You can use Android Apps on some Chromebooks now. I'm pretty sure Samsung will install some of its note taking apps and it seems to feature the same OS Stylus integration the Note 12.1 does. You can take screenhots and take notes immediately for instance.
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You can use Android Apps on some Chromebooks now. I'm pretty sure Samsung will install some of its note taking apps and it seems to feature the same OS Stylus integration the Note 12.1 does. You can take screenhots and take notes immediately for instance.
makingmusic476
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I think any "pro" Chromebook should have 8GB of ram at this point.
I got a Chromebook recently because I'm currently living in two different places and don't always have access to my desktop, but I think it makes a great compliment to a desktop, if that's all you need it for. It's far more useful than the Nexus tablet I used to own.
Though I mainly use it for basic browsing when away from my desktop and looking up info while playing games like Bloodborne.
I got a Chromebook recently because I'm currently living in two different places and don't always have access to my desktop, but I think it makes a great compliment to a desktop, if that's all you need it for. It's far more useful than the Nexus tablet I used to own.
Though I mainly use it for basic browsing when away from my desktop and looking up info while playing games like Bloodborne.
andythinkpad
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New chromebook should be able to run all Android apps on google play store.
Of course the Chromebook version of Chrome browser is better than the Android Chrome browser.
ZackieChan
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Really loving my SP4, aside from some software weirdness. Glad I splurged the $1500.
andythinkpad
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Think of them as Ultrabook with lower storage.
I won't buy it though. Its size and price are too close to an used 12" Macbook. I can also get a 12" Xiaomi Ultrabook for about 600.
Looks beautiful. Have a Toshiba Chromebook 2 and I couldn't be happier, love the OS. The price for this seems reasonable considering how high end some of the specs are.
Hope it doesn't explode or massively malfunction though. My trust for Samsung is kind of at an all time low, though I'm sure I'm not the only who feels that way.
Hope it doesn't explode or massively malfunction though. My trust for Samsung is kind of at an all time low, though I'm sure I'm not the only who feels that way.
andythinkpad
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It's the Android version of Lightroom. I haven't used it but the Android version of Photoshop is a joke.
And there are other superior raw converters on PC/Mac anyway.
outunderthestars
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This. Windows is awful, Chrome OS does everything I need, and I would like to have a nicer machine than what the $200 Chromebooks provide.
WhiteWaterM00se
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Do android apps finally work on Chromebook?
On some of them I believe.
Edit: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium...visit_id=0-636122259778168006-4194415816&rd=1
Rimon-hanit
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They do(at least on the R11 and pixel), but you have to switch to developer mode to install apps not on the play store and a lot of apps have some functionality problems (word doesn't work properly for instance).
Sweet, I just want to use Word for school papers.
andythinkpad
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It's available on the standard normal firmware of Asus Flip.
Dr. Benton Quest
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I'm in the same boat. I don't like them in this price range.
They're fantastic at the 200-250 mark though.
I imagine the stylus is meant to be used in Android apps. Maybe Samsung will provide its own suite of pen-enabled apps, like with the Note.
This looks like a very nice machine. My C720 still does well, but if I were to upgrade, I'd almost certainly get this.
Fulminator
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just built a desktop for gaming/other uses so i was thinking about picking up a chromebook to replace my dying laptop since i really only use it for browsing the internet anyway. this one looks really nice, but idk if i want to spend another $500 rn lol
CreepingFear
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Chromebooks are one of those things that I can recommend to other people, but I can never find one that is for me. Most of them don't allow for ram upgrades. That would be most important to me with how Chrome is such a hog. The really cheap one's specs are too low for me. I want an Intel Processor and at least 4GB's of RAM. The only Chromebook's that would interest me are too damn expensive for the limited functionality such as the Chromebook Pixel.
... Samsung has (had?🔥
a whole line centered around the stylus. The Note 12.1 has stylus functionality baked into the OS. This seems to be the case here as well.Fulminator
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is it possible to upgrade the ram in a chromebook? 4gb seems kind of low these days
thehypocrite
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I like it. May replace my 2 GB RAM Chromebook with it.
... Samsung has (had?🔥
As far as I know the core Chrome OS UI can't be customized. I makes sense that they would load their S-pen suite of apps on this thing but that's really about all you're gonna be able to do with it outside of normal touch events.
Yes, they just need to make sure battery is from same manufactured as Note 7!
They would need to bother selling Chromebooks outside NA first.
Same.
In the link I posted in OP there's a very short video. It shows the very same functionality tablets and phones have. You remove the stylus -> a window with quick actions pops up. Like take a screenshot and annotate etc.
https://chromeunboxed.com/kevin-is-the-samsung-chromebook-pro-up-for-pre-order/
Spiritwalker
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Looks really good. I wouldn't use one without Windows or Ubuntu though.
Right but that's not anything like, say Windows 10 having native first-class stylus support. It's just launching a menu on an event. It's slight worse than Apple Pencil and Apple Pencil Support is terrible.
PhantomX1313
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Samsung...glad i bought fire extinguisher and sun burn cream policy
I love/hate how in every chromebook thread there are numerous people complaining about it - for things that it is just not supposed to do well. 2 minutes in google and you will know it is made for web browsing and lately some Android app support. But there are always many complaining about 'only 16/32gb...' 'I need to convert videos to watch on it...' and so on.
Frustrated_me
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Biggest threat to Windows dominance right here.
What's funny is OEMs hate making these products with incredibly small margins, but Microsoft pushed them to it by getting into their bread and butter business; hardware.
The next 5 years is gonna be super interesting.
What's funny is OEMs hate making these products with incredibly small margins, but Microsoft pushed them to it by getting into their bread and butter business; hardware.
The next 5 years is gonna be super interesting.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
SuperDowns
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I'm done with Samsung and their shitty products.
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