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I just think they are moving in the wrong direction between ChromeOS is for $200-$300 machines, not $1300 machines, no matter what extra specs they give it. Why buy such a powerful machine if you can't use Photoshop, IDE's or 3D games anyway?

But as a $250 web machine with 10h of battery life? Sure.



probably because Google is looking into the future.

with the advent of technologies like WebGL a lot of apps can be moved into the browser. Including photo editing and 3D gaming.

If such apps are running in a browser, as non native code, this would call for good hardware specs. especially with such high resolutions.

seems reasonable to me.


Problem is, WebGL won't be worth a damn for 3d gaming for years to come. Hell, Chrome's Native Client is better than WebGL for that even now.


> Why buy such a powerful machine if you can't use Photoshop, IDE's or 3D games anyway?

Web-based IDEs and 3D games exist that can be used with this (photo editors, too, though not Photoshop.)


because the machine will be used to power photo editing software, IDEs, and 3D games




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