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Without pricing information, it’s hard to the question "who is this for?". Below $500? Same as the cheap Chromebooks market. Around $700? (Or $600 educational
by yabatopia 5mo ago
Without pricing information, it’s hard to the question "who is this for?".
Below $500? Same as the cheap Chromebooks market.
Around $700? (Or $600 educational) Direct competitor to Macbook Neo, educational market and the middle of the road laptop market.
Above $900? No idea, maybe for Google Platform die-hards.
- izacus 5mo ago> Above $900? No idea, maybe for Google Platform die-hards. Managed corporate machines. I've worked with all platforms and managing ChromeOS is massively, massively easier than MacOS or Windows.
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- prepend 5mo agoI’ve never encountered a company that used ChromeOS. Closest was some teacher friends who had Chromebooks for their students, but they’ve all switched to Lenovo or Apple. I don’t think I’d work for a company that made me use a Chromebook. (I prefer a company that lets me choose my own tools).
- runjake 5mo agoChromeOS is still huge in education and I still see more people moving from Windows and Apple to ChromeOS than vice versa. However, the introduction of the MacBook Neo has generated a lot of serious discussion about the possibility of it being a ChromeOS replacement, which surprises me. Not a lot of people pulling the trigger yet until the Neo can make volume.
- eitally 5mo agoI would virtually guarantee that any Chromebooks for Education versions of these new devices would be hobbled by restrictive data sharing policies forcing the disabling of the Gemini Intelligence features. Also, most schools purchase the most abysmally low quality Chromebooks for students, which cost in the $200-300 range in bulk orders. They're awful.
- izacus 5mo agoI don't think the world cares much about things you personally encountered, since it's not a role playing game with you as a main character :D You're welcome to look up actual facts online about adoption though.
- commandersaki 5mo agoSo what companies are issuing chromebooks? Want to know so I can avoid. When I search Chromebook in the enterprise, I only find people wondering if it should be done, and everyone saying please don’t.
- doubleg72 5mo agoMany schools across western New York
- commandersaki 5mo agoI didn't realise schools are now considered companies or enterprises.
- izacus 5mo agoKeep moving the goalposts man. You can use AI or Google to find those facts as well as we can.
- commandersaki 5mo agoGoalposts? I don't think you know what they even are. Someone asks what purpose is a $900 chromebook. You say: Managed corporate machines. Prepend writes: I’ve never encountered a company that used ChromeOS... You respond: I don't think the world cares much about things you personally encountered... You're welcome to look up actual facts online about adoption though. Then I simply ask which companies and enterprises do infact issue Chromebooks. Nobody is moving the goalposts, the context being discussed was Chromebooks in company/enterprise; not once were schools mentioned. Your response seems to give the air that you have personal knowledge of these being used in corporate, hence why I asked which companies are issuing Chromebooks. Nice try deflecting though. I'm guessing by your non-response, nobody actually does, except possibly Google themselves. Which makes sense, since nobody wants to use them.
- Max-Limelihood 5mo agoYes, Chromebooks are easy to administer but very limited (you can't run much outside the browser). It sounds like Google's trying to fix that and make a full Desktop OS.
- prepend 5mo agoI don’t get why anyone would price a Neo competitor higher than a Neo.