Andre, I think the Chromebook really competes well with EPCDs (Everday Portable Computing Devices) like iPad more than a notebook. I understand it's a direct competitor to netbooks, but it has more of a full notebook computer experience as far as speed and display go. It truly is larger than a netbook-- in fact it's larger than the small MacBook Air, but it weighs about the same.
I'm defining EPCDs as devices you can take with you and use all day long, with instant on and instant internet access. Unfortunately, few if any notebooks really qualify. For instance, here I am at a Mexican food diner after finishing a late lunch with my wife-- she's left and I thought I'd sit here and check my mail and deal with any business issues which have come up. I can do all this now MUCH faster than previously with my iPad because my touch typing is so much better than my iPad typing. I figure I spend about 80% of my iPad time doing internet related stuff-- emails, RSS feeds, web browsing, etc.. I can do all this easily from my Chromebook, PLUS now I can actually work with Google Docs, too. The Android and iPad GDocs implementation is sad at best and for the most part just wrecks the formatting for other viewers after you edit something on an iPad/Android. Ugh. Still, no Skype and no GTM is big. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Andre Garzia <an...@andregarzia.com> wrote: > I have mixed feelings about chromebooks. I tend to place them in the same > category of netbooks and then they lose the competition but I know they are > a whole different thing with a different purpose. I just think they should > be cheaper. $250 would be the right price for an online appliance like > that. > > My own online gizmo is my OLPC XO-1... > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:02 AM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > > > Excellent and thorough review, Chip. thanks. > > > > On 20 June 2011 02:00, Chipp Walters <ch...@chipp.com> wrote: > > > > > For those of you interested in Google's new, and fascinating > Chromebook, > > > here's my first thoughts after spending the weekend with one: > > > > > > http://blog.chipp.com/chromebook-first-impressions/ > > > > > > -- > > > Chipp Walters > > > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. > > > > > > > > > Stephen Barncard > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
