09-04-2014, 12:57 AM
IPS screen or not, a modern 13" MBA is one of the best laptops around. True all-day battery life is amazing, plus the rest of the excellent Apple polish.
I think it's an unfair expectation to try to put ANY sub-$500 chromebook or laptop in the same category. I've not seen any of them that come even close.
As for Chromebooks, I do not understand why there is this push-back against google services. They work well in general, are far more stable than Apple's iCloud services, and they are typically free. You don't HAVE to use the gmail account to use google drive, google docs, etc.
Compared to Adobe and microsoft cloud services, google look fantastic, too.
I see nothing wrong with google pushing for good hardware to make it easy to get stuff done.
I think it's an unfair expectation to try to put ANY sub-$500 chromebook or laptop in the same category. I've not seen any of them that come even close.
As for Chromebooks, I do not understand why there is this push-back against google services. They work well in general, are far more stable than Apple's iCloud services, and they are typically free. You don't HAVE to use the gmail account to use google drive, google docs, etc.
Compared to Adobe and microsoft cloud services, google look fantastic, too.
I see nothing wrong with google pushing for good hardware to make it easy to get stuff done.