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- 2015.05.04 - betanews - Chromebook Pixel LS is nearly perfect
- It was also rec'd by typicalprog:
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typicalprog [10:41 AM]
had to bring my mac out of storage to use image converter. i don't do graphics, and i can't even do simple stuff on my chromebook.[10:41]
macbook air screen looks like a damned amiga now that i have this nice screen. can't believe i used an mba for four years.[10:42]
pays the bills[10:43]
last time they sent TIFF and Illustrator files so I guess getting a PNG is an improvementchris_mcclellan [10:43 AM]
Get a MacBook?typicalprog [10:43 AM]
no i got a chromebook pixel lschris_mcclellan [10:43 AM]
Retina screen w/ air size[10:43]
How is it deving?typicalprog [10:43 AM]
one year now. better than retina quality display.[10:44]
works fine for me. i am ssh'd into remote servers anyway, with chrome looking at web pages. perfect for that.chris_mcclellan [10:44 AM]
I do too much UI design to not have graphics editing capabilitiestypicalprog [10:44 AM]
it's not a designer machine for surechris_mcclellan [10:44 AM]
Werdtypicalprog [10:45 AM]
blazing fast, stable, can run real full linux in a secured chroot in a browser tab, no malware, starts in 3 seconds. great build quality. battery lasts 9-12 hours.[10:45]
but no photoshop[10:46]
i don't do graphics anyway but i do get huge files from clients that need scaling and conversion to better formats. that's possible on a chromebook but i already have mac tools for thatchris_mcclellan [10:46 AM]
Yeah Ps batch actions… must havetypicalprog [10:47 AM]
i should have asked you to help with that graphic but i was up against a deadline and they don't care if the graphic is big.[10:48]
doesn't adobe have their creative suite on the web?[10:48]
there are web-based photoshop-like things but i'm not a photoshop user so i don't know how they rate.chris_mcclellan [10:55 AM]
Can you run Gimp on it?[10:55]
Or Sketch?typicalprog [10:55 AM]
if you install a desktop ubuntu, yeschris_mcclellan [10:55 AM]
ah - thats a way forwardtypicalprog [10:56 AM]
you can run full ubuntu linux, either a GUI or CLI version. it runs natively alongside chromeos because chromeos is actually a stripped-down secured linux. so the kernel is there and can be shared.[10:56]
there's a tool called crouton that makes the whole thing really easychris_mcclellan [10:57 AM]
I never could pull the trigger on the Chromebook due to storage restrictions[10:58]
but I do have a macbook pro and still have external storage i travel with[10:58]
have to back up to somewheretypicalprog [10:59 AM]
sd card slot and usb cchris_mcclellan [10:59 AM]
Maybe i’ll get a cheap chromebook to see what all the hype is about[10:59]
recommendations?typicalprog [10:59 AM]
the problem is the cheap ones are aimed at students and low-end userschris_mcclellan [10:59 AM]
the pixel is expensivetypicalprog [10:59 AM]
yeschris_mcclellan [11:00 AM]
prob worth what you pay thoughtypicalprog [11:00 AM]
less than a macbook pro, more than a macbook air. but i think it's worth it. has been a workhorse for me. having a battery that lasts all day is worth it to me.[11:00]
there are other nice chromebooks but nothing like the pixel.chris_mcclellan [11:04 AM]
oh the price has come down a lot since the first pixel actuallytypicalprog [11:06 AM]
i've seen rumors about a 2016 update to the pixelchris_mcclellan [11:07 AM]
idk i can’t. that would be a luxury right now[11:07]
plus traveling with extra hardware is a deal breaker[11:07]
mbp is it for metypicalprog [11:16 AM]
sounds like that's a better laptop for the work you do[11:17]
using browser-based tools for some tasks is a pain. doesn't happen often in my work -- my laptop is just a web browser and an ssh shell.
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- My hatred for it is based on the little things, and it might not even be fair
- Like the dock. What does pc have? The tray? No, the task bar?
I like for it to be the bottom of my screen: the start at the bottom left corner; my pinned apps; then the open windows; then all the clock, battery, sound info in the bottom right. On a Mac, the “dock” is centered; and the clock, sound, WiFi info is in the top bar
So it wastes screen space and spreads out info
- Like the dock. What does pc have? The tray? No, the task bar?
- And then the keyboard: I want ctrl, Windows, alt. But noooooo, it has to be ctrl, option, command
- NW: He goes on to explain that he needs to swap the use of his thumb and his pinky. For Alt-Tab he needs to use his pinky on macOS (thumb on Windows), and for Select All he needs to use his thumb on macOS (pinky on Windows). This seems like a minor problem to me.
- And there’s no delete. They call backspace delete, and there’s no delete. Like can I erase in both directions please?
- NW: it looks like you can do a forward delete by doing Fn + delete. I can understand them doing this to reduce the number of keys on the keyboard and thereby make the remaining keys easier to identify / find.
- And when installing apps, you don’t get an app. You get a disc image, and it unpacks itself or whatever it does. Like damn, can I just get an exe?
- NW: Meh, this doesn't seem annoying to me.
- Besides that they’re the same thing. You run apps and save files
- I can’t tell if my hate for those small differences is genuine, or if it’s just a deep seated preference based on repetition