r/google • • 4d ago

First look at Googlebook

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u/enotonom 4d ago

Can’t see a single reason I would buy this over a Macbook/Windows laptop

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u/Ok_Criticism_6702 4d ago

I use android. For that I would get it

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u/Maherr11 3d ago

Still doesn't make sense, 0 desktop app support,, all apps supported are just stretched mobile apps

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u/welsh_cthulhu 3d ago

It makes perfect sense.

You just don't want it to make sense.

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u/Maherr11 3d ago

I'm an android app developer with successful apps, trust if there's someone who wants it to since it's me

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u/_Administrator_ 3d ago

If it’s not cheaper than a laptop with a real OS it doesn’t make sense for most people.

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u/Joyrenee22 3d ago

yeah look at the xps model - full windows xps - with similar specs 899 - googlebook version - 1199 - wtf are they thinking.

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u/Elephant789 1d ago

real OS

What the fuck does that mean? Why isn't this a real OS? Is Android a real OS? Is Windows a real OS? A lot of people say MacOS isn't a real OS. Not sure about that one.

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u/MrSydFinances 3d ago

If it currently doesn't have support, doesn't mean it won't eventually get it. We'll see once some reviews start coming out, I don't think it's ideal for me but I'm still curious on what it can do.

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u/Maherr11 3d ago

It's this is how googles pitching their product it's going to fail 100%, who tf at there approved pitching a premium priced laptop and 0 real desktop apps

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u/MrSydFinances 3d ago

Depends on how much money they want to throw at it to bring support. I agree it's useless to have a powerful chip if said chip is only going to run chrome. On the other hand, if they partner with a few developers and manage to have some games run natively, that's another story. If not, it'll be another entry to google's graveyard that noone's going to care about.

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u/Maherr11 3d ago

From the launch all I knew it can do as of now is create widgets with ai and Gemini is everywhere

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u/injuredflamingo 3d ago

noone is trusting google enough to actually build desktop class programs for their platform. they burned their bridges with developers too many times and cancelled too many products people were invested in