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In other news, Macbooks destroy Chromebooks in being real computers.

by porps 10y ago

raverbashing 10y ago
Correct But the number of people who need a "real computer" is smaller every day
- JBReefer 10y ago
  I'd argue that you're correct and that the contrapositive is more true - the number of people who SHOULDN'T have a real computer is growing rapidly. EX: GFs mom has a terabyte of pictures scattershot across a Windows 7 HD. Creating a backup regimine is going to be a serious undertaking. All she uses the machine for is looking at pictures she took and Facebook. If she was using a Chromebook, none of this would be a problem. 1 folder, always backed up.
  - sofaofthedamned 10y ago
    Good point. I remember when tablets came along and immediately all the malware removal off crap laptops I had to do for friends and family simply disappeared. It's like it's all happening again with Chromebooks, just a little further up the chain.
Tquila 10y ago
In @nottheonion porps has been proven to be an apple fan-gay who doesn't even know how real computers can be real, when our eyes aren't real.
jostmey 10y ago
I own a chromebook and macbook. I do all my coding on a chromebook. I use the ChromeOS as my GUI, dropbox as my filesystem, and crouton to run the ubuntu terminal underneath it all.
- notacoward 10y ago
  > I do all my coding on a chromebook. > crouton to run the ubuntu terminal underneath it all. Ditto. I can alt-tab and share clipboard between the ChromeOS environment where everything Just Works and the Crouton environment where I do my coding. Quite nice, especially considering that a Chromebook costs anywhere from 20-60% as much as an Apple laptop. I'm on a Pixel 2 (non-LS version), which replaced an MBA. Despite being one of the most expensive Chromebooks ever, it was still several hundred dollars cheaper than what it replaced - with a higher-resolution screen and better battery life. With some of the newer Chromebooks that are out there, some slightly better and significantly cheaper than what I have now (the Acer Chromebook 14 for Work is a particular standout), a Mac starts to seem like the idiot's choice even for developers.

In other news, Macbooks destroy Chromebooks in being real computers.

by porps 10y ago

In other news, Macbooks destroy Chromebooks in being real computers.

raverbashing 10y ago

Correct But the number of people who need a "real computer" is smaller every day

JBReefer 10y ago
I'd argue that you're correct and that the contrapositive is more true - the number of people who SHOULDN'T have a real computer is growing rapidly. EX: GFs mom has a terabyte of pictures scattershot across a Windows 7 HD. Creating a backup regimine is going to be a serious undertaking. All she uses the machine for is looking at pictures she took and Facebook. If she was using a Chromebook, none of this would be a problem. 1 folder, always backed up.
- sofaofthedamned 10y ago
  Good point. I remember when tablets came along and immediately all the malware removal off crap laptops I had to do for friends and family simply disappeared. It's like it's all happening again with Chromebooks, just a little further up the chain.

Tquila 10y ago

In @nottheonion porps has been proven to be an apple fan-gay who doesn't even know how real computers can be real, when our eyes aren't real.

jostmey 10y ago

I own a chromebook and macbook. I do all my coding on a chromebook. I use the ChromeOS as my GUI, dropbox as my filesystem, and crouton to run the ubuntu terminal underneath it all.

notacoward 10y ago
> I do all my coding on a chromebook. > crouton to run the ubuntu terminal underneath it all. Ditto. I can alt-tab and share clipboard between the ChromeOS environment where everything Just Works and the Crouton environment where I do my coding. Quite nice, especially considering that a Chromebook costs anywhere from 20-60% as much as an Apple laptop. I'm on a Pixel 2 (non-LS version), which replaced an MBA. Despite being one of the most expensive Chromebooks ever, it was still several hundred dollars cheaper than what it replaced - with a higher-resolution screen and better battery life. With some of the newer Chromebooks that are out there, some slightly better and significantly cheaper than what I have now (the Acer Chromebook 14 for Work is a particular standout), a Mac starts to seem like the idiot's choice even for developers.