Found My Next Laptop

[zitothebrave]

For the first time ever someone ditches the moronic and cumbersome brick chargers and simply charge your laptop with a MicroUSB charger. Freaking Brilliant.

HP can take my money

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/hp-chromebook-11/#hp-cb-11-google

[yeezus]

$279 seems like a good price. I only have a laptop, not exactly sure if i would need something like this. I'm honestly ask, why would I want one if I have a laptop?

[goldfly]

you're going to buy a laptop cause of the charger?

[Krgrecw]

Why even buy a laptop?
What can that really do that a tablet can't?

[yeezus]

Why even buy a laptop?
What can that really do that a tablet can't?

I don't know, does it legit have every thing a laptop does?

[goldfly]

Why even buy a laptop?
What can that really do that a tablet can't?

i prefer my macbook over a tablet

[zitothebrave]

you're going to buy a laptop cause of the charger?

Not the only reason but it's a big selling point.

[zitothebrave]

Why even buy a laptop?
What can that really do that a tablet can't?

Full web browsing on a larger screen. I may wait til they hopefully update the 14 and see if it runs on MicroUSB as well.

Not to mention if you do even a decent amount of email or word processing it's much easier and faster to use a laptop. Also way easier to jerk it to porn in bed. Wait what just happened.

[Krgrecw]

The Laptop will have more memory but google docs and google play and all that other crap are on google tablets and I imagine the tablet gets more than 'six' hours.

If someone is a programmer, web designer, records music, etc I see the need for a PC or a nice MacBook Pro But why does anyone need a laptop? What can you do on this laptop that u can't really do on a google tablet? Other than play games like minecraft.

I was under the assumption Zito had a tablet since we've argued about electronics for years. If he doesn't i apologize, but if someone has a tablet wtf would you need a laptop for?

They basically serve the same functions for 95% of ordinary folks

[zitothebrave]

I have a tablet and a laptop and i use the laptop over the tablet about 90/10. A tablet does most of what I want a laptop to do but doesn't do it nearly as well. And there are things you can't do on a tablet (regular hulu) that I do on the laptop.

So what do I get with this vs a comparable tablet? Lower cost, better more vast internet, faster typing by a mile, and if I really wanted to with some light hacking I could throw on Linux and use it as a full computer with a slave HD something that you can't do with a tablet. So the funcitonal cost is much lower.

Honestly if I had this latptop instead of a my current beast of one I'd probably favor my laptop 95/5 over my tablet. I like tablets, but I think they're more toys than replacements for computers. Even with a keyboard dock I can't use a tablet the same way I use my laptop for many things. I used my tablet as a way to do things I can't do with a smartphone more than a laptop replacement.

Maybe for Joe Everyman who does everything by the book and doesn't mind the inconvenience of apps and missing content from some providers can use a tablet as a laptop replacement. But I can't.

[BlackwaterPark]

Ok, but how long does it take to charge, and what is its battery life?

[zitothebrave]

Ok, but how long does it take to charge, and what is its battery life?

haven't heard on charge time yet, but battery life is about 6 hours, but that's laptop time so I'll presume about 5 or so. Charging will probably take a very long time, but my dead Dell is basically tethered to a charger and I actually have 10 microusb chargers in my house so I'm not overly concerned.

My guess is that it will come with a higher amp charger in the box that it won't take too long to get to a full charge but your normal cell phone charger will take much longer.

The other laptop I'm digging and when they release more info I may switch is the SOL Laptop, I'm just slightly concerned cause much of my laptoping is done at night and I'd like a charging option if I don't have the power of the sun.

[BlackwaterPark]

If I am buying an HP laptop, it would be one of their Elitebook Folio 13's. We have some at work for our VP's and they are quite nice.