more security conscious now than they were even a few years ago. The lure of a always updated and virus free system (at least right now) is attractive.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It had some like a doubling of market share in five months. It's doing a lot if damage.
What's its market share? Tiny, I suspect. There is no way it is doing a lot of damage. It might in the future, but at the moment it is just potential.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It had some like a doubling of market share in five months. It's doing a lot if damage.
What's its market share? Tiny, I suspect. There is no way it is doing a lot of damage. It might in the future, but at the moment it is just potential.
Nothing is ever immediate.
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I heard that months ago they were the number two laptop on the market after the MacBook. That's pretty huge right now.
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Forbes today said 3-5% of the PC market.
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It's the new, new thing. Like Netbooks were the new, new thing a couple of years ago. I'm not convinced it will go anywhere though. I'm certainly not getting carried away. Mine's currently sitting in the cupboard unused and I suspect I'm not alone.
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I Just setup a chromebox ($169 on amazon) for my In-Law's retail store. It', with a HDMI splitter is powering 4 TVs in their store looping images, commercials, and special sale notifications via a youtube channel. It's pretty awesome!
