Comments on: Google introduces Chromebook Pixel, 2560×1700 laptop

By: Iyan Sommerset

Iyan Sommerset — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:12:25 +0000

Amen to that. Aside from the aforementioned reliance on a 1st-world internet connection, I’d like to have most of my data physically with me and nowhere else, thank you very much.

By: radioactive_balut

radioactive_balut — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:08:22 +0000

Obvious naman that we are not its target market period. I’m not talking about the price but its usage irl.

By: jomps

jomps — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:49:11 +0000

got this view from TWIT(twit.tv) discussion:
After enduring +Leo Laporte’s 35 minutes of pessimism towards Google Glass on TWiG (not all undeserved, but more time than he needed to make the point), I’m not really looking forward to another doubt-fest against the Chromebook Pixel on The Tech Guy, TWiT, and TWiG. Yes, $1300 is too much for most people to pay for a laptop that does too little, but it does hint at Google’s strategy. +Tom Merritt, +Sarah Lane, and +iyaz akhtar did a nice job today of expressing most of what +Marques Brownlee explained in this video(http://youtu.be/xU2fB0pQJkA): For Chrome OS to be a success, it needs great web apps — and it’s not likely to get great web apps without inspiring hardware to run them on.

I think there’s another strategy at play, a +Dan Ariely-inspired theory about the Chromebook that +Leo Laporte might like. I’m guessing that Google would like to make (either themselves or through partners) some nice mid-range Chromebooks in the $500-$800 range to compete squarely against the middle of the Windows market, which isn’t too bullish with Windows 8. Right now, it’s hard to promote those prices when Samsung and Acer have set the price floor for Chromebooks so low. But by putting a high-end $1300 Chromebook on the market, Google (a) gets a lot of media attention, (b) says, “hey Apple, we can do the retina high-end laptop, too,” and (c) blows wide open our psychological predispositions about what we think Chromebooks might be worth.
- My thoughts exactly.. ;-)

By: Techatbp

Techatbp — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:40:14 +0000

I cant believe it. sobrang mahal. hehe

anyway, get your nokia 206 free by clicking my name.

By: garz

garz — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 06:04:37 +0000

First-world laptop. First-world price. They say the cloud will be the next thing; I say it’s too unreliable.

By: jacob

jacob — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:58:13 +0000

More than anything, this is a developer device. I mean, who else will buy this thing except those who want to push the OS to its limits. You won;t be doing any pushing with those 10k php chromebooks. The hardware will give up first. But with this, you can actually try to push chrome OS beyond its limits.

Beyond developers, I don’t expect anyone else to buy this. For that price you can get an MSI gaming laptop with superior specs in everything but the LCD screen (12.85″ 2560×1700 vs 15.6″ 1920×1080).

By: ikright

ikright — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:33:11 +0000

looool, un din sinabi ko eh.. bibili ka ng 50k na laptop just for browsing.. lmao! eh di nga ako makalaro ng gw2 jan e, useless for gamers..

By: anOnymous

anOnymous — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:50:00 +0000

gOOGLe everything

By: Mitee de la Cruz

Mitee de la Cruz — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:47:23 +0000

suddenly the surface pro doesn’t feel overpriced :)

By: don

don — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:25:56 +0000

id rather buy the second hand macbook pro with i7 on it than this.

the downside is just the hdd. chromebook would never “click” on the ph market kasi ambagal ng internet natin.