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Dumb question: > constant crashes, an insanely slow single-core Intel Atom processor, and questionable build quality would make it clear to anyone that it was

Dumb question: > constant crashes, an insanely slow single-core Intel Atom processor, and questionable build quality would make it clear to anyone that it was very much a product built for dogfooding, not as a replacement for your Windows or Mac notebook This use of "dogfooding" confuses me, wouldn't the chromebook being used for dogfooding mean it was meant as a replacement for your windows/mac notebook? Or if not, how does it relate to whether the chrombook was meant to replace windows/mac notebooks?

abrowne 7y ago
I think they mean it wasn't ready as a product to be sold to the public.
- netsharc 7y ago
  Seems like the author doesn't really know the meaning of that term (or well, is using that term not in the way you and I understand it). That word is even linked to the Wikipedia page, but it says: > This can be a way for an organization to test its products in real-world usage. Hence dogfooding can act as quality control, It smells like the author wanted to use a fancier term for "beta-testing".
  - 13hours 7y ago
    He also doesn't seem to know quite what "delusional" means. He uses it to describe people that don't agree with him.
sly010 7y ago
Perhaps he meant it's table scraps?
- gruez 7y ago
  No, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogfood#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogfood#Verb
  - war1025 7y ago
    What the above commenters are getting at is the way the sentence is phrased, it seems to be implying something different from traditional "dogfooding". Something like table scraps does seem more appropriate in that sentence to me. Unless there is some context that I am just not picking up on.
    - Redoubts 7y ago
      Dunno, I can only hazard thinking ‘intentionally underpowered to force our developers to think more ‘
pgeorgi 7y ago
That paragraph refers to the Cr-48 pilot device. Dogfooding seems to be an apt description of what it was for. (Disclosure: I work on Chrome OS firmware, but started later, so I never saw one of the Cr-48s)
toyg 7y ago
I think he meant that it was a replacement for windows/mac but only in enterprise settings with very limited requirements. To be honest, I’ve never seen “dogfooding” used in such negative terms, but this seems the most likely explanation.
whywhywhywhy 7y ago
Atom processor might not be a restriction out of choice but out of limitations. Building a x86 laptop, sourcing processors from Intel is actually much harder than you’d expect if you’re new to the game and doing smaller runs.
timw4mail 7y ago
The build quality of the Cr48 was pretty decent, especially for a machine they were giving away. The only part on mine that really failed was the display hinge, after I dropped it. The keyboard is pretty decent. The atom processor and the 2GB max of ram is what really was the problem with it. All that said, they supported the Cr48 for a long time after it was sent to people, especially considering it was basically public beta test hardware.

abrowne 7y ago

I think they mean it wasn't ready as a product to be sold to the public.

netsharc 7y ago
Seems like the author doesn't really know the meaning of that term (or well, is using that term not in the way you and I understand it). That word is even linked to the Wikipedia page, but it says: > This can be a way for an organization to test its products in real-world usage. Hence dogfooding can act as quality control, It smells like the author wanted to use a fancier term for "beta-testing".
- 13hours 7y ago
  He also doesn't seem to know quite what "delusional" means. He uses it to describe people that don't agree with him.

sly010 7y ago

Perhaps he meant it's table scraps?

gruez 7y ago
No, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogfood#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogfood#Verb
- war1025 7y ago
  What the above commenters are getting at is the way the sentence is phrased, it seems to be implying something different from traditional "dogfooding". Something like table scraps does seem more appropriate in that sentence to me. Unless there is some context that I am just not picking up on.
  - Redoubts 7y ago
    Dunno, I can only hazard thinking ‘intentionally underpowered to force our developers to think more ‘

pgeorgi 7y ago

That paragraph refers to the Cr-48 pilot device. Dogfooding seems to be an apt description of what it was for. (Disclosure: I work on Chrome OS firmware, but started later, so I never saw one of the Cr-48s)

toyg 7y ago

I think he meant that it was a replacement for windows/mac but only in enterprise settings with very limited requirements. To be honest, I’ve never seen “dogfooding” used in such negative terms, but this seems the most likely explanation.

whywhywhywhy 7y ago

Atom processor might not be a restriction out of choice but out of limitations. Building a x86 laptop, sourcing processors from Intel is actually much harder than you’d expect if you’re new to the game and doing smaller runs.

timw4mail 7y ago

The build quality of the Cr48 was pretty decent, especially for a machine they were giving away. The only part on mine that really failed was the display hinge, after I dropped it. The keyboard is pretty decent. The atom processor and the 2GB max of ram is what really was the problem with it. All that said, they supported the Cr48 for a long time after it was sent to people, especially considering it was basically public beta test hardware.