Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px Touchscreen

Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by mixedbit on Thursday February 21, 2013 @02:45PM (#5259727)

Maybe what they meant is that power users can install some real OS on this model?

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Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by schmrz on Thursday February 21, 2013 @03:27PM (#5260117)

Seriously, why is everyone ignoring this?

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Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by rayiner on Thursday February 21, 2013 @05:12PM (#5260853)

Because nobody wants to buy a $1,300 machine that they have to futz with right out of the box.

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Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by ics on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:29PM (#5261366)

I would think HN is the kind of place where that's exactly what people would want to do. I'm not convinced by this Chromebook either, but stock configurations / things I can change are definitely not the reason.

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Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by rayiner on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:30PM (#5261376)

Even hackers appreciate a product that's awesome out of the box.

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Re:Google Announces $1,299 Chromebook Pixel With 2560×1700px... by dman on Thursday February 21, 2013 @08:48PM (#5262016)

Except everyone who uses linux on a macbook pro / macbook air.

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