Comments on: 20 Minutes with my Chromebook http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/ Bloggin' about whatever Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:52:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Ryan Morgan http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-14012 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:37:29 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-14012 This was a useful review for me. I work at a school and we decide what to buy based on the needs of the students. Its useful to know what the new device can do in comparison to a well known device. Of course the price would suggest the two aren’t comparable. Its nice to see how much further the new product has to go before it is viable in our particular setting.

]]> By: Where does my blog traffic come from? | farp.blog http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:48:00 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-2424 […] 1. 20 Minutes with my Chromebook (9,728) When I got my Chromebook I was a bit disappointed with it, but I believed it had some real potential. I wrote up a review of my initial impressions and posted it to Hacker News. It got picked up and made the front page. Most of my traffic came from the first few days after it was on Hacker News with a huge spike on the first day and then a tail of requests as people caught up on their RSS readers. […]

]]> By: Randall http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:35:43 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-1650 I wrote a follow up to this post about all the problems I had with it. The screen stopped working on me and it took about a month for me to get around to mailing it in and get it fixed. After I got it back, I noticed that the OS was MUCH more stable. Not sure if it was a hardware thing or if the updates have made it better while I wasn’t using it.

]]> By: Julio Angel Ortiz http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:01:24 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-1649 I was one of the fortunate who received a free CR-48 Chromebook from Google. Having had mine since early in the year, I’ve seen the OS go through a serious maturation process. Not that early on it was painful, but the subtle UI tweaks and not-so-subtle performance enhancements have been very welcome. Once it started supporting streaming video for Netflix, I was quite happy. :)

I use it the most at home, using the home PC only when I need to do some serious picture editing or uploading files. My Chromebook is amazingly versatile, but I think web apps need to mature much more before it really becomes a true desktop replacement.

]]> By: 1 Month with my Chromebook and it’s going back to Samsung | farp.blog http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:17:41 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-789 […] than a month ago I wrote a blog post about the first 20 minutes with my Chromebook. I talked about how I really liked the idea of […]

]]> By: Michael http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:07:06 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-626 Yeah I’ve been playing with mine and I don’t think I love it yet. Web apps are mostly glorified bookmarks (with some exceptions) and I’ve been able to get tabs to crash pretty easily. Even with only 2 open…

]]> By: Si algú fes una versió web de l’Emacs … « Només 5 línies http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:18 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-623 […] http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/   LikeBe the first to like this post. […]

]]> By: JohnLBevan http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:59:03 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-622 I’m wondering, what’s the price difference between the Chromebook & the Macbook Pro? From what I can see from current UK prices the Chromebook is around £300 whilst the Macbook Pro starts at £1000. How do the two compare once you factor this into account? Also, I suspect they’re not competing; Macbook Pros are aimed at high usage users / professionals. Chromebook is designed to be more of an advanced netbook which simplifies getting online for the non technical user. As bandwidth increases and web apps improve it will likely become competitive with the likes of the Macbook, but for the time being, I don’t think that’s what it’s trying to be.

]]> By: Joe Friedl http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:04:22 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-619 As I understand it, the Chromebook isn’t meant to replace a Macbook. Especially considering the price difference even with the early adopter premium, the comparison is meaningless. You enjoyed the simplicity, which was the goal.

]]> By: Dachkn http://fredandrandall.com/blog/2011/06/27/20-minutes-with-my-chromebook/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:50:36 +0000 http://fredandrandall.com/blog/?p=442#comment-618 You seem to be forgetting that you are reviewing a $300 notebook and not a macbook equivalent. Shitty speakers and an average track pad aren’t exactly unexpected

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