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Nexus 7 $199 or Chromebook for $249?

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sergey

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This question popped up in my mind when I read about the new chromebook, since I am looking to replace my tablet sometime. Great tablet for a great deal- the Nexus 7 tablet, which is $199.

But would you pay $50 more for the new chromebook from Samsung? For your $50, you get:
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Hey there sergey, i have moved this thread into Device Comparison to receive some more accurate input.

I hope this move it okay to you :)

If not pm me!

Also, Nexus 7 all the way man! :D:D
 
I love my N7 for couch surfing and its portability. It really depends on your usage. A Chrome book while not a full fledged laptop is still more capable of getting serious work done. I'm considering one myself as I only use the net on my laptop.
I haven't been following them lately but wouldn't be totally surprised if Google scraps support on them unlike Android.
 
dreadnatty08 said:
I love my N7 for couch surfing and its portability. It really depends on your usage. A Chrome book while not a full fledged laptop is still more capable of getting serious work done. I'm considering one myself as I only use the net on my laptop.
I haven't been following them lately but wouldn't be totally surprised if Google scraps support on them unlike Android.
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Same here- my tab 10.1 is great for portability and battery life. But I hate typing out emails and things like that on it. I have the S3 and the screen size is 4.8"- the note 2 is 5.5". I think by the time I upgrade, phones with a 6" screen will be the new thing- and at that point, I wonder if buying a 7" tablet is worth it at all.

I too wonder if Google will scrap support for it- they are giving away so much with the chromebooks and reeks of a bit of desperation. As one article stated- the 12 free gogo passes are worth $150 and the 100GB of google drive space for 2yrs is $119.76. So basically you're getting $260 worth of services for $250. And you get the actual chromebook. But I'm not complaining.

You can say the same thing about lack of support with Android- most hardware outside of rooting is good for 1 official update, and at that point you're "cut off" by Google. If you want the 2nd major OS update since you bought your device, you're options are to buy a new device or root. So even if Google dumps ChromeOS, it's still open-source and builds can be supported outside of official support.

For $80 more, you get the Verizon 3G version with free 100MBs of data per month. OK, it's not LTE and it's only 100MB, but you can't complain with a one time fee of $80.

Anyways, I'm glad I have all these choices- it will be interesting to see how chromeOS plays out. These Android tablets are only going to get more advanced and sophisticated and eventually really be a competitor to ChromeOS.
 
If you want a laptop-like device with good portability, get the Chromebook.

The Chromebook has much better hardware specs using a Cortex A15 SoC with 2560x1600 resolution, 1080p video at 60 frames per second, and USB 3.0.

http://www.zdnet.com/the-google-chromebook-suddenly-is-an-enterprise-contender-7000006018/

The new Chromebook is also more powerful under the hood, being the first mobile device to sport Samsung's Exynos 5 system-on-chip. The Exynos 5 uses a dual-core, 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A15 CPU that can support up to 2560x1600 resolution, 1080p video at 60 frames per second, and USB 3.0.

The Cortex-A15 has been benchmarked running twice as fast as the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3, which, coincidentally, is used in the Surface and the Google Nexus tablet.
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So if you want a serious device to get some work done while also being an overall practical device, get the Chromebook.

The Nexus 7 just can't compare hardware-wise.

If you just want a toy to muck around with, get the Nexus 7.
 
sergey said:
Same here- my tab 10.1 is great for portability and battery life. But I hate typing out emails and things like that on it. I have the S3 and the screen size is 4.8"- the note 2 is 5.5". I think by the time I upgrade, phones with a 6" screen will be the new thing- and at that point, I wonder if buying a 7" tablet is worth it at all.

I too wonder if Google will scrap support for it- they are giving away so much with the chromebooks and reeks of a bit of desperation. As one article stated- the 12 free gogo passes are worth $150 and the 100GB of google drive space for 2yrs is $119.76. So basically you're getting $260 worth of services for $250. And you get the actual chromebook. But I'm not complaining.

You can say the same thing about lack of support with Android- most hardware outside of rooting is good for 1 official update, and at that point you're "cut off" by Google. If you want the 2nd major OS update since you bought your device, you're options are to buy a new device or root. So even if Google dumps ChromeOS, it's still open-source and builds can be supported outside of official support.

For $80 more, you get the Verizon 3G version with free 100MBs of data per month. OK, it's not LTE and it's only 100MB, but you can't complain with a one time fee of $80.

Anyways, I'm glad I have all these choices- it will be interesting to see how chromeOS plays out. These Android tablets are only going to get more advanced and sophisticated and eventually really be a competitor to ChromeOS.
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FYI, Google isn't in charge of updates for any phone outside of the Nexus line. Google is fantastic about updating their own phones. The Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus both have JB already. The only reason the N1 was dropped was because of partition problems. The carriers are in charge of all other updates. THAT is why they take so long.

The rest of your post is great and very informative. Just wanted to clear that one thing up.
 
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