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> I personally like the $199 price point and would love to see manufactures deliver a kick-ass chromebook at that level....something that almost matches the Pix
by jdietrich 9y ago
> I personally like the $199 price point and would love to see manufactures deliver a kick-ass chromebook at that level....something that almost matches the Pixelbook performance.
That's not going to happen, for obvious reasons. The processor in the Pixelbook costs more than the entire BOM for a $200 laptop.
The Pixelbook is sort of a crazy idea, but it represents Google's belief that ChromeOS can be more than just a cheap option for schools and casual users.
- fpoling 9y agoI have used Samsung ARM Chromebook from 2012 for development (mostly Java plus occasional C++). It was OK. The limiting factor was memory, not CPU. I think a new cheap and small ARM Chromebook with 8GB would be very attractive option for me as a travel laptop. Sadly I am such a minority...
- jdietrich 9y agoDRAM prices are insane at the moment, so we're going to see manufacturers scrimp on it for a while. Hopefully the price of DRAM should start to ease in the latter part of 2018.
- braythwayt 9y ago> That's not going to happen ...soon. It will eventually happen, but the question is always, does having the better device now provide more value than saving money now and waiting for the better device to be available at the desired price point? And by the time the better is available at the desired price point, will we want an even better device, perhaps because applications and our tastes have inevitable ratcheted up to demand even better performance?