Chromebook Lineup Q4 2014
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The "about to be replaced" HP lineup looks pretty nice but is seriously right on the verge of replacement.
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Is touch on a chrome book really useful?
What does it do to the price?
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@Dashrender said:
Is touch on a chrome book really useful?
What does it do to the price?
Lenovo is about $30 over the others. HP has a touch option coming and I think that it is about $30 premium too.
Touch is no more useful on a Chromebook than on Windows, which is to say a little but not a lot.
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Yeah I don't think touch is that big of a deal at all unless it's going to be a true tablet format.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Yeah I don't think touch is that big of a deal at all unless it's going to be a true tablet format.
A lot of kids and educational use so you can imagine how much they want that today.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Yeah I don't think touch is that big of a deal at all unless it's going to be a true tablet format.
A lot of kids and educational use so you can imagine how much they want that today.
Touch is so awkward on a 'laptop'. Of course it's great on a table/convertable(when in tablet mode).
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I think that a lot of that is an OS that doesn't give you a reason to use it. I like touch on a laptop now and then.
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@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I think that a lot of that is an OS that doesn't give you a reason to use it. I like touch on a laptop now and then.
adding the touch screen though adds weight that IMHO is what makes the current Chromebooks awesome. I love my HP 14".
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
Walmart has the last generation. You can get it in Snow White anywhere, but who would want that one? I just didn't mention it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
Walmart has the last generation. You can get it in Snow White anywhere, but who would want that one? I just didn't mention it.
hangs head, sad
I have one, thought it looked better.
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I know this is a chromebook slot...I have enjoyed the simplicity and stability of both the HP ChromeBox and Asus Chromebox.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
Walmart has the last generation. You can get it in Snow White anywhere, but who would want that one? I just didn't mention it.
hangs head, sad
I have one, thought it looked better.
LOL
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@Hubtech said:
I know this is a chromebook slot...I have enjoyed the simplicity and stability of both the HP ChromeBox and Asus Chromebox.
How did I miss that HP made a Chromebox? That's awesome. I totally did not know that they had one. I knew that Asus had theirs but not HP. The HP even comes in matching colours!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
Walmart has the last generation. You can get it in Snow White anywhere, but who would want that one? I just didn't mention it.
hangs head, sad
I have one, thought it looked better.
LOL
I will say though, this is the fastest laptop I have ever owned, and I'm using it quite often.
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None of my usual suppliers have stock of the HP Chromeboxes which probably means there are none in the HP UK channel. The Asus is available though and I think I'm going to pick one up today.
Any plans for a Chrome Tablet, do you know? I think that would be awesome. I no longer use any apps on my iPad 2 and basically just use Chrome browser on it, so a Chrome tablet would be perfect for me.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@scottalanmiller said:
First up the HP Chromebook 14 which comes in orange, turquoise and light green.
Buy at Wal-Mart, you can get the white version.
Walmart has the last generation. You can get it in Snow White anywhere, but who would want that one? I just didn't mention it.
hangs head, sad
I have one, thought it looked better.
LOL
I will say though, this is the fastest laptop I have ever owned, and I'm using it quite often.
That's awesome. I had a first gen $199 Acer Chromebook and it still works great. I'm really interested in upgrading to an ARM based 11" unit just for casual stuff. The new ones are so nice.
Really shows how good Linux can be for a desktop OS!
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@Carnival-Boy said:
None of my usual suppliers have stock of the HP Chromeboxes which probably means there are none in the HP UK channel. The Asus is available though and I think I'm going to pick one up today.
Any plans for a Chrome Tablet, do you know? I think that would be awesome. I no longer use any apps on my iPad 2 and basically just use Chrome browser on it, so a Chrome tablet would be perfect for me.
So I know nothing official other than that none are on the market yet but here is my thinking there....
Chrome is just starting to see touch screen functionality appear in the latest generation (Lenovo now and HP soon.). Google separates their desktop/laptop and tablet/phone strategies into Chromebook and Android. They share a lot but are very different.
Android is now available on a few desktops and all in ones. I think that we may see a Chrometab but it requires polishing before Chromium is ready for a pure touch interface and Android is pushing it away from that market.
Over time we might see Chrome and Android start to merge.
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Scott, you bring up a good point - why did Google make Chrome OS when they already had Android?
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@Dashrender said:
Scott, you bring up a good point - why did Google make Chrome OS when they already had Android?
Same reason that Apple made iOS when they already had Mac OSX. In both cases they kept the same UNIX based (OSX and iOS are both FreeBSD, Android and Chromium are both Linux) but they made two products. One for mobile and one for traditional desktop.
I think that you will find that the answer is in the fact that mobile is just a unique case and does not lend itself well to the same design decisions as a desktop today. That will change over time and eventually the two will merge, almost certainly. But for now, mobility has unique needs that desktop OSes do not address well. Chromium, for example, doesn't even support the idea of apps while on Android that is the basis of the system. They remain pretty unique.
Android is also based completely around a touch interface with the first few users starting to trial attaching a mouse to it. While Chromium is designed completely around the mouse and people are just experimenting with touch.
