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I cannot believe the pricing fail here. It's insanely overpriced for what it is -- and the reality is -- from someone who has tested one of these new Chromebook

I cannot believe the pricing fail here. It's insanely overpriced for what it is -- and the reality is -- from someone who has tested one of these new Chromebooks -- the thing STILL has major usability issues. Chrome OS has too many bugs to depend on even if you live in a Google-fied cloud-centric world. Still, on what planet does $330 for a desktop and up to $550 for a netbook make sense, especially when you don't get a Windows license (assuming you're selling to schools and businesses here)? The netbook is dead and the iPad is the product that Chrome OS's target customers are actually buying in droves.

edtechdev 14y ago
If you don't like it, don't buy it. I personally think the Chromebook is more useful in both education and business than an iPad. Although perhaps not as useful as a slate might be (but those will cost >$1000 give or take and Windows 8 is looking to be maybe not as good as people were hoping). What if you lose or break your computer - something that happens all the time in schools - with a chromebook it doesn't matter, just login to another one. In businesses, the chromebook would require virtually zero IT overhead. What if you don't want to spend extra on overpriced apps with less functionality than free ones in the browser (like Pages vs. Google Docs + Google Cloud Print) What if you actually want to quickly type up documents/code without having to pay an extra $60-$75 for a keyboard? It's $550 for a 3G chromebook, compared to $629 for a 4G or $529 for a 3G ipad. Pretty comparable - not to mention the firmware on the chromebook is open so I would expect to see people running ubuntu or android on these devices, too.