The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out
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The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 has release as the first official Chrome OS tablet. The tablet includes a Wacom stylus. The new tablet can run Android apps and appears to be part of a move by Google to get the tablet market going again now that Android tablets have been fairing very poorly.
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The Tab 10 has a 9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536 display — just like the iPad — with front- and rear-facing cameras, an estimated nine hours of battery life, an OP1 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a USB-C port. There’s also a microSD card slot and a headphone jack.
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PCWord does a comparison of today's Chrome OS tablet vs. tomorrow Apple iPad education entry.
Both come in a the same price of $329 USD.
Both have a 9.7", 2048x1536, 264ppi display.
The Acer uses an OP1 Rockchip six core ARM while the iPad uses Apple's own ARM A9.
The Chomebook has 4GB of RAM instead of 2GB. Both have 32GB of internal storage. The iPad has one better camera, the Chomebook has two lesser ones.
The iPad wins on battery life by about 11%.
The Chromebook has a USB-C connector that the iPad lacks.
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Acer does not have the product on their website yet.
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@mlnews
"The Chromebook has a USB-C connector that the iPad lacks."Apple will likely never adopt the USB-C connector..
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@gjacobse said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
@mlnews
"The Chromebook has a USB-C connector that the iPad lacks."Apple will likely never adopt the USB-C connector..
Or any connector at all, which is the bigger deal.
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This looks like a great tablet alternative. We've been wanting to move the kids off of iPads. This might make sense.
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I have 'less issue' with the Lightning connector... but it would be nice if Apple would adopt the otherwise Market Standard. But they have a long track record of pushing things differently.
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And check out What is OP
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@Dominica and I have been talking about how this would be pretty much ideal for our girls. They use iPads now. This is cheaper and more powerful and a bit more flexible. We've been wanting to move them to Android, but the Android tablet market has been horrible. This is such a good fit, I think.
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@scottalanmiller said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
@Dominica and I have been talking about how this would be pretty much ideal for our girls. They use iPads now. This is cheaper and more powerful and a bit more flexible. We've been wanting to move them to Android, but the Android tablet market has been horrible. This is such a good fit, I think.
I've been a big fan of the Asus ZenPad that I have.
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@coliver said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
@scottalanmiller said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
@Dominica and I have been talking about how this would be pretty much ideal for our girls. They use iPads now. This is cheaper and more powerful and a bit more flexible. We've been wanting to move them to Android, but the Android tablet market has been horrible. This is such a good fit, I think.
I've been a big fan of the Asus ZenPad that I have.
@pchiodo has one of those too and it is really nice.
Asus makes great tablets, but getting your hands on one in the US is increasingly difficult.
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ExtremeTech confirms that the Tab 10 has an SD card, too. That's the killer feature over the iPad.
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@scottalanmiller said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
This looks like a great tablet alternative. We've been wanting to move the kids off of iPads. This might make sense.
I converted two Lenovo X Yogas to run CloudReady for the girls as their schools both use Google for EDU. Saved me $500. Now I have parents asking if I have anymore of the Yogas.
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@wls-itguy said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
@scottalanmiller said in The First ChromeOS Tablet Is Out:
This looks like a great tablet alternative. We've been wanting to move the kids off of iPads. This might make sense.
I converted two Lenovo X Yogas to run CloudReady for the girls as their schools both use Google for EDU. Saved me $500. Now I have parents asking if I have anymore of the Yogas.
How well does it run? We have a Yoga 2 Pro that is essentially worthless.
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It works well. They run for about 5 hours. I thought about dual booting but not sure I'd like the idea of running Windows dual boot.
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