Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: 5 Oct 2015 22:58:58 GMT Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <210920151849448520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151828504734%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151852561506%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151911207774%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151258257526%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151347424939%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151618005994%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151737402815%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151820578617%nospam@nospam.invalid> <051020151855463962%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net dVvwLrYXddmzAeVBLCcs8gDCf96CS0xu1H5xC/9sDWnd1ctnOn Cancel-Lock: sha1:XzkLSYpXnIhrilmTMyfmWIdAcEI= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81674 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324664 On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:55:46 -0400, nospam wrote: > In article , Lloyd Parsons > wrote: > >> >> Chromebooks are very credible btw. Schools really like them and >> >> most consumers would find them good enough for most they do. But of >> >> course when their friend asks if it has name-that-app, it starts >> >> looking not so good to them. Hence, not many sell in consumer space >> >> though it is slowly growing. >> > >> > they're great for what they are but not $1500 great. >> > >> > for that kind of money, most people would want a real laptop. >> >> Nice snippage and even nicer incorrect pricing. > > the chromebook pixel was $1500. > 'was' being the operative word. > a $200-300 chromebook is a good deal. the pixel is not. even the newer > less expensive pixels are not. > IYO of course. Some of us don't agree. >> And the part you snipped is that it is a real laptop. Stick Linux on >> it to run side-by-side and use ChromeOS and you're good to go. > > it's not a real laptop unless it can run mac os or windows because linux > has very little useful end-user software. almost none, in fact. > Bullshit. While I wouldn't argue that most OSX and Windows software is better, there is certainly plenty of good software for Linux too. In fact the one I use on Linux second to pan is Moneydance which is a cross- platform financial manager. Works the same on all platforms. >> Pricing is $999 and $1299. > > real laptops are around that price too, or less. Yep, other real laptops are. -- Lloyd