http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/

 

These things look amazing. Boots in 8 seconds and automatically resumes? Perfect for someone on the move! Fast download apps? Glorious! Plus super security, if you thought MACs were secure you could probably tell someone exactly how to access the files on your laptop remotely and they still wouldn't be able to crack it.

 

I think the most enticing deal is that every three years the laptop can be replaced with the latest model for free! You'll never have to worry about having the highest end piece of tech one year, and then dealing with an outdated dinosaur for the next ten years as you save up for the next high-end device.

But I'm more of a PC user.

 

 

It looks cool, at least. I might as well learn more about their new laptops.

Um...could I make the system work like a Mac? I just prefer the way Macs work in general...

I copied this straight from the site:

 

PC Chromebook

Purchase price

$615 $1,008

 

It's too expensive IMO.

I think the most enticing deal is that every three years the laptop can be replaced with the latest model for free!

 

You’ll receive a new set of Chromebooks each time you renew the three year subscription option. And you can keep your old Chromebooks as well.

Sounds like you have to renew the subscription, which may or may not have a fee attached to that. But otherwise it still looks pretty cool. Whenever my laptop dies I'll definitely consider this one (I wonder if Japan will get it too...)

I got a ASUS Zenbook UX21 (a Windows 7 laptop) the other day, for around $900 delivered. It boots in about the same amount of time, resumes from/goes into sleep in about ONE SECOND (and uses ~0 power when it's sleeping, so you don't have to worry), and it's 9mm thick at the THICKEST point, 3mm thick at the thinnest. Shit is amazing.

 

Oh and it's better than the Chrome laptop because you can do things that aren't web browsing on it.

I copied this straight from the site:

 

PC Chromebook

Purchase price

$615 $1,008

 

It's too expensive IMO.

 

These days if you want a upper-end laptop your going to need to fork over at least five hundred dollars. But if they keep that whole "new laptop every 3 years" deal going on your going to wind up saving a lot in the future. Especially when they start making top of the line super power laptops. You probably won't be getting 5000 dollar laptops for free but your definitely not going to get the bad ones.

 

I got a ASUS Zenbook UX21 (a Windows 7 laptop) the other day, for around $900 delivered. It boots in about the same amount of time, resumes from/goes into sleep in about ONE SECOND (and uses ~0 power when it's sleeping, so you don't have to worry), and it's 9mm thick at the THICKEST point, 3mm thick at the thinnest. Shit is amazing.

 

Oh and it's better than the Chrome laptop because you can do things that aren't web browsing on it.

 

I've heard good things about the Zenbooks, it is most certainly better than the chrome laptop. Though this is an early business class model. It's really the first of it's kind to go outside of testing. For a business laptop it's definitely high-powered. I'm sure more personal variants will be able to do things other than go use the internet.