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What does a Chromebook give me that I don't get with a tablet?

2 pointsyalogin5 comments

Am I missing something here? The tablet requires very little support and can access the web or any other application in the cloud. What does a Chromebook give me extra?

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I own both the cr-48 and a tablet, and the cr-48 is much more preferable because of the keyboard. Also its super hacker friendly. I run Unbuntu and chrome on it and Ubuntu runs very well on it. I wish they could get Android running on it as well. You get a full featured browser on the chromebook. Its light, great battery life and from their pricing point looks to be much cheaper. The free 100MB of 3G have come in handy more than once.

Yes but a tablet is a little bit more mobile. Also it can read QR codes/bar codes/NFC tags etc which the chromebook could do but not yet. More functionality can be built in to tablets even for inventory management and other use cases.

the mobile thing is questionable, either way you are carrying around a 10" device. If its the 1 lb that makes a difference to you .. so be it. I don't own a stand for my tablet, so it becomes awkward for example eating and trying to use the tablet at the same time, where as the screen on my chrome is already upright, but yeah with a stand this fixes this problem. You need to buy the right product for your needs. I would never carry around my tablet for scanning.. when I have a mobile phone, but if you don't have an Android or iPhone I would suggest that over a tablet.

I'm actually looking forward to a physical keyboard. I had an iPad for a while and found typing quite annoying.

It's not targeted to consumers (yet) the subscription model for businesses and schools is it's main advantage, hardware + software as a service.

They might be using this type of subscription model on consumers with their gigabit project or with other ISPs as part of the net package.

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