<div dir="ltr"><div>ouch! The cheap pixel is $1300. Screen specs are really nice.<br><br></div>Wonder how long until someone make a laptop with 20+ microSD card slots for RAID storage in flash. RAID 10 in that would be nice. 32GB cards in pairs in a 10 pair stripe.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Scott Plante <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:splante@insightsys.com" target="_blank">splante@insightsys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sorry, I actually meant getting a Chromebook and loading a regular Linux distro on it. That's what Linus is doing with the Pixel. The hardware seems pretty nice for the price and you're not paying Microsoft. I haven't heard what, if anything, Google is charging the hardware manufacturers for (open source) ChromeOS though.<div>
<br></div><div>That said, I don't know why you couldn't do something like Blender on ChromeOS. I believe they have a native interface that gives you OpenGL access. True, the $200 Chromebook probably doesn't have the juice, but the the Pixel certainly would. I also saw a fairly impressive 3D human anatomy Chrome OpenGL demo a while back.<br>
<br>Scott<br><hr><div style="font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal"><b>From: </b>"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>><div class="im">
<br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br></div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, August 26, 2013 2:21:18 PM<div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly<br>
<br>This is just my uninformed opinion - zero research - but I don't think chrome os or firefox os or "browser" os would give me the features and flexibility I expect from a computer, particularly as it relates to owning apps, running them off line, and manipulating lots of files on a hdd.<br>
<br>(Diagram THAT sentence.) (Never mind, bad memories from pre college English.)<br><br>For example, I doubt you'd ever see Blender (3d graphics design) running on a "browser" os.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>
Ron<br><br><br><br>Scott Plante <<a href="mailto:splante@insightsys.com" target="_blank">splante@insightsys.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>>Yeah, our Linux desktop purchases have come from GIM for that very<br>>reason over the last few years. Dell servers, though, are not priced<br>
>that way. Actually, our most recent Windows purchase came from GIM as<br>>well, since Dell only sells Win 8 (with very limited exceptions). GIM<br>>builds their own desktops so it's easy to leave off a Windows license.<br>
>I guess it's not so easy to build a laptop from parts, and they say all<br>>the laptop suppliers they deal with include Windows as part of the<br>>package. <br>><br>><br>>Tom, you might also consider a Chromebook. There are ones available at<br>
>several price points. I read Linus himself has been working on ensuring<br>>kernel support and is using the high-end one as his main laptop. <br>><br>><br>>Scott <br>><br>><br>><br>>----- Original Message -----<br>
><br>>From: "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> <br>>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> <br>
>Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:26:54 PM <br>>Subject: Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly <br>><br>><br>>When I was looking at the Linux offerings on Dell, the hardware combo<br>>for Linux was always a bit more than the lowest Winders version. So<br>
>there was ALWAYS a winders systems that cost less. and there was no<br>>apple-to-apples comparison as they never offered the same hardware<br>>combo for both OS's. <br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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