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If it's a "more capable smartphone", it stands to reason that it should have more memory than a smartphone? In any case, if it has an SD or MicroSD slot, that

If it's a "more capable smartphone", it stands to reason that it should have more memory than a smartphone? In any case, if it has an SD or MicroSD slot, that would alleviate the storage concern for most people. The USB port could also be useful for more storage, but most people won't want to use up one of the limited USB ports for a memory stick.

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bostand 10y ago
Some chromebooks come with a big hd or ssd. But nobody seem to buy them
- pjmlp 10y ago
  I wonder if anyone buys chromebooks at all in Europe, given that I only see them as single unit being victim of whatever promotion of the week, until eventually someone takes that thing out of the store.
  - bostand 10y ago
    "victim"?? Chromebooks are the perfect laptops for people who don't understand computers. No viruses, no antiviruses, no forced reboots...
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      > No viruses, no antiviruses, no forced reboots... Browser exploits, cross-site scripting, fake-urls, cookie harvesting, SSL impersonations ...
    - chestnut-tree 10y ago
      And what about privacy? An entire OS that records everything you do online, it even records printing to your desktop printer. Microsoft rightly gets skewered for tracking user behaviour in Windows 10. A few years ago, Canonical was heavily criticised for sending anonymous data from Ubuntu to Amazon. Meanwhile, Google captures more user data than possibly any other tech company - we're talking gargantuan levels of data - and yet on matters of privacy, the tech community gives Google a free pass. Why such double standards?
      - pjmlp 10y ago
        Because Google is a SV darling, so whatever they do is cool.
    - FussyZeus 10y ago
      It has no viruses because it has no userbase. Mac OSX enjoyed this same privilege until it had sufficient users to attract attention. It's better to learn how to properly use a computer, then you can get whatever you want and use it correctly instead of leaping from one gimped platform to another.
  - FussyZeus 10y ago
    I've never actually seen a Chrome book in the wild.

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bostand 10y ago

Some chromebooks come with a big hd or ssd. But nobody seem to buy them

pjmlp 10y ago
I wonder if anyone buys chromebooks at all in Europe, given that I only see them as single unit being victim of whatever promotion of the week, until eventually someone takes that thing out of the store.
- bostand 10y ago
  "victim"?? Chromebooks are the perfect laptops for people who don't understand computers. No viruses, no antiviruses, no forced reboots...
  - pjmlp 10y ago
    > No viruses, no antiviruses, no forced reboots... Browser exploits, cross-site scripting, fake-urls, cookie harvesting, SSL impersonations ...
  - chestnut-tree 10y ago
    And what about privacy? An entire OS that records everything you do online, it even records printing to your desktop printer. Microsoft rightly gets skewered for tracking user behaviour in Windows 10. A few years ago, Canonical was heavily criticised for sending anonymous data from Ubuntu to Amazon. Meanwhile, Google captures more user data than possibly any other tech company - we're talking gargantuan levels of data - and yet on matters of privacy, the tech community gives Google a free pass. Why such double standards?
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      Because Google is a SV darling, so whatever they do is cool.
  - FussyZeus 10y ago
    It has no viruses because it has no userbase. Mac OSX enjoyed this same privilege until it had sufficient users to attract attention. It's better to learn how to properly use a computer, then you can get whatever you want and use it correctly instead of leaping from one gimped platform to another.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  I've never actually seen a Chrome book in the wild.