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The 32GB iPad Pro 9.7, Smart Keyboard and Pencil are $599, $149, and $99 for a total of $847. The Samsung Chromebook Plus is $449 and has a keyboard and stylus

by glibgil 10y ago

dogma1138 10y ago
I can get a 256GB version of the iPad pro, I don't care about the price atm, I want an option.
- stinkytaco 10y ago
  There's a long way between your price sensitivity and "not excusable". There's a place in the market for this, without question, especially since it sports removable storage.
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    No sorry a 500$ with 32GB of storage is not excusable. Removable storage is pointless since they would likely not to support a filesystem which can be easily mounted on any computer (windows/linux/osx) and support files of 4GB or greater in size. More importantly media apps like Amazon Instant Video, Netflix and Spotify which allow you to cache/download media for offline use do not allow you to use removable storage for that purpose and my downloaded spotify songs alone would fill A 32GB device. I can download a few seasons of my TV shows from Amazon Video, Netflix and my entire music library from Spotify into my iPhone but I can't download even a full season of a 8-10 episode per season show onto a device with 32GB. 32GB eMMC is also very slow because of how the storage channel works, so sorry there is no excuse with having so little storage. Also SD cards are slow, die fairly quickly, can easily get lost, and buying 256GB of storage in microSDXC Class 10 cards from a reliable source (as in definitely not fake) costs about as much as the difference between an iPad/iPhone with a 32GB and 256GB here in the UK.
    - teach 10y ago
      Chromebooks are designed for everything to be in the cloud, always. If you're DOWNLOADING anything to the device, you're using it wrong. When you buy a Chromebook, you're signing up for a cheap, lightweight cloud access device. That's why they (used to?) come bundled with 1TB of Google Drive storage.
      - monk_e_boy 10y ago
        you're being down voted but you are correct, schools buy these by the hundreds. everything is stored in the cloud. these devices are aimed at a different market. chrome book and Google classroom and Google docs is what they are for. apps make them nicer, there are tons of educational apps (think dyslexia, autism, etc) that we need iPads for. Now we can ditch the iPads.
        ghaff 10y ago
        I think the downvoting is around the assumption that there's a "right" way to use them. Personally I do store a lot of content in Google's cloud but I also have a large SD card in my Chromebook that works perfectly well.
        willtim 10y ago
        It's being advertised as being suitable for movies and games. Personally I can only successfully stream movies when I'm not on the go with a laptop.
        fattire 10y ago
        dogma's point about the Play Store apps is right though. ChromeOS was designed to keep everything in the cloud, but Android apps are different-- while currently running on storage-constrained tablets and phones, the Play Store on a laptop will feel a lot more like the App store on a Mac-- games especially will have tons of giant assets that will ideally be stored locally. But if you only have 32GB for a 500GB game... there's a problem. When a device has a keyboard and 12" screen, it'll feel like a laptop and you'll expect a laptop-like installation experience, not a phone-like experience. That means not waiting a half hour for your game media to download every time you want to play a level...
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The 32GB iPad Pro 9.7, Smart Keyboard and Pencil are $599, $149, and $99 for a total of $847. The Samsung Chromebook Plus is $449 and has a keyboard and stylus

by glibgil 10y ago

The 32GB iPad Pro 9.7, Smart Keyboard and Pencil are $599, $149, and $99 for a total of $847. The Samsung Chromebook Plus is $449 and has a keyboard and stylus

dogma1138 10y ago

I can get a 256GB version of the iPad pro, I don't care about the price atm, I want an option.

stinkytaco 10y ago
There's a long way between your price sensitivity and "not excusable". There's a place in the market for this, without question, especially since it sports removable storage.
- dogma1138 10y ago
  No sorry a 500$ with 32GB of storage is not excusable. Removable storage is pointless since they would likely not to support a filesystem which can be easily mounted on any computer (windows/linux/osx) and support files of 4GB or greater in size. More importantly media apps like Amazon Instant Video, Netflix and Spotify which allow you to cache/download media for offline use do not allow you to use removable storage for that purpose and my downloaded spotify songs alone would fill A 32GB device. I can download a few seasons of my TV shows from Amazon Video, Netflix and my entire music library from Spotify into my iPhone but I can't download even a full season of a 8-10 episode per season show onto a device with 32GB. 32GB eMMC is also very slow because of how the storage channel works, so sorry there is no excuse with having so little storage. Also SD cards are slow, die fairly quickly, can easily get lost, and buying 256GB of storage in microSDXC Class 10 cards from a reliable source (as in definitely not fake) costs about as much as the difference between an iPad/iPhone with a 32GB and 256GB here in the UK.
  - teach 10y ago
    Chromebooks are designed for everything to be in the cloud, always. If you're DOWNLOADING anything to the device, you're using it wrong. When you buy a Chromebook, you're signing up for a cheap, lightweight cloud access device. That's why they (used to?) come bundled with 1TB of Google Drive storage.
    - monk_e_boy 10y ago
      you're being down voted but you are correct, schools buy these by the hundreds. everything is stored in the cloud. these devices are aimed at a different market. chrome book and Google classroom and Google docs is what they are for. apps make them nicer, there are tons of educational apps (think dyslexia, autism, etc) that we need iPads for. Now we can ditch the iPads.
      - ghaff 10y ago
        I think the downvoting is around the assumption that there's a "right" way to use them. Personally I do store a lot of content in Google's cloud but I also have a large SD card in my Chromebook that works perfectly well.
        willtim 10y ago
        It's being advertised as being suitable for movies and games. Personally I can only successfully stream movies when I'm not on the go with a laptop.
      - fattire 10y ago
        dogma's point about the Play Store apps is right though. ChromeOS was designed to keep everything in the cloud, but Android apps are different-- while currently running on storage-constrained tablets and phones, the Play Store on a laptop will feel a lot more like the App store on a Mac-- games especially will have tons of giant assets that will ideally be stored locally. But if you only have 32GB for a 500GB game... there's a problem. When a device has a keyboard and 12" screen, it'll feel like a laptop and you'll expect a laptop-like installation experience, not a phone-like experience. That means not waiting a half hour for your game media to download every time you want to play a level...

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