Googlebook

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[Ray1976]

The reviews are pretty bad for Googlebook OS.

 

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[8-lane]

Googlebooks are now being sold in sg...
https://www.carousell.sg/p/official...&t-referrer_source=for_you_page&t-tap_index=1

 

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[lordlad0]

I have not seen even a single positive review for it so far. I reckoned perhaps only the chromebook-centric channel, chromeunboxed, will give it a positive review due to favoritism. All other channels were all pretty in unison not recommending this.

This whole googlebook project is DOA and totally misguided endeavor and they will probably put it in the google graveyard and pivot back to affordable no-frills chromebooks.

Nobody's gonna buy a sgd1500+ googlebook that can't do anything but only run android apps (poorly).

 

[Sauron]

Googlebooks are now being sold in sg...
https://www.carousell.sg/p/official...&t-referrer_source=for_you_page&t-tap_index=1

Looks like reseller?

 

[Sauron]

pivot back to affordable no-frills chromebooks.

At least should have the Chromebook Plus range for the consumer and no frills Chromebooks for the education sector

 

[lordlad0]

At least should have the Chromebook Plus range for the consumer and no frills Chromebooks for the education sector

I'm actually one of the earlier ChromeOS adopters in Singapore....got the OG CR48, the Samsung Chromebook and I got through the majority of the covid lockdown WFH days using an Asus Chromebook.....

This googlebook nonsense though? I have zero drive to even test drive as an early adopter and it's not even about price. I have an Alienware x15 R1 I bought at a whim at sgd4999 and an Asus ROG flow z13 Strix halo at sgd3600 so money is not a concern to me. It's what I am actually buying that concerns me and seriously, who is this googlebook really for?

That price range puts it outside of students and educators and grandparents' budget. That locked down bootloader and OS means the tinkerers and AI enthusiasts will not be bothered by it. Gamers will not even acknowledge its existence. And there's nothing special or unique to attract the general users and macos fans. It doesn't even have good battery life. The only audience is basically chromeunboxed and his staff members I guess.

 

[xiaofan]

I have not seen even a single positive review for it so far. I reckoned perhaps only the chromebook-centric channel, chromeunboxed, will give it a positive review due to favoritism. All other channels were all pretty in unison not recommending this.

This whole googlebook project is DOA and totally misguided endeavor and they will probably put it in the google graveyard and pivot back to affordable no-frills chromebooks.

Nobody's gonna buy a sgd1500+ googlebook that can't do anything but only run android apps (poorly).

I think most of the consumer users will skip the first-gen. Actually the first gen is also not for the eudcation/enterprise market since the tools are not ready until second half of 2027.

I will not say it will go to the Google graveyaard though. Let's wait for 2nd gen or 3rd gen.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/produ...intelligent-experiences-across-every-endpoint
Chromebook Plus already offers the performance and integrated Gemini capabilities on managed devices to assist users within their existing workflows today, bringing more help to employees right in the app, file or tab they are working in. And earlier this week, we announced the Googlebook, the perfect companion for those building and working at the frontier. They will be available in October, with enterprise capabilities coming in the second half of 2027.

 

[xiaofan]

In any case, Chromebook is mainly in the education market, with limited success in other enterprise sector, with even less success in the consumer market.

How good it will perform in the education/enterprise market may be hard to predict. But eventually Google will "kill" Chromebooks in 2034 and business users will probably migrate before that date.

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/will-googlebooks-work-in-business/

Omdia figures put Chromebook shipments at around 5m per quarter, with education accounting for a major part of that. At one point it was estimated that 60% of all computers bought in US schools were Chromebooks, and other markets such as Japan and the UK also have high Chromebook penetration in education.

Outside of education, the picture is patchy. Google’s own ChromeOS customer stories boast of deployments in airline customer contact centres, banks, the Royal Air Force and more. But they tend to be limited deployments in niche areas (the RAF deployment was to give cadets a computer for training, for example) rather than enterprise-wide. Retail and kiosk use also pops up frequently in case studies.

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All of this might leave businesses with Chromebook deployments wondering what’s to become of their devices? Google insists that Chromebooks and ChromeOS aren’t going away, and that the two operating systems will co-exist. For the time being at least.

In recent years, Google has made a big play of long-term support for Chromebooks, with devices being promised up to ten years of security updates. Google has pledged to honour that commitment.

In the long term, does Google really want to continue supporting two reasonably similar operating systems? It seems unlikely. But how Google manages the transition from Chromebook to Googlebook will be fascinating to watch.

 

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I have not seen even a single positive review for it so far. I reckoned perhaps only the chromebook-centric channel, chromeunboxed, will give it a positive review due to favoritism. All other channels were all pretty in unison not recommending this.

This whole googlebook project is DOA and totally misguided endeavor and they will probably put it in the google graveyard and pivot back to affordable no-frills chromebooks.

Nobody's gonna buy a sgd1500+ googlebook that can't do anything but only run android apps (poorly).

I think most of the consumer users will skip the first-gen. Actually the first gen is also not for the eudcation/enterprise market since the tools are not ready until second half of 2027.

I will not say it will go to the Google graveyaard though. Let's wait for 2nd gen or 3rd gen.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/produ...intelligent-experiences-across-every-endpoint
Chromebook Plus already offers the performance and integrated Gemini capabilities on managed devices to assist users within their existing workflows today, bringing more help to employees right in the app, file or tab they are working in. And earlier this week, we announced the Googlebook, the perfect companion for those building and working at the frontier. They will be available in October, with enterprise capabilities coming in the second half of 2027.

If it cannot offer a proper desktop experience, it is hard to justify the price. but moi agree with @xiaofan think it is too early to call the whole project DOA lah. ultimately, Google needs to prove it offers something meaningfully better than existing Chromebooks and Windows laptops. otherwise, moi also agree it will struggle to find buyers sia

 

[Sauron]

I'm actually one of the earlier ChromeOS adopters in Singapore....got the OG CR48, the Samsung Chromebook and I got through the majority of the covid lockdown WFH days using an Asus Chromebook.....

This googlebook nonsense though? I have zero drive to even test drive as an early adopter and it's not even about price. I have an Alienware x15 R1 I bought at a whim at sgd4999 and an Asus ROG flow z13 Strix halo at sgd3600 so money is not a concern to me. It's what I am actually buying that concerns me and seriously, who is this googlebook really for?

That price range puts it outside of students and educators and grandparents' budget. That locked down bootloader and OS means the tinkerers and AI enthusiasts will not be bothered by it. Gamers will not even acknowledge its existence. And there's nothing special or unique to attract the general users and macos fans. It doesn't even have good battery life. The only audience is basically chromeunboxed and his staff members I guess.

Great!!! I have also switched to ChromeOS for many many years already, started with the Toshiba Chromebook (2?), a no-friills model but with a sharp and bright screen (a big plus for me). Then after a couple of years, I upgrade to the all-around more premium HP Chromebook 13 (aluminium body, even sharper and bright screen, nice backlit keyboard). When the one of HP's keyboard's key began to fail, I then switched to the current Lenovo Gaming Chromebook 16 (a plus to be again to run Android apps) . Actutally, my LGC16 is quite underused as it is quite heavy and unwieldy . Furthermore, my android tablet and phone already served most of my needs

Chromebooks prices, features and improvement over time has really met my needs. I just skimmed the headlines on Googlebook and didn't really see any OS features that put it apart from the Chromebook Plus range, except that the Googlebook is even more premium materials

 

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[8-lane]

Great!!! I have also switched to ChromeOS for many many years already, started with the Toshiba Chromebook (2?), a no-friills model but with a sharp and bright screen (a big plus for me). Then after a couple of years, I upgrade to the all-around more premium HP Chromebook 13 (aluminium body, even sharper and bright screen, nice backlit keyboard). When the one of HP's keyboard's key began to fail, I then switched to the current Lenovo Gaming Chromebook 16 (a plus to be again to run Android apps) . Actutally, my LGC16 is quite underused as it is quite heavy and unwieldy . Furthermore, my android tablet and phone already served most of my needs

Chromebooks prices, features and improvement over time has really met my needs. I just skimmed the headlines on Googlebook and didn't really see any OS features that put it apart from the Chromebook Plus range, except that the Googlebook is even more premium materials

Dunno wat the folks behind Googlebooks are thinking... before their launch, Google explained that Googlebooks will not mean the end for Chromebooks cos the former are premium, more high-end, with high-end specs (and of course coming with more expensive price tags) while the latter are more mainstream/basic and affordable but now this comes along...
https://chromeunboxed.com/a-new-affordable-wave-of-snapdragon-powered-googlebooks-is-in-the-works/

 

[Sauron]

Dunno wat the folks behind Googlebooks are thinking... before their launch, Google explained that Googlebooks will not mean the end for Chromebooks cos the former are premium, more high-end, with high-end specs (and of course coming with more expensive price tags) while the latter are more mainstream/basic and affordable but now this comes along...
https://chromeunboxed.com/a-new-affordable-wave-of-snapdragon-powered-googlebooks-is-in-the-works/

I didn't even watch any preview or review of GB ... Now with snapdragon GB, looks like the GB/** segmentation becoming messier...

. Actually for me, with my Android tablet with kb + stylus plus my mobile serving my daily needs , my current ** is already underused..

 

[8-lane]

I didn't even watch any preview or review of GB ... Now with snapdragon GB, looks like the GB/** segmentation becoming messier...

. Actually for me, with my Android tablet with kb + stylus plus my mobile serving my daily needs , my current ** is already underused..

I guess u use your Android tablet for very light causal stuff? Cos I see the processors that are used in Android tablets are usually those T- series Unisoc processors which u commonly find being used in entry-level v affordable smartphones while the processors used in Chromebooks are better...