Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks

Re:Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks by lrae on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:07PM (#25309542)

That might have been true for a couple of years if you just compare pure computing power, as soon as you factor in build quality and compared it to Thinkpad X1s, XPS & Co you were in similar price ranges again. Or if you don't care about build quality, another classic is the high-res displays (and software support) which took the competitors years and some might argue that they're still not there.

Oh and there was also a couple of generations where Apple had pretty much kind-of exclusivity on Intel's newest CPUs and they were really only available in MacBooks for the first few months.

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Re:Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks by free2OSS on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:46AM (#25314521)

Build quality is a term non engineers use. It's a marketing term.

Seems like you got sucked up into it.

Edit- butterfly keyboard, airpods, bad iphone signals come to mind

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Re:Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks by lrae on Monday December 07, 2020 @01:45PM (#25335502)

Yeah, all stuff that sucked. There is even more, Staingate, Bendgate, ... Never said Apple is flawless :) You think the comparable offerings from Dell, Lenovo or HP are flawless? Oh I have news for you.

You know what, if you look close enough, "they all suck".

Nice Ad hom though. :)

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Re:Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks by syshum on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:09PM (#25310591)

Apple and Build quality should not go anywhere in the same sentence.

Take a watch at any of the Louis Rossman's "Think Different" Series to see Apple Build Quality....

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