MBA Competitor $330 Chromebook 2? Or not?

[GuyGene]

MGS_forgot_password wrote:
It's a dumb terminal for Google services, not a full-fledged laptop.

:agree: :barf:

[sekker]

I agree with Paul. Chromebooks serve a great function:

1) You give your students a full google account. Docs and files are all there.

2) You give you student a chromebook. They log into the computer, they are ready to go with google docs, etc.

3) When that student leaves, they log out. A new student logs in, repeats step (2).

I think this is a great thing. The student has all of their data stored in the cloud, they don't even need to bring their own hardware.

[kj]

The MBA screen IS awful. There's no excuse for it. Our school district and many others have gone to google for email, docs, etc., so the chromebooks are becoming a good option for the classroom. kj.

[Bill in NC]

$330 should be enough for a refurbed i5 notebook runnning Windows 8.

[silvarios]

sekker wrote:
The MBA has a fine screen.

Some people seem to think this is true, but from my own experience and the experiences of reviewers, there's not many people who think a TN panel with poor viewing angles and bad color is a proper display on a $1000+ notebook. A $330 notebook shouldn't have a better panel than the 13" Air.

[silvarios]

GuyGene wrote:
[quote=MGS_forgot_password]
It's a dumb terminal for Google services, not a full-fledged laptop.

:agree: :barf:
Except you don't have to use Google services. Couldn't you use Microsoft's or Apple's almost equally well?

[vision63]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=GuyGene]
[quote=MGS_forgot_password]
It's a dumb terminal for Google services, not a full-fledged laptop.

:agree: :barf:
Except you don't have to use Google services. Couldn't you use Microsoft's or Apple's almost equally well?
Waste of time and energy. Just use Google Services.

[Lew Zealand]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=sekker]
The MBA has a fine screen.

Some people seem to think this is true, but from my own experience and the experiences of reviewers, there's not many people who think a TN panel with poor viewing angles and bad color is a proper display on a $1000+ notebook. A $330 notebook shouldn't have a better panel than the 13" Air.
Yup, a 1080p 13" IPS panel on a $330 notebook should not put the MBAir's screen to shame. Apple made this TN mistake with the 20" screens on the first gen Aluminum iMacs and fixed it later with much IPS-laden fanfare. Time to fix this in the MBAirs.

[Black]

MGS_forgot_password wrote:
It's a dumb terminal

:agree:

[silvarios]

vision63 wrote:
Waste of time and energy. Just use Google Services.

You can login to the sites easily enough. Don't see why any web app wouldn't work well enough to make this a pretty nice setup.