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Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year

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On 5/7/14, 9:40 AM, in article lkdnlk$ms1$2@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:

> On 14-05-07 10:25 AM, White Spirit wrote:
>> On 07/05/2014 11:41, RonB wrote:
>> 
>>> But "no one is interested in Chromebooks" according to the bitter
>>> WinDrones and their obsessive iCultist friends. Why, sure, that's why
>>> there will be sixteen new Intel models this year -- and I doubt ARM will
>>> give up on the Chromebook market. Don't you hate it when reality gets in
>>> the way of your lies WinDrones and iCultists?
>> 
>> I want to know what Jeremy from Walmart thinks about this; he appears to
>> be the expert with his finger on the pulse of the Chromebook market.  In
>> fact, I don't know why Google doesn't make him their marketing consultant.
> 
> It appears that the Chromebooks appeal particularly to University
> students which is honestly the greatest market Google could go after. A
> student wouldn't mind paying 200$ for a computer which allows him to do
> anything that he needs to do for school. Word processing? Sure. Browsing
> the web for information? Sure. Social networking with classmates? Sure.
> Video conferencing? Sure.
> 
> Obviously, there are those who'll prefer a more capable computer for
> tasks such as video editing but I believe that considering the very
> modest tasks most students will need to do, the Chromebook is
> sufficient. If it has indeed penetrated the education market, they'll be
> looking at profits for a long time.

Google was wise to not use the standard (and failed) desktop Linux model and
make their own paradigm. It is more consistent, more focused, etc. I think
it will do much better than all the "standard" distros combined.


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From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 10:41 +0000
  Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 13:21 +0200
  Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-05-07 08:04 -0400
  Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year White Spirit <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> - 2014-05-07 15:25 +0100
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 08:26 -0700
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-07 09:40 -0600
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 09:01 -0700
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 09:34 -0700
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-05-07 12:40 -0400
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 09:54 -0700
        Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 12:37 -0700
          Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-05-07 23:16 +0000
            Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 16:22 -0700
              Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 16:58 -0700
        Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 13:07 -0700
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2014-05-07 23:15 +0000
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 16:21 -0700
  Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 08:35 -0700
  Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-08 01:56 +0200
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 00:02 +0000
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-07 17:58 -0700
    Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-05-07 20:20 -0400
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-05-07 22:00 -0400
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year tinus61 <tinus61@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-09 05:29 +0200
      Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 10:38 +0200
        Re: From 4 to 20 Intel Chromebooks this year Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 10:56 -0700

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