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Re: Chromebooks on the rise

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> If this is true then why do I see about 50 / 50 Apple and PC laptops?  I
> have never seen a chromebook in the wild.
> 
> Anyway don't feel bad - in about 2001 I paid over $3000 for a PowerBook G4.
>  It was my only computer until 2008.  Still works great, too.


A couple months ago I would've agreed with you.  But suddenly I'm
starting to see them around.  Several friends have bought one and one
colleague bought one thinking he'd gotten a great deal on a Win
laptop.  He was disappointed his chromebook wouldn't run Microsoft
Office.  Then a couple of weeks later he discovered he didn't even need
Microsoft office - Google docs and the web were all he needed.  Wish I
could say "boo ya Balmer" like in the good old days.  Taunting Satya
isn't nearly as much fun.

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Chromebooks on the rise RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-14 09:53 +0000
  Re: Chromebooks on the rise Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-19 21:36 +0000
    Re: Chromebooks on the rise RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-20 10:36 +0000
      Re: Chromebooks on the rise RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-21 13:11 +0000
        Re: Chromebooks on the rise Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-22 15:08 -0700
          Re: Chromebooks on the rise RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-23 22:23 +0000

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