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I dont know why anyone would buy this unless the pen drawing experience is a lot better than on the Surface Pro and Ipad Pro and you're primarily an artist. Th
by napa15 9y ago
I dont know why anyone would buy this unless the pen drawing experience is a lot better than on the Surface Pro and Ipad Pro and you're primarily an artist.
The Surface Pro has a real OS with Windows on it, I'm sure somebody will hack the Pixelbook to allow Linux but it will probably have a bunch of stuff removed and unsupported then.
It makes zero sense to buy this locked down device for 1k as far as I'm concerned.
- craftyguy 9y agoWell, for one, it doesn't run windows.
- 201709User 9y agoWe are trying to list features, not defects.
- zeta0134 9y agoSpeak for yourself. A lot of members in this community, myself included, find being locked to a Windows workstation for any task to be a misfeature and a defect. Option are good! I'm not sure if the Pixel is a particularly attractive option, but I'll welcome any new competition that can help dissolve the Microsoft lock-in problem.
- NiveaGeForce 9y ago> that can help dissolve the Microsoft lock-in problem. So that you can have a Google lock-in problem.
- craftyguy 9y agoI support having options and not being forced into using only products that run a shitty operating system.
- zeveb 9y agoThat's the problem though: ChromeOS is also a 'shitty operating system'; so too is iOS. I'd like a tablet like this which just let me run plain old Debian. Sure, the window managers and apps probably don't support touchscreens terribly well right now (certainly StumpWM won't), but … that'll change over time.
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- VikingCoder 9y agoIt runs Android Apps. There are lots and lots of Android apps. Among them is "Termux," which lets me run C++, Python, Node.JS, git, Subversion, Emacs, Vi... Without rooting or anything. So, yes, there's a bunch of stuff you can't do, but it's pretty nice.