I like the pixelbooks, but I'm waiting on buying anything until Apple and Google have their Sept/October events to see what's up.
I'll probably pick up the next pixelbook. I'd like a quad core whiskey lake/nvme/16GB ram linux enabled pixelbook... with small bezels
What would be the use-cases though? Taking the upper half of the current Pixelbook and making it a tablet would result in something that had 2-3 hours battery life. I don't think that is going to be something that people will want.
That obviously won't happen since nobody seems to "get" how something like the Yoga Book fits in among the other available devices.
What would be the use-cases though? Taking the upper half of the current Pixelbook and making it a tablet would result in something that had 2-3 hours battery life. I don't think that is going to be something that people will want.
I'd prefer that Google produce their own Chrome OS version of something like the Lenovo Yoga Book. The trackpad is already glass. Picture a keyboard-half that is all glass (touch-Halo keyboard) and is as thin as the display half. THAT would cause me to pay full MSRP for it.
I suspect that it'll be coming in the form of another "container" or possibly something along the lines of WINE. I've had some pretty good success with running Windows apps on my chromebooks using CrossOver (commercial version of WINE). Definitely looking forward to a more "native" approach to it though.
LOL I know that feeling! I didn't really have a "need" for one but I DO like to buy devices and push them to their limits in getting use out of them and the Pixelbook is already exceeding my expectations (even though this is far from my first chromebook). It has replaced both my 11" Macbook Air and 12.9 iPad Pro for mobile work.
I've had a few minutes to set it up and play around with it. WOW! For something so sleek, it's a beast. It just blasts through everything I've thrown at it (granted, not extensive) with no discernible effort at all. The screen scaling is terrific. Being able to (manually) adjust as the situation demands is something that I've come to appreciate on the Acer Chromebook 14...which has become my "14" Macbook Air" in a way.
I still need to track down a Google Pen, but my initial reaction so far is that THIS is the closest thing to that mythical perfectly converged device I've been looking for. Using the online version of MS Excel on this thing is... breathtaking.
Thank you for the much needed laugh. So grateful I do not need to use Excel in any form, glad you’re enjoying the pixelbook.
No. The primary reason, Windows 10. I don't say that as a stereotypical reaction to what tech blogs report, but from prolonged use of Windows 10 (and still use it for business needs).
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I agree it is an odd phrase to use when talking about using Excel, but if anyone who has spent as much time as I have trudging through the iOS and Android versions and then used the web version, the comment makes total sense.
No. The primary reason, Windows 10. I don't say that as a stereotypical reaction to what tech blogs report, but from prolonged use of Windows 10 (and still use it for business needs).
Secondarily, when Lenovo produces an innovative piece of tech, they don't support it well. They suffer from some type of corporate ADD and once that device is out in the public, they move on to the next big thing.
Having said that, if Lenovo were to produce a Chrome OS-based Yoga Book then the answer would be a hearty yes... but primarily because Chromebooks must conform to certain hardware standards and then from there, Google takes over support via Chrome OS support. Every chromebook that I've owned (and still own) continues to work as smoothly and responsive as the first day I bought them... without any need to update drivers, etc. just Chrome OS updates.
