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I dunno about the Chromebox. I can't see many of my friends setting up a monitor, mouse and keyboard for a computer that only runs Chrome OS. It's interesting,
by splatzone 14y ago
I dunno about the Chromebox. I can't see many of my friends setting up a monitor, mouse and keyboard for a computer that only runs Chrome OS.
It's interesting, though.
- varikin 14y agoI can see it being perfect for my parents who use Facebook, email, and write documents. Also, I could be great for schools for the same reason or for some office workers that just need email and Google Docs. I think this fits with that other item on Hacker News today about targeting the right user. In this case, for a non power user, this has great potential.
- mtgx 14y agoI think both Chromebooks and Chromeboxes make sense for libraries, too. They don't need people to install who knows what on their PC's (although there are some tools to prevent that), and this should be a lot safer.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoFriends, no. Workplace IT, yes.
- dsr_ 14y agoMore interesting if it gets integrated with GoogleTV, or (less likely) a TiVo.
- fidotron 14y agoWhat's really curious is that in a way it's up against Raspberry Pi, but literally an order of magnitude more expensive. Obviously it's more powerful, but . . . They really need to get the cost of the Chrome devices way down from where they are.
- georgemcbay 14y agoThe Raspberry Pi is pretty neat but good luck using it as a general purpose HTML5-display box. Way too slow for that. I agree that the cost of Chrome devices needs to be lower, but they need to be priced closer to midrange Android tablets (~250-300$) than Raspberry Pis.
- wavephorm 14y agoIt does have an h264 chip which might make HTML5 video usable.
- mtgx 14y agoRPi is good for video, but I think he meant overall browsing performance. RPi will be pretty slow at that.
- fidotron 14y agoYes, I think aiming for RPi equivalence would be extreme! That said, it would be curious to see what kind of processor ends up being optimal for HTML5 content. It's not completely inconceivable that architectures will end up being tuned for JS execution.
- mmahemoff 14y agoChromebox/book is at the opposite end of the spectrum from Raspberry PI though in terms of who it's targeting and the problem it's solving.
- jonknee 14y agoI'd love if my SaaS clients would use a Chromebox so that I only have to worry about keeping the app running. If you use a computer just for a web app, having the overhead of having to properly keep Windows running and updated is quite taxing (regardless of the issue, it's your fault if they can't log in to the inventory system).
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