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This is actually a bad sign for Chromebooks. Up untill now they have been market differentiators due to either their low cost or focus on unique features. This
by dkhenry 14y ago
This is actually a bad sign for Chromebooks. Up untill now they have been market differentiators due to either their low cost or focus on unique features. This is just a HP laptop running chrome. I think Google needs to force manufactures to hold a different standard to get ChromeOS officially licensed on their hardware. Where is the High resolution display or exceptional battery life, or super low cost. At the end of the day this laptop and not the 199 ARM chromebook is what can tank ChromeOS. This is what people pick up and have bad experiences with and then never touch again.
- brudgers 14y agoSo, Google should adopt ARM policies more like Microsoft's?
- dkhenry 14y agoThey already have stricter ones. No one can put Chrome on a device without Google's direct intervention. So that means Google and company decided this device was a good fit for chrome. MS doesn't even do that.
- eliben 14y agoThat sounds like Apple! This HP laptop indeed doesn't look to be a great find, but I doubt it will be slower than the Samsung ARM one. So it's more expensive, OK. Maybe it's the larger screen, and/or the HP brand, but folks aren't forced to buy it.
- pjmlp 14y agoThis is exactly what OEMs will do with any alternative OS using the market differentiation as excuse. I can hardly wait for OEM specific Linux distributions, each with its own way of doing everything.