Samsung’s aspirational Galaxy Chromebook: Shell out $1k for a fast beaut (and remember to try Linux if you're into that) Amidst the stifling heat and ever-present body odour of the annual CES trade show, Samsung lifted the lid on its latest top-tier 2-in-1 Chromebook – the Galaxy Chromebook. Available this quarter, and with a price tag of $999.99 (plus tax), the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is arguably the most aspirational Chrome OS device we've …
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is arguably the most aspirational Chrome OS device we've encountered since the original launch of the Chromebook Pixel in 2013
"Aspirational"? Let's say "expensive". That's fine, and doesn't sound like a drone pulled it from the short list of "2019's Advertising Words".
Sorry, but when Google has un-removable inroads into everything I say, who I talk to and when with the US Gov having universal access to Google, I say shove your shiny laptop up into your nether regions.
Don't care how revolutionary this device is. We need hardened devices with layered privacy security; minimum 8192 bit crypto that isn't on the US Dept of Commerce export list. Give me that device, then we'll talk.
The essence of Chrome-OS is that it's a thin client to work with Google's services. It makes no difference how secure the comms or the OS if that's what you're doing.
There must be a number of use cases for deploying a thin-client solution but any worthwhile ones must start with finding a remote service you trust.
I suspect it looks like a lot of Samsung gear in the shops – looks pretty and enticing in shop, but not so good when you get it home. The few Samsung things I bought did not last long (TV needed replacement after just one month), external computer monitor lasted for about two years.
Well, it was good to see IBM toppled by Microsoft (after being loosened by Apple). But Microsoft replaced IBM with something just as evil (they inherited IBM's practices). But are we in danger of Google displacing Microsoft with something just as bad or worse?
Seems instead of people being in control of computing and the world, computing giants have found ever new and pernicious ways to control us. Mind you Satya Nadella does seem to be changing Microsoft into a more reasonable company.
So how do we escape this trap of computing?
How do we force computing to be the servant of all, rather than just for the benefit of the few?
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