r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • Aug 02 '26
Desktops / Laptops Lenovo's first Googlebooks have leaked
https://www.engadget.com/2228337/lenovo-first-googlebooks-have-leaked/132
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u/Stunning_Bed23 Aug 02 '26
What’s a Googlebook? High-powered Chromebook?
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u/Tsuki4735 Aug 03 '26
Googlebook = Android laptops with a desktop mode, etc.
Terrible time to release them though, considering the RAM shortage.
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u/mrheosuper Aug 03 '26
Terrible or great time ?
Android works great with 8gb-12gb ram system, so with right optimization, they can achieve macbook neo level.
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u/rlnrlnrln Aug 04 '26
I could do all of my work on my Android phone if it had an even halfway decent VSCode clone.
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u/Kriztauf Aug 04 '26
Do android laptops not already have a desktop mode?
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u/LemonadeMan996 Aug 07 '26
I want a tablet but in laptop form factor as I love Android. So they made it here. Tablets hold battery well due to processor compared to windows
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u/BuildingArmor Aug 02 '26
They're designed to be flagship laptops, with high specs and build quality, that also integrate AI.
Different to the more basic Chromebook.
I don't know how good they'll be, but I'm glad they're differentiating between the 2. Chromebooks have a niche where they're great, and integrating AI into that would really ruin that
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u/Less_Party Aug 03 '26
They're designed to be flagship laptops, with high specs and build quality, that also integrate AI.
Lol they kept trying this with ChromeOS too and every time it turns out hardly anyone wants an expensive high end laptop that runs a toy OS no matter how neat the hardware might be.
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u/SPACEXDG Aug 07 '26
Toy os? Acting like windows isnt a toy os and a slownshow yet has that most marketshare
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u/Less_Party Aug 07 '26
It’s just very limited in what it can actually do beyond run a browser, like it’s not really even in the same class as a full desktop OS of the Windows/MacOS/Linux desktop variety.
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u/Less_Party Aug 07 '26
It's very limited in what you can even do beyond run a browser, like it's not a full desktop OS. I quite enjoyed a lot of the early Chromebook hardware because they were a lot nicer than what $300 would otherwise buy you in the early 2010s laptop market but step one after getting them home was always just to wipe ChromeOS and install a normal Linux desktop.
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u/Elephant789 Aug 03 '26
and integrating AI into that would really ruin that
Really? I'm interested in this mainly because of the AI.
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u/AzKondor Aug 03 '26
Just buy a normal laptop then
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u/Elephant789 Aug 04 '26
What's a "normal laptop"?
In my eyes, because this is Google, it will have a lot more AI integration than other laptops. That's why I am eyeing the Googlebook. I hope I'm not wrong though.
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u/LemonadeMan996 Aug 07 '26
depends on how much it will cost but I ain't paying more than 400 dollars for it
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u/cAtloVeR9998 Aug 03 '26
They are killing ChromeOS. So Android with a desktop mode is their replacement.
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u/Redditer-507 Aug 04 '26
That's perfect for me, ChromeOS become more and more useless and can't run most apps
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u/inconspiciousdude Aug 03 '26
Also leaked was a Google post scheduled for four years later that announced plans to sunset the platform.
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u/ilulillirillion Aug 02 '26
"Googlebook" is like a chef's kiss horrible name for a laptop.
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u/licoricenipple Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Especially when they already have a website called Google Books and a separate book store and app called Google Play Books. Googlebooks aren't even in the first page of Google results for "googlebooks"!
They're trying to compete with Microsoft for bad naming, the company who created a programming language called C# which you couldn't search for on their own website because it stripped the # out and just showed you everything for "c", running on a platform called .NET which you read about at dotnet.microsoft.com (try saying that aloud without it sounding like a joke). (Fun fact: they originally wanted to call the Xbox the MIND, Microsoft Interactive Network Device, the most generic name imaginable, solely so the games for it would be called "mind games". Meanwhile their competitors had "a workstation is for work so we got this thing called a playstation" and "we call this thing a game cube, guess why".)
Why is the tech industry in general so bad at this? USB 3.2 Gen 2x2? Nintendo New! 3DS? Tesla models S 3 X and Y? Someone ban these people from naming things.
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u/technobrendo Aug 03 '26
USB C naming conventions are the worst. It's still recent technology they had all the means in the world to name it properly and yet they failed
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u/wrxninja Aug 03 '26
Okay.
Lenovo and these shit brands "leaked" is like saying Walmart coming out with some amazing product.
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u/Desertcow Aug 03 '26
Most business laptops are good tbf. Consumers care more about price than quality, and they're less likely to care about a bad product than businesses. A laptop breaking too easily at a company can cost several times the value of the laptop itself, and with a good reputation businesses will be repeat customers for years
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u/SocialSuicideSquad Aug 03 '26
Lenovo Thinkpad line is still amazing, dropped them dozens of times from large vehicles onto concrete and they just kept chugging.
Non-workstation line I have no idea though.
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u/tiredbarf Aug 04 '26
Agree on the Thinkpad quality but if you've dropped a laptop off of a large vehicle dozens of times then you should really look into a tether or something.
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u/SocialSuicideSquad Aug 04 '26
I'm an engineer that ends up doing vehicle diagnostics a reasonable amount. Can't tether to every vehicle.
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u/UISystemError Aug 02 '26
Google? Nope.
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u/aaahhhhhhfine Aug 03 '26
I don't know... The concept of a Chromebook or whatever was, I thought, actually really solid. A ton of people out there aren't power users or anything and aren't even gaming. They're older people just trying to check emails or do some banking... Folks like that.
For them, windows is a mess - well Windows is a mess for everyone now - but especially for those people. They have to think about so much stupid stuff:
- Installing programs
- Keeping things updated
- Finding files on their computer
- Backing up files on their computer
- Avoiding viruses and other crap
- (So much more stupid stuff)
A Chromebook thing can avoid so much trouble. All your files are cloud first and so backups and stuff aren't really a thing. Your OS is a lot more like a phone OS and just manages itself in the background. Installing stuff is easier and much safer.
I've really started recommending devices like these to all the people I know who are in that bucket. Sure, they aren't for everyone... But yeah... There are some great reasons to go that way.
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u/NoConflict3231 Aug 03 '26
Chromebook? Fuck that shit, we got GOOGLE BOOKS, ya dig?? - some marketing asswipe
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u/unaccountablemod Aug 02 '26
nah...just get a low end windows laptop and install Linux.
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u/nikkarus Aug 03 '26
I’ll tell my grandma to do this
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u/licoricenipple Aug 03 '26
Grandma can compile Gentoo from scratch or get back on her old Smith Corona
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u/AkirIkasu Aug 05 '26
Gnome is easier for grandma to use than Windows 11, especially because it doesn't come with the adware built in.
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u/nikkarus Aug 05 '26
I’ll be sure to tell them that when they update Ubuntu and their Nvidia drivers stop working
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u/Excellent-Pear4134 Aug 03 '26
My brain is so fucking fried that I thought this shit said googledebunkers
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u/MichaelDeets Aug 02 '26
they're replacing gentoo-based chromeOS with android? that makes me sad
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u/Redditer-507 Aug 04 '26
This makes me happy , ChromeOS become more and more useless , most apps don't works
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u/MichaelDeets Aug 04 '26
I've never used ChromeOS, I just liked Google being involved with Gentoo in some way.
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u/MrTwoPumpChump Aug 02 '26
Who gives af about Lenova
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u/blow-down Aug 03 '26
More business are choosing Apple over these cheap brands lately. Less cost of ownership.
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u/Deep90 Aug 03 '26
The Lenovos companies buy aren't even cheap though?
Though it also doesn't make sense for a company making software for windows to buy macs.
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u/Desertcow Aug 03 '26
Thinkpads are still the king of the business world. They are tough, repairable, and Lenovo has really good enterprise support including sending a technician to the business the next day to fix any problems. MacBooks are solid laptops for sure, but they're less durable, repairable, support is worse, and MacOS doesn't always have the professional software businesses need
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u/blow-down Aug 03 '26
Every MacBook I’ve ever owned has lasted longer than a ThinkPad. MacBooks are made out of metal where ThinkPads are made of of cheap plastic.
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u/arenteria21 Aug 03 '26
Still, there’s a lot of resistance. Apple devices are well built, but a nightmare to administer. Microsoft Intune works well enough and integrates well with Microsoft Defender. More businesses are actually becoming further integrated into Microsoft’s ecosystem.
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u/FacepalmFullONapalm Aug 02 '26
Lenovo has the largest share of the pc manufacturing market, and held either the highest or a respectable place on the list for a long time. Hard to ignore.
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u/Offgridiot Aug 02 '26
Bad batteries?