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____/ Sinister Midget on Friday 24 Jun 2011 04:34 : \____
> On 2011-06-23, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>
>> Google: Chromebooks will succeed where Linux netbooks failed
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "We have 160 million users of the
>>| Chrome browser and for them, buying a
>>| Chromebook would be the most seamless
>>| transition ever. If you're already using Chrome
>>| sync, and you log in to a Chromebook and first time,
>
> Unless they've been using Chrome in addtion to an OS that isn't in a
> browser. In that case they're very likely to notice the difference.
>
> Not saying people couldn't or shouldn't switch. Only that it's not
> likely to be as simple as stopping the use of one and starting the use
> of the other for a great many people. I know I'm not inclined.
>
> I've played with a phone. And I've played with a couple of tablets. I
> like them both (not sure how much on the tablet yet). But they're both
> still missing some things that would prevent me from using them as a
> fulltime replacement for at least a long time to come.
>
> Maybe I could use a Chromebook as a mobile device, like the netbook.
> But I still use some of the things on a netbook that aren't there for a
> Chromebook, so even that would only last a few hours at a time before I
> had to get back to the software I want to use. Long periods wouldn't be
> satisfactory at all.
>
>>| it's all there.
>
> Depending on how you define "it" and "all".
These 'books are probably suitable for the people who use phones and not
the computer geeks who are sent one to review.
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~~ Best of wishes
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