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I'm sure it's a fantastic machine, I just can't understand what niche this is aiming for... there seems to me to be a better alternative to this machine for any

by lytedev 12y ago

I'm sure it's a fantastic machine, I just can't understand what niche this is aiming for... there seems to me to be a better alternative to this machine for anybody... Chrome OS developers?

ripter 12y ago
I recently bought a ChromeBook for development (The $199 one). It's a super light linux machine that lasts for days. So I have all my dev tools and I can easily work on any git repo. I don't do any Chrome OS development. I tried using a tablet for this, but as an emacs users, I have very specific keyboard bindings that the tablets always had issues with.
- eertami 12y ago
  Which Chromebook if you don't mind me asking? I've been using an old Thinkpad T61 but it just seems a little bit underpowered/dated/inefficient now - considering jumping to something new.
  - ripter 12y ago
    ASUS Chromebook 13-Inch HD with Gigabit WiFi, 16GB Storage & 2GB RAM (Yellow) [http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O5VX2AA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O5VX2AA/ref=oh_aui_det...] I've been really surprised at how smooth the experience has been, especially since I'm running ubuntu in chroot. It's not quite powerful enough to play minecraft, it runs but really slowly.
- atmosx 12y ago
  Yes, you bought it and you 'hacked it' in order to make it 'usable'. Most developers will buy a MBA which is an order of magnitude faster with more powerful CPU and feautures MacOSX which has tons of software to enhance development (especially for CLI users). So definately no, developers are not a niche market for this toy-device althoguh I admit that I like my Samsung Chromebook (and Iinstalled xubuntu too on it...).
  - ripter 12y ago
    I never claimed that developers are the niche market. And I didn't have to 'hack it' other than turning on dev mode. Ubuntu runs in a tab, just like everything else. It fills a niche in my life, I never claimed it would help anyone else.
tdicola 12y ago
From what I understand the pixel is basically built by and for Google employees. They use it to SSH, VNC, etc. into remote servers and development machines to get actual work done.
krakensden 12y ago
You could do Chrome OS development, but there's always the looming threat that it'll nuke your environment.

by lytedev 12y ago

I'm sure it's a fantastic machine, I just can't understand what niche this is aiming for... there seems to me to be a better alternative to this machine for anybody... Chrome OS developers?

ripter 12y ago

I recently bought a ChromeBook for development (The $199 one). It's a super light linux machine that lasts for days. So I have all my dev tools and I can easily work on any git repo. I don't do any Chrome OS development. I tried using a tablet for this, but as an emacs users, I have very specific keyboard bindings that the tablets always had issues with.

eertami 12y ago
Which Chromebook if you don't mind me asking? I've been using an old Thinkpad T61 but it just seems a little bit underpowered/dated/inefficient now - considering jumping to something new.
- ripter 12y ago
  ASUS Chromebook 13-Inch HD with Gigabit WiFi, 16GB Storage & 2GB RAM (Yellow) [http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O5VX2AA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O5VX2AA/ref=oh_aui_det...] I've been really surprised at how smooth the experience has been, especially since I'm running ubuntu in chroot. It's not quite powerful enough to play minecraft, it runs but really slowly.
atmosx 12y ago
Yes, you bought it and you 'hacked it' in order to make it 'usable'. Most developers will buy a MBA which is an order of magnitude faster with more powerful CPU and feautures MacOSX which has tons of software to enhance development (especially for CLI users). So definately no, developers are not a niche market for this toy-device althoguh I admit that I like my Samsung Chromebook (and Iinstalled xubuntu too on it...).
- ripter 12y ago
  I never claimed that developers are the niche market. And I didn't have to 'hack it' other than turning on dev mode. Ubuntu runs in a tab, just like everything else. It fills a niche in my life, I never claimed it would help anyone else.

tdicola 12y ago

From what I understand the pixel is basically built by and for Google employees. They use it to SSH, VNC, etc. into remote servers and development machines to get actual work done.

krakensden 12y ago

You could do Chrome OS development, but there's always the looming threat that it'll nuke your environment.