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Considering that this is actually competing against the Retina MacBook Pro, it's actually $200 cheaper...

by nuclear_eclipse 14y ago

rayiner 14y ago
For a much slower CPU and 1/4 the disk, and an OS that has no apps.
- jkn 14y ago
  I would consider in this calculation that the chromebook comes with 1 terabyte free storage on the cloud for 3 years.
  - rayiner 14y ago
    That's basically worthless in a country where people are paying $10 per GB for 4-5 megabit LTE service, or else hopping on Starbucks Wi-Fi access points to get 1-2 megabit service. I can foresee scenarios where that would be useful: when we have unmetered 30-40 megabit wireless service everywhere. But very few people in the U.S. find themselves in that situation.
    - jkn 14y ago
      I don't see that. For most application the typical Wi-Fi access is enough, e.g. for music and movie streaming, working in Google Docs... Even if it was only working on home Wi-Fi, it would be far from worthless. People pay $200 for a Wi-Fi home NAS. Having your home NAS available anywhere is a nice plus. Also there is the screen that is higher resolution and multi-touch.
      - rayiner 14y ago
        You're going to chew through 10 GB of LTE steaming music and movies. Working in Google Docs, maybe, but Google Docs sucks. I can justify $250 to use Google Docs over Starbucks WiFi. Not so much $1,300 to do the same thing.
        kinlan 14y ago
        Use QuickOffice that is integrated then.
  - Evbn 14y ago
    Who uses 1TB of storage?
- mbillie1 14y ago
  Totally agreed - but as has been mentioned elsewhere here, the overwhelming majority of computer owners aren't techies/developers. I definitely wouldn't buy one of these, but if you're basically a web user and you don't want to shell out for the MBP, I could see this being an appealing option I guess.
mrtron 14y ago
The importance of price anchoring... $100 more? Is it better than a MacBook? $200 less? Wow...MacBooks are so overpriced.
- salahxanadu 14y ago
  $200 less than a macbook retina 13" with 2560x1600. Up until now there have been no competitors even near this resolution.
shawndumas 14y ago
$1269 for a refurbished 13" rMBP http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD212LL/A/refurbished-macbook-pro-25ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5-with-retina-display http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD212LL/A/refurbished-macb...
jhaglund 14y ago
And none of those devices do touch.

Considering that this is actually competing against the Retina MacBook Pro, it's actually $200 cheaper...

rayiner 14y ago

For a much slower CPU and 1/4 the disk, and an OS that has no apps.

jkn 14y ago
I would consider in this calculation that the chromebook comes with 1 terabyte free storage on the cloud for 3 years.
- rayiner 14y ago
  That's basically worthless in a country where people are paying $10 per GB for 4-5 megabit LTE service, or else hopping on Starbucks Wi-Fi access points to get 1-2 megabit service. I can foresee scenarios where that would be useful: when we have unmetered 30-40 megabit wireless service everywhere. But very few people in the U.S. find themselves in that situation.
  - jkn 14y ago
    I don't see that. For most application the typical Wi-Fi access is enough, e.g. for music and movie streaming, working in Google Docs... Even if it was only working on home Wi-Fi, it would be far from worthless. People pay $200 for a Wi-Fi home NAS. Having your home NAS available anywhere is a nice plus. Also there is the screen that is higher resolution and multi-touch.
    - rayiner 14y ago
      You're going to chew through 10 GB of LTE steaming music and movies. Working in Google Docs, maybe, but Google Docs sucks. I can justify $250 to use Google Docs over Starbucks WiFi. Not so much $1,300 to do the same thing.
      - kinlan 14y ago
        Use QuickOffice that is integrated then.
- Evbn 14y ago
  Who uses 1TB of storage?
mbillie1 14y ago
Totally agreed - but as has been mentioned elsewhere here, the overwhelming majority of computer owners aren't techies/developers. I definitely wouldn't buy one of these, but if you're basically a web user and you don't want to shell out for the MBP, I could see this being an appealing option I guess.

mrtron 14y ago

The importance of price anchoring... $100 more? Is it better than a MacBook? $200 less? Wow...MacBooks are so overpriced.

salahxanadu 14y ago
$200 less than a macbook retina 13" with 2560x1600. Up until now there have been no competitors even near this resolution.

shawndumas 14y ago

$1269 for a refurbished 13" rMBP http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD212LL/A/refurbished-macbook-pro-25ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5-with-retina-display http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD212LL/A/refurbished-macb...

jhaglund 14y ago

And none of those devices do touch.