[omosh]

Most of my friends with whom I have shared a bit about this new fad, say they prefer Samsung to Acer. Is it true that the former will be 40 percent brighter than typical laptops?

 

[Droymac]

Yes. See here.

 

[Clinquant]

So, that is what Samsung will do differently? I just figured a Chromebook is a Chromebook. I've been a huge Acer fan for a while, though.

 

[jimhackney]

Wrong dimensions?

Yes. See here.

Arent' those dimensions reversed, I would've thought it was 11.8" wide and 8" tall.

 

[Seanjuro]

Well it will be slightly brighter and have SUPER high res for a 12inch or for anything under 1000 my 1200 gaming laptop has lower res only place sanding messed up on my laptop except they shoulda put in a better graphics card for that price but sanding has amazing products

 

[pav]

Arent' those dimensions reversed, I would've thought it was 11.8" wide and 8" tall.

lol. I surely hope so!

 

[pav]

Can somebody explain to me why macbook air is lighter, thinner, has smaller screen but higher resolution, faster cpu, more storage, etc..
I never owned a mac, and hopefully never will.. but why does this wonderful new-concept chromebook have worse specs than a macbook air?...

 

[6sigma]

...why does this wonderful new-concept chromebook have worse specs than a macbook air?...

$429 vs. $999 is the first thing that comes to mind. Proprietary vs. open technology is the second.

 

[pav]

$429 vs. $999 is the first thing that comes to mind. Proprietary vs. open technology is the second.

I guess i understand the price, but why does open tech means lower standards?

 

[6sigma]

Apple has never sold anything other than closed, proprietary systems that is tightly controlled. The systems carry a premium price, premium industrial design and premium intellectual property. With all of those "premiums" comes a need for high performance hardware to run the system.

Google - on the other hand - is advocating an open technology as an alternative to the traditional PC/Mac model.A Google Chromebook is a minimalist's answer to the proprietary system and focuses on an operating paradigm that doesn't require significant hardware specs to achieve extremely high levels of functionality at very low life cycle costs.

 

[docsardou]

Well said sir.

 

[kennethpm]

wonder when someone will 'root' it and we'll be able to put any programs on it that we want?

 

[Droymac]

wonder when someone will 'root' it and we'll be able to put any programs on it that we want?

If that's an issue for you, why bother getting a Chromebook?

 

[chromeguy]

Can somebody explain to me why macbook air is lighter, thinner, has smaller screen but higher resolution, faster cpu, more storage, etc..
I never owned a mac, and hopefully never will.. but why does this wonderful new-concept chromebook have worse specs than a macbook air?...

Macbook airs have a minimum price of $1000 for the 11 inch and the processor on the $1000 version is not as good as the Samsung Series 5. Basically, you just get more bang for your buck with the series 5