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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by ChuckMcM on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:01PM (#14250544)
I was thinking it would be interesting if you could get ChromeOS for these new laptops :-)
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:19PM (#14250720)
I suppose. But Google already tried the $1K Chromebook with the Pixel line, it didn't do too well against the $250-400 competition.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by 72deluxe on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:36PM (#14251283)
The Pixel line was impressive apart from the abysmal onboard storage. I would have considered one for a Linux laptop but the less-than-desktop-functionality OS (thereby reducing your expensive device to a glorified web browser) paired with the joke storage meant it was never going to get far?
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by johndotsun on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:59PM (#14252937)
I thought the Pixel line was more meant for internal consumption and as a tech demonstration for the capabilities of Chrome OS rather than as serious effort by Google to create a high volume mass consumption product.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by askvictor on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:44AM (#14253095)
Cloudready provides chromiumOS for 'normal' laptops (well, supported ones anyway)
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