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Re:Google and ASUS Launch the $85 Chromebit, a Chrome OS Des... by ollie87 on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:37AM (#10587322)
Exactly, they are £90 here in the UK.

For £120 I could build a mITX machine that would destroy this. (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/9LffwP) - Granted it's not as small, but who really cares?

For £200 I could buy a Chromebook, but instead I bought a ASUS X205TA for £85 from eBay on sale (I had vouchers etc, but even without them it would've been £130). Yes the trackpad isn't as good, but the build quality is okay and it runs Windows 10 absolutely fine for what I use it for.

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Re:Google and ASUS Launch the $85 Chromebit, a Chrome OS Des... by smeyer on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @08:18AM (#10587494)
>Granted it's not as small, but who really cares?

Isn't one of the primary points of this product the extreme size? It seems like an unreasonable comparison if you dismiss that.

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