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News Microsoft declares war on Chromebooks

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 15 Jul 2014.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 15 Jul 2014
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  2. faugusztin

    faugusztin I *am* the guy with two left hands

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    So no Skype for Chromebook ? :D Whatever, Chromebooks will soon run Android apps.
     
    faugusztin, 15 Jul 2014
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  3. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Its great that they had a whole smear campaign based against the Chromebooks. Now they are using them as inspiration and building something very similar. Good old MS.
     
    will_123, 15 Jul 2014
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  4. edzieba

    edzieba Virtual Realist

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    Bay Trail Atoms are actually usable (about comparable to a Core 2 Duo, which still hold their own reasonably well). If this results in cheap netbook-likes that are actually usable, I'm all for it.
     
    edzieba, 15 Jul 2014
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  5. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    The sooner they drop RT the better though.
     
    SchizoFrog, 15 Jul 2014
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  6. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    Yup my little Encore is a great little piece of kit. With a HDMI cable, bluetooth keyboard and mouse it is just as usable for day to day use as either my laptop or desktop. It will also play BF2 quite nicely at work! Screw those usual "tablet" games :p
     
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  7. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    So basically, netbooks. Except netbooks are actually kind of good now.
     
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  8. Brett89

    Brett89 Minimodder

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    That was about my sentiment when I saw a 7" version at that pricepoint. Good thing I've kept my Dell Mini 9
     
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