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And this based on what? One data point (You)?

by dannyr 14y ago

wavephorm 14y ago
I have no data points, because I don't know anyone that wants one these chromebooks.
- backspace 14y ago
  I'm so fortunate that I don't know anyone who needs a wheelchair. There's no market for that kind of useless thing really. Aren't crutches enough?
  - cooldeal 14y ago
    What about sales figures for the Chromebooks? It's been very close to a full year since they've been lauanched. And by all the accounts sales have been really bad.
dannyr 14y ago
"I have no data points, because I don't know anyone that wants one these chromebooks." I don't know anyone who watches Big Bang Theory but that show has millions of viewers and has been around for 5 seasons.
falling 14y ago
Please stop. We don’t always have to ask for data to prove one’s opinion. Opinions are opinions, you can have them without data to back them up, basing them on your own experience, they are still valid. If you have a different opinion discuss that instead of just dropping the stupid [citation needed]. I’m not saying whether I agree or not with the OP, but I certainly disagree with your way of having a discussion by not having one. Also certainly Chromebooks are somewhat puzzling because of their overlap with Android tablets, especially ones like the Asus Transformer to which you can attach a keyboard and have basically the same thing with a slightly different OS that sync your data everywhere anyway. Having a discussion on how they are different and why both would be useful is an interesting conversation to have, shutting it down with “where’s your data” is stupid. So, if you want to discuss, provide your reasons why they are useful instead of trying to shut off people with petty arguments.
- dannyr 14y ago
  I'm calling out the arrogance of people to make conclusions just based on one data which is usually just their own. In my other comment, I said I don't know anybody who watches Big Bang Theory. But I can't make a statement that nobody watches it just because I don't know anyone who does.
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recoiledsnake 14y ago
>And this based on what? One data point (You)? No... we can sit here and make predictions.. but the real market data is important, and it isn't pretty. >"In June 2011, Acer and Samsung launched their Chromebooks ahead of other PC brand vendors, but by the end of July, Acer had reportedly only sold 5,000 units and Samsung was said to have had even lower sales than Acer, according to sources from the PC industry http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111109PD222.html http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111109PD222.html That market is really tiny and it doesn't have the buzz factor of the iPad to push sales. Why not just buy a cheap laptop with Windows 7 and run Chrome browser on it instead of hobbling yourself with a Chromebook? Google does not release Chromebook and Google TV sales numbers, but they do release number of activations for Android. That should tell you that the numbers are not very good.

And this based on what? One data point (You)?

by dannyr 14y ago

And this based on what? One data point (You)?

wavephorm 14y ago

I have no data points, because I don't know anyone that wants one these chromebooks.

backspace 14y ago
I'm so fortunate that I don't know anyone who needs a wheelchair. There's no market for that kind of useless thing really. Aren't crutches enough?
- cooldeal 14y ago
  What about sales figures for the Chromebooks? It's been very close to a full year since they've been lauanched. And by all the accounts sales have been really bad.

dannyr 14y ago

"I have no data points, because I don't know anyone that wants one these chromebooks." I don't know anyone who watches Big Bang Theory but that show has millions of viewers and has been around for 5 seasons.

falling 14y ago

Please stop. We don’t always have to ask for data to prove one’s opinion. Opinions are opinions, you can have them without data to back them up, basing them on your own experience, they are still valid. If you have a different opinion discuss that instead of just dropping the stupid [citation needed]. I’m not saying whether I agree or not with the OP, but I certainly disagree with your way of having a discussion by not having one. Also certainly Chromebooks are somewhat puzzling because of their overlap with Android tablets, especially ones like the Asus Transformer to which you can attach a keyboard and have basically the same thing with a slightly different OS that sync your data everywhere anyway. Having a discussion on how they are different and why both would be useful is an interesting conversation to have, shutting it down with “where’s your data” is stupid. So, if you want to discuss, provide your reasons why they are useful instead of trying to shut off people with petty arguments.

dannyr 14y ago
I'm calling out the arrogance of people to make conclusions just based on one data which is usually just their own. In my other comment, I said I don't know anybody who watches Big Bang Theory. But I can't make a statement that nobody watches it just because I don't know anyone who does.
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recoiledsnake 14y ago

>And this based on what? One data point (You)? No... we can sit here and make predictions.. but the real market data is important, and it isn't pretty. >"In June 2011, Acer and Samsung launched their Chromebooks ahead of other PC brand vendors, but by the end of July, Acer had reportedly only sold 5,000 units and Samsung was said to have had even lower sales than Acer, according to sources from the PC industry http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111109PD222.html http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111109PD222.html That market is really tiny and it doesn't have the buzz factor of the iPad to push sales. Why not just buy a cheap laptop with Windows 7 and run Chrome browser on it instead of hobbling yourself with a Chromebook? Google does not release Chromebook and Google TV sales numbers, but they do release number of activations for Android. That should tell you that the numbers are not very good.