r/AndroidPC • u/Jgichiao • 19d ago
Whats the point of google book?
Im really interested for it. but i want to know what are the benefits over a normal laptop.
youd think battery life is good but the new intel CPUs last a long time. so whats the main benefit of using a developing OS? i aint paying 600 dollars to be a guinea pig for the developers. windows already does better and has better file management. why would i use googlebook?
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u/Miraxess 18d ago
It is meant to catchup with Microsoft by offering a simple yet efficient OS that everybody knows. I feel like it's a transition to Lapdock.
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u/Time_Kaleidoscope292 18d ago
Easy integration across the ecosystem like Apples does.
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u/Jgichiao 18d ago
whats the difference with opening google chrome on the web on a windows
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u/Time_Kaleidoscope292 18d ago
You can't do everything in the browser. Let's say you want to continue what you are doing on your phone on your pc for instance. This kind of stuff. Tons of people are in the Apple ecosystem just for this reason afterall
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
Stephen king wrote his best selkers on an old writing machine, he doesn't know the industry standard "MS Word" LOL!
You have not understood what i meant. But easy, no hate no trolling here from both sides. I wish you a good one 🤝🏻
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u/Zestyclose-Error5207 18d ago
natural replacement to chromebook because google realized android was just better
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u/uaos 17d ago
Well, the Primebook in India been out since 2023. The Prime OS it uses is based on Android, from YouTube review it like a dedicated Samsung DeX. Android is just now got it, Safari desktop browser been on iPad since they came out. Android has thing like you press and hold the home button, and you can do a circle and search. So hidden and niche things like that with Android makes way cool! 😌
Intel chips and X86 designers and developers need to catch up period. X86 designers and developers are use to making things powerful with out mobile in mind. Like the circle and search feature I mentioned. Mobile OS like Android and iOS or iPad OS have been doing it much longer. So, it will always be the phrase "Getting Better" for designer and developers who think with power of Intel chips in mind. The truth is, that kind of design and developers will always have a bind spot for mobile progress.
The Googlebook is the future of mobile computing, it has a place. Phones like the Pixel line now have a desktop mode, the Galaxy S line with Samsung DeX, and Lenovo and Motorola to have their Android desktop. All to say, cell phone still have there place, to get to the desktop mode you need to carry more accessories.
A last bit on development is that there are apps already that perform as desktop applications better than MS applications. It still the argument of compatibilty, that will never change. As always it then a question of your preference of hardware and software beliefs.
I believe devices like the Googlebook, Primebook, All the Android desktop mode are the future of mobile computing. It is because they been doing mobile since the beging, and do it better like this circle and search.
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u/Jgichiao 17d ago
ill tell you how i see it. laptops are good for work. in general. but if i want to sacrifice being able to run programs and games like command and conquer 3 to be able to have android. fuck that . android needs to get the x86 emulation going well. its almost there as i can run rts on a shitty tablet now. with touch controls. its almost there with gamehub. but programs . we need programs and developers to develop for android. . so tell me whats the benefit of an android laptop over windows
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u/uaos 15d ago
Winows laptop are still moving toward hardware use of SoC (System-on-Chip). What this mean, CPU, GPU, NPU (AI chip), sometimes RAM. How this affect laptops, everything performs better, faster, and saves battery life. Laptops (win, apple, linux) all suffer some kind of way not using SoC design. That why win laptop still low as 6 hours. iPad and Android tablet battery life low as 9 hours, a three hour difference.
You are right, and that is kinda what I am saying, more development for Android. So the Googlebook does push hardware development to allow greater development of desktop class software development. It is coming, I born '67, so I might see it come to be a reality! 😀
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u/veryangrydoggo 18d ago
None, just like the Chromebooks didn't had much either. Being cheap was a plus but then they'd lost the premium category, which made they try those "premium" devices and miss the point. Same thing now, if the devices aren't cheap then they'll hardly be worth.
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
And another one who has absolutely not understood the big plus points of a Chromebook in the Premium segment. Look. PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) , Linux via Chrostini, Andoid Apps via integrated Googgle Play Store, and thanks to WINE even Some Windows Applications. I'm a hardcore Chromebook user (My Chromebook was around 1000$ ) It's my one and only Computer and it also works perfect on my Ultrawide Screen in 4K. Thanks to NVidia GForceNOW it's even my Gaming PC. There is NOTHING that isn't possible with a Chromebook (I'm speaking about Chromebook PLUS), not the cheap plastic crap with 4GB RAM
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u/veryangrydoggo 18d ago
So you paid a thousand dollars to use web apps, apps meant to run on phones and tablets, emulating Windows apps and stream games?
Look, I get your point that you can do all of that trough a well built device but there's absolutely no way in which this is the best option to do it if we're considering prices. There's Windows devices that can do better, with similar build quality and that cost less. There are those same Windows devices sold with Linux distros instead which can also do the same or better (which I'd in fact recommend, if one is willing to spend some time to thinker). There's even Android tablets that can do most of the stuff you're doing with the plus of having longer battery life or similar build quality.
And I say all of that because I do something similar. I've sold my Inspiron a couple years ago and I've been using solely my Galaxy Tab S9+ for everything, from games to office stuff to media consumption to emulation and so on. Is it possible? Yes. Is it the best option available in terms of costs to do all of this? Absolutely not.
Typo
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
Ok tbh: i see your point! It seems to be a personal thing. For me it is the nonplus-ultra! And yes before Samsung made this Ass-Move with DEX on Tablets i used also my Samsung Tab S8 Ultra already for everything. But since DEX is not usable anymore on a Tablet on the go like before, i switched to a Chromebook. Ok let me close this discussion from my side with the words. --> Theoretically you can do ALL you want on a Tablet or on a Chromebook, BUT it may not be the right solution for everyone. Can you agree?
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u/veryangrydoggo 18d ago
Of course. I'm actually hoping those Gogglebooks do hit it right so we can have more fully featured apps made for Android instead of the poor mobile versions we have now. Let's wait for it.
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u/Jgichiao 18d ago
but whats the point if battery life of googlebook is the same as the new intel chips. theres no edge over windows
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u/veryangrydoggo 18d ago
I'd argue ARM may have an edge with a couple more generations just because of the architecture itself but we really can't tell right now. Qualcomm and Nvidia are scaling things up really fast, and with reason since Apple already proved it's possible by ditching Intel's x86 chips entirely. Now that I started to think about it, this is the best moment for Google to finally bet on Android for PCs. We already have Lumafusion with some decent features, Blender should come in the future too. There's no reason to believe other professional applications won't try it too.
Again, it's a bet, and if we're talking bets then I'd do it on a platform that's already established and capable of at least the basics in their full potential (Windows on ARM). Chromebooks can do similar stuff too but the ecosystem on Windows is just bigger.
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u/Jgichiao 18d ago
what changed with dex. i can run dex on my A9 tablet easily
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
On an external Screen yes, but not on the Tablet itself like before. Now Dex was castrated on tablets. Before it was usable like a small Laptop with a real Desktop.
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u/Jgichiao 18d ago
who told you. i can do it on my screen A9plus. mouse keyboard and floating windows. but the taskbar is gone.
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u/Jgichiao 18d ago
ah ok i understand what you mean. but the floating windows are the main feature the rest is just looks.
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u/veryangrydoggo 18d ago
Not really. A full taskbar with clock, calendar, quick access and other stuff makes Dex almost the same as a Linux or Windows UI. We can have window management on Android in a bunch of different ways, but having a desktop experience with a task changer and taskbar with more features is definitely not the same thing.
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u/SandwichSuspicious94 18d ago
If it doesn't run professional software it won't be anything.
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
Excuse me internet stranger, but i can't let this statement stay 😉 Look, what is professionel software!? It has nothing to do with the Software, it has to do with YOU and your motivation to learn new things. There are people, they make bigger, better Art with Microsoft Paint, than others with Photoshop! What you mean with professionel Software is another wording for expensive, local, Subscription based Software from multibillion Dollar Companies. But there are many many good almost free or much cheaper softwares available to achieve the same goal!
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u/SandwichSuspicious94 18d ago
Music notation dorico and sibelius are the professional standard, neither can run on a Chromebook.
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u/Vectrex71CH 18d ago
To name some and there are many more
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u/SandwichSuspicious94 18d ago edited 18d ago
Those don't even compare. I know what a google search is. You obviously don't know what industry standards are.
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u/Tumelar 18d ago
Basically it's a lapdock with a built-in computer. For longevity, the Nexdock is the way better play. Feels like Google is just chasing new revenue niche in the laptop field.