Comments on: Samsung Chromebook official page goes live and official commercial surfaces

By: boynamedsue

boynamedsue — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:49:00 +0000

Personally, I see this as a pay more get less product. 500 dollars for a platform that does nothing but run a web browser is ridiculous.

By: Graham Scholton

Graham Scholton — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:11:00 +0000

I agree. The subscription model is fantastic and they would sell a boatload if they expanded it to the average consumer. I do, however, think that the outright purchase price point is simply too high. I view chrome os as googles low end while android strives to be the high end in their tablet os. For this price I would much rather have an eee pad transformer. I think they will be forced to inevitably lower this price point or expand subscriptions as these devices do not have the capability to fully compete with other products in this price point.

By: Garmon Estes

Garmon Estes — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:00:00 +0000

I think these are perfect for the subscription prices that business and education are being offered. I wish the average consumer was also offered the subscription model.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:39:00 +0000

Hrrrmmmmm … I don’t know. I don’t really have anything to compare it to other than smaller netbooks with full-blown OSes.

They aren’t really that widely available so demand doesn’t seem to play into the pricing. The tech is comparable to a lower-end tablet so I guess it is priced about right. No idea … no interest either though so I am not able to give a gut reaction. Kinda just … meh.

By: Geoff Spick

Geoff Spick — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:32:00 +0000

Seen that the Acer Chromebook has HDMI-out which could be a small but significant advantage? http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-20/google-chrome-os-notebooks-from-samsung-acer-ready-to-launch-011219.php