Chromebooks have arrived

[Cy4Patriots]

Chromebook

I don't know how I feel about these yet. I think a tablet would be just as useful and smaller.

 

[alarson]

They need to be a couple hundred bucks cheaper. Theyre too expensive to be a netbook (which is what theyre really competing with) and not full featured enough to be a full-use laptop, which at their price they should be.

 

[3TrueFans]

I think for a device that I'm just surfing the web on I would prefer a tablet. Main drawback of a tablet compared to a netbook for me would be the lack of a keyboard but for web surfing it wouldn't really matter.

 

[CyFan61]

They need to be a couple hundred bucks cheaper. Theyre too expensive to be a netbook (which is what theyre really competing with) and not full featured enough to be a full-use laptop, which at their price they should be.

Agreed, I think $199 would be a very successful price point for these.

 

[Cy4Patriots]

They need to be a couple hundred bucks cheaper. Theyre too expensive to be a netbook (which is what theyre really competing with) and not full featured enough to be a full-use laptop, which at their price they should be.

I was looking at the Samsung ones and they go for 500$. Crazy.

 

[TitanClone]

I'm going to wait for more models to come out before I consider getting one. If the Samsung was the same price as the Acer and had a HDMI port I would probably get it.

 

[Cy4Patriots]

I'm going to wait for more models to come out before I consider getting one. If the Samsung was the same price as the Acer and had a HDMI port I would probably get it.

I'm with you on this one. What I read so far, they say there wont be a HDMI port?

 

[TitanClone]

I'm with you on this one. What I read so far, they say there wont be a HDMI port?

The Samsung doesn't but the Acer does I think.

 

[keepngoal]

I see the entry level is at $249. Would this be a good first "PC" for a 5th grader? Research... writing reports
... email... web chat with her mom... and some games? I'm wanting child net safety stuff too... is that available On these units as i havent seen info on that topic or should I use my Cisco router parental controls?

 

[cytech]

I see the entry level is at $249. Would this be a good first "PC" for a 5th grader? Research... writing reports
... email... web chat with her mom... and some games? I'm wanting child net safety stuff too... is that available On these units as i havent seen info on that topic or should I use my Cisco router parental controls?

It may work well for that but realize you can't much stuff. But when you sign in with a gmail account anywhere you will have access to all your files.

 

[jdoggivjc]

I was looking at the Samsung ones and they go for 500$. Crazy.

Simply overpriced when you can go to Best Buy and buy a bare bones but legitimate Toshiba or HP laptop for $350.

 

[iowa_wildcat]

I think my Toshiba laptop will continue to be my almost constant companion. We have become very good friends since I dumped the Vista and installed Ubuntu.

 

[dmclone]

I want to like these things but after owning a netbook, I just can't pull the trigger.

I have a netbook, a laptop(just installed an SSD drive), an Ipad, and a PC(homebuilt).

The usage is something like this

Netbook 0%
Laptop 10%
Ipad 40%
PC 50%