New AMD Jaguar-based $250 Win8 touch laptops threaten Android Chromebooks

[jhu]

In regards to the chrome book, I would not even consider it. I have seen them in best buy, and they look really nice. They look just as nice as an ultrabook that costs 3x as much, so I can see why one would buy it. I just wonder how many people are disappointed when they find out how limited it is.

Depends on expectations. I bought that Samsung Chromebook with the Cortex A15 in it and put Ubuntu on it. It's quite the machine: insane battery life and completely silent. No it won't play Crysis, buy it does basic office work, image editing, web surfing, programming just fine.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Depends on expectations. I bought that Samsung Chromebook with the Cortex A15 in it and put Ubuntu on it. It's quite the machine: insane battery life and completely silent. No it won't play Crysis, buy it does basic office work, image editing, web surfing, programming just fine.

Agreed, but that is kind of the point. I don't really know if the average consumer is aware that the chrome book doesn't have a conventional os. I wasn't sure if you could install Linux. That would make it more attractive to me, but again, I am not sure the average consumer would do that.

 

[mrmt]

That's a craptop with a touch screen, heavier than most ultrabooks and with inferior battery life to Core and probably Silvermont parts. No wonder it is cheaper.

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[monstercameron]

already on bestbuy http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+...&skuId=1530094

 

[FwFred]

already on bestbuy http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+...&skuId=1530094

Yikes, for $599 I'd expect a Richland or Ivy i3. Your average consumer is going to be awfully disappointed by the performance. The A4-1200 may be suitable for a cheap tablet, but a 13" notebook is not the intended landing spot for this chip.

 

[erunion]

$600 for a 1Ghz dual core? Hardly a bargain.

Edit: But then again BB has an HP atom dockable for $100 more...

 

[spdfreak]

$600 for a 1Ghz dual core? Hardly a bargain.

Edit: But then again BB has an HP atom dockable for $100 more...

They also have an army of HS and college kids telling relatively uneducated folks which laptop to buy- and it is usually not the best deal out there...