Re:Low-end laptops:The rise of the Chromebook
by hrktb on Sunday November 10, 2013 @07:43PM
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> Also makes you wonder when you hear people talking about "bootstrapping" and you see them using new Macbook Airs...
It's a matter of how much you value general purpose capabilities. When you'll desperately need Photoshop for some unpredicted task, will you pay 5$ a month for Adobe cloud and just do it, or hassle to find a way around you ubuntu ? Won't you miss a specification sent by a client because LibreOffice parsed the docx formatting of a paragraph as striked through instead of highlighted? If you have four or five "crisis" like that while struggling to make a product, is the extra 900$ for a Macbook Air unjustified ?
Re:Low-end laptops:The rise of the Chromebook
by AbsoluteDestiny on Sunday November 10, 2013 @07:51PM
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I think you're missing a significant 0 on that Creative Cloud price.
Re:Low-end laptops:The rise of the Chromebook
by hrktb on Sunday November 10, 2013 @08:03PM
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You're right, it's 50$ for full monthly membership, 20$/month for single app and it goes down only for ultra specific cases (i.e. 10$ for photoshop only for existing CS3 license owners [1]).
I messed it with the Revel subscription witch is lower (but still 6$, 1$ higher than I remembered)
[1]http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/buying-guide.htm...
In fact, I've done just this with the new Acer C720 machine. While I use a Macbook Air as my main machine, the Acer with Ubuntu fills the "beater" role very nicely and is really more than is needed.
This is a godsend for developing nations.
Also makes you wonder when you hear people talking about "bootstrapping" and you see them using new Macbook Airs...