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Do people trust Google yet?
If not then I cant see this gaining massive ground..
I thought Chomebooks were supposed to be cheap?
The cloud based system is supposed to allow the use of old, cheap technology as well as the OEM not having to pay a license fee.
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Agree 100%. Way to expensive. You can get a basic laptop with windows for £349 or less with windows. Why would anyone bother? Needs to be as cheap as a basic netbook (£200) to stand half a chance! Heck I could get a decent tablet for less (viewsonic viewpad).Originally Posted by cameronlite
I suspect Google will be trying to ride the wave of hype with higher prices to start with, and then they'll be reduced as more models are released - probably to around netbook levels at £200 without 3G.
I'm not so sure, they can't be any cheaper to make than netbooks. And it isn't Google who's selling them.
Why on Earth would anyone buy one? They're just rubbish laptops as far as I can see. A lot is missing and virtually nothing is added.
I think the biggest problem is the price being charged in the UK. Based on that hardware I can't see the manufacturing costs being high - and with no software costs either, I think there is alot of greed being had at the expense of the consumer.
These seem like a great idea if they were £200 inc the 3g model. I'd buy one for £200 if it did the internet 100%, office applications and media streaming. Tablets are over priced for what they offer compared to netbooks/laptops. This seems like a good oppotunity to produce cheaper tablets that do pretty much the same as the expensive offerings now.
The bottom line is - if they aren't cheap, they have nothing going for them.
The internet infrastructure isn't good enough for these yet anyway.
Currently studying: Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
I was looking into these, but they use Atom cpus (albeit dual-core) so lost interest.
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