From the tag line: The tagline immediately tells me that Google is testing the water to see how they could do with a direct competitor to the Apple laptop line. I'm fairly anti-Apple, and while...
From the tag line:
We’re introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence. These new laptops are built with Gemini’s helpfulness at their core, premium hardware and work seamlessly with Android phones.
The tagline immediately tells me that Google is testing the water to see how they could do with a direct competitor to the Apple laptop line. I'm fairly anti-Apple, and while I'm not explicitly pro-Google, I love my Pixel phone, and some of the services I get from Google, but I'm not here to sell or defend them -- they do shitty things just like so many other major companies seem to.
But no part of me wants anything to do with this product. For what I've used it for, Gemini has been fine, but the results often leave more to be desired. I've switched almost exclusively to Claude for when I want help with code or Linux related tasks. And selectively using Gemini in a Firefox container for what and when I want to is plenty enough for me, I don't have faith at all that building it "at [it's] core" is going to produce the results they're trying to sell here.
I look forward to seeing posted on here in 3 years that this product line has joined the Google graveyard.
Yeah as hopeful as I am for Google on this, I can't help but feel like this will die quick. I feel like outside of the Pixel phones, Google has had pretty short visions for their mobile consumer...
I look forward to seeing posted on here in 3 years that this product line has joined the Google graveyard.
Yeah as hopeful as I am for Google on this, I can't help but feel like this will die quick. I feel like outside of the Pixel phones, Google has had pretty short visions for their mobile consumer hardware. They seem to expect big success from the outlook instead of letting things marinate for a few years and then fall flat on their face.
They also don't seem to want to innovate. Three of their two headlines here don't hold much water: Designed for Gemini intelligence Optimized for the Android ecosystem Those both seem like table...
They also don't seem to want to innovate. Three of their two headlines here don't hold much water:
Designed for Gemini intelligence
Optimized for the Android ecosystem
Those both seem like table stakes for any new Google product. They also seem to be as good for Google as they are for the consumer. The third headline alludes to premium hardware and design, one of which is interesting to me, but without any details I can't get excited about it.
Granted this was written as a hype piece, and not for people like me.
Is this going to kill the Chromebook as we know it? I was at the point of recommending those over Windows laptops, but if they're sticking in AI and beefing up cost/specs, then I'll need to find a...
Is this going to kill the Chromebook as we know it? I was at the point of recommending those over Windows laptops, but if they're sticking in AI and beefing up cost/specs, then I'll need to find a new recommendation. We may be entering a world where I can only earnestly recommend a Mac, I'll be damned.
Google has built high-end Chromebooks before (like the Pixelbook) and there have been previous kludgy attempts to merge Android and ChromeOS. I imagine this is their latest attempt. Maybe this...
Google has built high-end Chromebooks before (like the Pixelbook) and there have been previous kludgy attempts to merge Android and ChromeOS. I imagine this is their latest attempt. Maybe this time it will work?
It will certainly run Chrome. I wonder whether you will be able to turn the AI stuff off?
They are partnering with other manufacturers like they do for Chromebooks, so it seems more like an evolution and rebranding exercise?
Cool to see this finally announced, certainly an Interesting product line since it's now got some serious competition with the MacBook Neo. I truly do wonder what the price point will be. Cool to...
Cool to see this finally announced, certainly an Interesting product line since it's now got some serious competition with the MacBook Neo. I truly do wonder what the price point will be. Cool to see the glowbar return from the Pixelbooks, always loved the little Google motif.
Interested in seeing how this new platform fares. They say it's "built on the Android stack" so I assume it's built off the Android 16/17 desktop mode with a lot of ChromeOS influence on things. Google also mentioned an AI mouse pointer which sounds mildly useful. Its not an AI moving your mouse pointer but an AI reading what's under your pointer and giving you suggestions system wide which I guess can be useful if you're constantly context switching.
From the tag line:
The tagline immediately tells me that Google is testing the water to see how they could do with a direct competitor to the Apple laptop line. I'm fairly anti-Apple, and while I'm not explicitly pro-Google, I love my Pixel phone, and some of the services I get from Google, but I'm not here to sell or defend them -- they do shitty things just like so many other major companies seem to.
But no part of me wants anything to do with this product. For what I've used it for, Gemini has been fine, but the results often leave more to be desired. I've switched almost exclusively to Claude for when I want help with code or Linux related tasks. And selectively using Gemini in a Firefox container for what and when I want to is plenty enough for me, I don't have faith at all that building it "at [it's] core" is going to produce the results they're trying to sell here.
I look forward to seeing posted on here in 3 years that this product line has joined the Google graveyard.
Yeah as hopeful as I am for Google on this, I can't help but feel like this will die quick. I feel like outside of the Pixel phones, Google has had pretty short visions for their mobile consumer hardware. They seem to expect big success from the outlook instead of letting things marinate for a few years and then fall flat on their face.
They also don't seem to want to innovate. Three of their two headlines here don't hold much water:
Those both seem like table stakes for any new Google product. They also seem to be as good for Google as they are for the consumer. The third headline alludes to premium hardware and design, one of which is interesting to me, but without any details I can't get excited about it.
Granted this was written as a hype piece, and not for people like me.
Is this going to kill the Chromebook as we know it? I was at the point of recommending those over Windows laptops, but if they're sticking in AI and beefing up cost/specs, then I'll need to find a new recommendation. We may be entering a world where I can only earnestly recommend a Mac, I'll be damned.
Google has built high-end Chromebooks before (like the Pixelbook) and there have been previous kludgy attempts to merge Android and ChromeOS. I imagine this is their latest attempt. Maybe this time it will work?
It will certainly run Chrome. I wonder whether you will be able to turn the AI stuff off?
They are partnering with other manufacturers like they do for Chromebooks, so it seems more like an evolution and rebranding exercise?
Cool to see this finally announced, certainly an Interesting product line since it's now got some serious competition with the MacBook Neo. I truly do wonder what the price point will be. Cool to see the glowbar return from the Pixelbooks, always loved the little Google motif.
Interested in seeing how this new platform fares. They say it's "built on the Android stack" so I assume it's built off the Android 16/17 desktop mode with a lot of ChromeOS influence on things. Google also mentioned an AI mouse pointer which sounds mildly useful. Its not an AI moving your mouse pointer but an AI reading what's under your pointer and giving you suggestions system wide which I guess can be useful if you're constantly context switching.