Comments on: Google Intros New Acer C7 Chromebook, Priced at an Extremely Low $199

By: ddevito

ddevito — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:31:00 +0000

it isn’t Microsoft = enough for me

By: Barry Taylor

Barry Taylor — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:31:00 +0000

Thank you for the response.. I went and looked a little into it. Surprisingly, I’m in the tech field all day, every day.. Somehow I never got into researching ChromeBooks.. Doesn’t seem like anyone would really need one.. Either Tablet or Laptop.. “In the middle” seems to be not needed.

On another note, I learned yesterday that all schools in our district have removed desktops and all use laptops & tablets.. I found that kind of strange.

By: Sequence of Sound...

Sequence of Sound... — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:47:00 +0000

It’s available at Bestbuy.com with free shipping! Go get it now!!!

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:33:00 +0000

the last one this past spring was 16 gb on board storage with no extra, let’s hope it’s not cut down to 8gb.

By: mgamerz

mgamerz — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:00 +0000

There’s a really basic file manager in it that can open about 15 different file types. It’s really rudimentary. It can handle external devices as well, like flash drives and hard disks (including NTFS)

By: Caleb Martin

Caleb Martin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:45:00 +0000

That’s a nice price, but what’s the deal with the battery life? I thought the idea behind these was mobility, not to be tethered to the wall. The large hard drive is also interesting, but with what these are targeted for, would you really get any use out of it?

By: anezarati

anezarati — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000

the 320 hard drive is intriguing…

say i was able to acquire some music would i be able to store it on the hd and upload it?

By: Droid Burgundy

Droid Burgundy — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:48:00 +0000

i dont get it.. how is this not a fail like netbooks were? o.O

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:44:00 +0000

Sammy’s version is at 6.5

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:43:00 +0000

hmm but you get 100GB of google drive for 2 years. thats 5 bux a month for 24 months usually, thats 120… so 199-120 = 79 which is totally worth it. now adding the extra 50 and going with 6hrs with the sammy is worth it as well.

By: greatartiststeals

greatartiststeals — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:24:00 +0000

it’s for those people who don’t need to do much more than surf the web, occasionally video chat (using google). Think your low tech people…I gave my wife my CR-48 and she loves it! almost instant on and easy access to the internet. She doesn’t have to worry about viruses etc. I don’t have to worry about supporting her PC anymore (windows updates, symantec updates, bug fixes, “why is it slow?” questions, etc…)

By: Syrio35

Syrio35 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Holding out for a Surface Pro. What is the attraction of this thing, anyway?

By: Jason Downing

Jason Downing — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:54:00 +0000

I actually do… I admit the battery life is bad, but you can’t compare it to laptop battery life.

By: Buy This

Buy This — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:48:00 +0000

ya. data mining. search activity and ad revenue. very little if any from the hardware. I could be wrong but it appears you misunderstood my original comment. DERP

By: Chris Hollenbeck

Chris Hollenbeck — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:23:00 +0000

This has Christmas gift written all over it.