Google Chromebook Preorder... what are they smoking???

[alent1234]

Let me tell you why people bought chromebooks: porn. They can play flash, have a giant battery life, no viruses, free 3G, and no way to track history in incognito mode. :whiste:

and they have totally separate accounts for every gmail to separate everything from your wife

 

[alent1234]

what are people smoking paying $700 for an ipad 3G 16GB?? lolol.

at least my ipad is not a paperweight when i'm not connected to the internet and i don't have to turn it on to get it to receive new email

 

[l0cke]

and they have totally separate accounts for every gmail to separate everything from your wife

You can use a guest account on the chromebook that deletes all of your history when you log out.

Full disclosure: I am a chromebook pilot user :whiste:

 

[Ninjahedge]

at least my ipad is not a paperweight when i'm not connected to the internet and i don't have to turn it on to get it to receive new email

But is the Chromebook a paperweight when not connected or is it just limited in what it can run?

The problem with most of these machines is that you have a tradeoff. If you want to run everything, you need space. Space is either boku$ or a hard drive. Hard drives use battery power AND take up a lot of space...so....

Do you want an "All in one" tablet that keeps everything on its own SS memory but is limited to 64G (premium) or another that keeps a few proggies on board and keeps larger ones on a cloud?

Tough choice, really, and that depends on the person and their usage needs.

 

[alent1234]

the only thing a chrome book can do is check email and a few other google offline enabled services when its not connected

my ipad has games, books, music and movies on it for the times i don't have a network connection. i was going to buy the 16GB wifi but ended up with the 64GB wifi. not complaining since i have lots of kids book apps on it that are close to 100MB each that my son uses. i think i have 20GB of apps on the ipad

also have a pilot chrome book and my wife only uses it for internet and facebook. i try not to use it since i hate it

 

[Ninjahedge]

Side topic....

I can understand the convenience of having a tablet to carry a bunch of kids books around, but at the same time, I would feel VERY uncomfortable handing a 3yo a $700 tablet (I have seen this a LOT, especially over at Matsua Market or H-Mart in the food courts.....if anyone knows what I am talking about!).

While having something to bring on vacation instead of a bag full of books, is it that hard to go to the library and take out a book for Jr to read while shopping?

Have we become THAT tech dependent that we need all these $ervices?

 

[alent1234]

my older son who is 3 8 months handles the ipad just fine. just keep drinks away while he's using it

it's the quality of the books. library has lots of say nursery rhyme books but they aren't interactive like the ipad versions. also games and educational apps. my kid is learning to read with the ipad and he's not 4 yet