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lol. something fried because google hardware is notoriously bad, not "because you installed linux". Hardware is not supposed to fry because the software told it

by gcb0 8y ago

lol. something fried because google hardware is notoriously bad, not "because you installed linux". Hardware is not supposed to fry because the software told it to.

Theodores 8y ago
I wasn't clear there as I didn't want to namedrop the brand of the $300 machine, it began with the first letter of the alphabet and was a four letter name. It is not the hardware that is a problem with Google products, there is no 'you must be holding it wrong' nonsense. The problem Google have is in the support. Utterly awful. They have absolutely no idea, as if they are not able to empathise with the customer in any way whatsoever. A budgerigar is as much help. Fortunately my five year old Pixel is as good as new, not a scratch. Despite its age it still impresses people whether they know what it is or not. Few computers do that these days. The wow factor isn't quite up to 'SGI' standards but I always say it is just 'a cheap really old Chromebook'. The room filling sound from the speakers under the keyboard is something I can't believe the newer Pixelbook has to quite the same level of 'high fidelity', I would be gutted if that died due to some upgrade. This won't happen though as updates no longer happen (as of a week ago) due to the age of it. The 2560x1700 'retina plus' native screen mode is also a true delight, particularly with dev tools open. People struggle to read the text and, with them not used to having pinch-to-zoom on their Applebooks, they are amazed that the zoom works just like on a phone.
- PascLeRasc 8y ago
  edit: mistake but too late to delete.
  - komaromy 8y ago
    I think they meant Pixelbook.
PascLeRasc 8y ago
Sometimes it's a little of hardware and software's fault: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln186332/distorted-sound-from-notebook-speakers-when-using-vlc-media-player?lang=en https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln186332/dist...
- pritambaral 8y ago
  That is 100% the hardware's fault. I'm including firmware and drivers for the audio card in "hardware".
bryanbuckley 8y ago
"not supposed to" is pretty idealistic, the goal. Anyone working on firmware, drivers, or other low level SW will assure you that SW can fry, shorten the lifespan of, or otherwise brick HW.
pjmlp 8y ago
Many of us were very careful to avoid frying our monitors while configuring X Windows on BSD/Linux back in the old days.

by gcb0 8y ago

lol. something fried because google hardware is notoriously bad, not "because you installed linux". Hardware is not supposed to fry because the software told it to.

Theodores 8y ago

I wasn't clear there as I didn't want to namedrop the brand of the $300 machine, it began with the first letter of the alphabet and was a four letter name. It is not the hardware that is a problem with Google products, there is no 'you must be holding it wrong' nonsense. The problem Google have is in the support. Utterly awful. They have absolutely no idea, as if they are not able to empathise with the customer in any way whatsoever. A budgerigar is as much help. Fortunately my five year old Pixel is as good as new, not a scratch. Despite its age it still impresses people whether they know what it is or not. Few computers do that these days. The wow factor isn't quite up to 'SGI' standards but I always say it is just 'a cheap really old Chromebook'. The room filling sound from the speakers under the keyboard is something I can't believe the newer Pixelbook has to quite the same level of 'high fidelity', I would be gutted if that died due to some upgrade. This won't happen though as updates no longer happen (as of a week ago) due to the age of it. The 2560x1700 'retina plus' native screen mode is also a true delight, particularly with dev tools open. People struggle to read the text and, with them not used to having pinch-to-zoom on their Applebooks, they are amazed that the zoom works just like on a phone.

PascLeRasc 8y ago
edit: mistake but too late to delete.
- komaromy 8y ago
  I think they meant Pixelbook.

PascLeRasc 8y ago

Sometimes it's a little of hardware and software's fault: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln186332/distorted-sound-from-notebook-speakers-when-using-vlc-media-player?lang=en https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln186332/dist...

pritambaral 8y ago
That is 100% the hardware's fault. I'm including firmware and drivers for the audio card in "hardware".

bryanbuckley 8y ago

"not supposed to" is pretty idealistic, the goal. Anyone working on firmware, drivers, or other low level SW will assure you that SW can fry, shorten the lifespan of, or otherwise brick HW.

pjmlp 8y ago

Many of us were very careful to avoid frying our monitors while configuring X Windows on BSD/Linux back in the old days.