Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by napa15 on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:10PM (#15402747)

I dont know why anyone would buy this unless the pen drawing experience is a lot better than on the Surface Pro and Ipad Pro and you're primarily an artist. The Surface Pro has a real OS with Windows on it, I'm sure somebody will hack the Pixelbook to allow Linux but it will probably have a bunch of stuff removed and unsupported then. It makes zero sense to buy this locked down device for 1k as far as I'm concerned.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by craftyguy on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:15PM (#15402809)

Well, for one, it doesn't run windows.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by 201709User on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:20PM (#15402863)

We are trying to list features, not defects.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by zeta0134 on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:24PM (#15402931)

Speak for yourself. A lot of members in this community, myself included, find being locked to a Windows workstation for any task to be a misfeature and a defect. Option are good! I'm not sure if the Pixel is a particularly attractive option, but I'll welcome any new competition that can help dissolve the Microsoft lock-in problem.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by NiveaGeForce on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:10PM (#15403476)

> that can help dissolve the Microsoft lock-in problem.

So that you can have a Google lock-in problem.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by craftyguy on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:29PM (#15403001)

I support having options and not being forced into using only products that run a shitty operating system.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by zeveb on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:01PM (#15403373)

That's the problem though: ChromeOS is also a 'shitty operating system'; so too is iOS.

I'd like a tablet like this which just let me run plain old Debian. Sure, the window managers and apps probably don't support touchscreens terribly well right now (certainly StumpWM won't), but … that'll change over time.

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Re:Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook by VikingCoder on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:16PM (#15402822)

It runs Android Apps. There are lots and lots of Android apps.

Among them is "Termux," which lets me run C++, Python, Node.JS, git, Subversion, Emacs, Vi... Without rooting or anything. So, yes, there's a bunch of stuff you can't do, but it's pretty nice.

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