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- | I got into a conversation with Chromebook Enthusiast (CE) over on my blog where we disagreed on the implications of the recent Chromebook price cut. ' | + | **I got into a conversation with Chromebook Enthusiast (CE) over on my blog where we disagreed on the implications of the recent Chromebook price cut. ' |
- | The Chromebook is a great concept as a thin client... for education, in the classroom, with Internet access, and access to my VDI infrastructure, | + | The Chromebook is a great concept as a thin client... for education, in the classroom, with Internet access, and access to my VDI infrastructure, |
- | I grant the concept is sound, particularly where the infrastructure is in place to support the Chromebook with reliable, always-on Internet connectivity. You may be right in that the education market may save it -- but only if it achieves momentum through market penetration. It has to reach into education, business and consumer in order to continue. I recall from my education we had the RM Nimbus and the BBC Micro, neither of which could resist the home and business market domination of the IBM PC clone. Perhaps that' | + | Sur mon blog, j'ai engagé la conversation avec un fana des Chromebooks (FC) ; nous n' |
- | We know that Chromebooks are under pressure from the tablet market, hence the price cut. Tablets are not only 'cool' | + | « Le Chromebook est un concept génial en tant que client léger... pour l'éducation, dans les écoles, avec accès au Net et accès à mon infrastructure VDI [Ndt : bureau virtuel], c'est une solution idéale. Le coût total pour le propriétaire est très convenable. Et aussi, ils ne jettent pas l' |
- | For sure, Google is not yet pulling out, and, if any company has the staying power to develop a mature platform, Google is it. However, without manufacturing the devices itself, Google is reliant on the likes of Acer and Samsung to put hardware into hands. How long they will stay in - if profits, shareholder and market confidence drop - is a different question. Volume over time enables price cuts, anything else is at the expense of margin; the hardware business is tight on both right now. Conventional workhorse laptops and shiny tablets-cum-e-readers are the fashionable stars of the day. With public spending cuts, the education sector has its work cut out to make the case for non-standard kit in ' | + | **I grant the concept is sound, particularly where the infrastructure is in place to support the Chromebook with reliable, always-on Internet connectivity. You may be right in that the education market may save it -- but only if it achieves momentum through market penetration. It has to reach into education, business and consumer in order to continue. I recall from my education we had the RM Nimbus and the BBC Micro, neither of which could resist the home and business market domination of the IBM PC clone. Perhaps that's a bad comparison, but one sector by itself will not guarantee continued sales. |
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+ | We know that Chromebooks are under pressure from the tablet market, hence the price cut. Tablets are not only ' | ||
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+ | La comparaison est peut-être mauvaise, mais un secteur seul ne garantira pas le maintien des ventes. | ||
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+ | Nous savons que la baisse du prix vient du fait que les Chromebooks sont sous la pression du marché de la tablette. Les tablettes sont non seulement « cool », mais aussi possèdent assez de stockage interne pour que vous puissiez les trimbaler à droite et à gauche. Nous connaissons des propriétaires de Chromebooks (Ed Hewitt et sa critique dans le Full Circle n° 52) qui ont atteint les limites de la plateforme en termes d' | ||
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+ | **For sure, Google is not yet pulling out, and, if any company has the staying power to develop a mature platform, Google is it. However, without manufacturing the devices itself, Google is reliant on the likes of Acer and Samsung to put hardware into hands. How long they will stay in - if profits, shareholder and market confidence drop - is a different question. Volume over time enables price cuts, anything else is at the expense of margin; the hardware business is tight on both right now. Conventional workhorse laptops and shiny tablets-cum-e-readers are the fashionable stars of the day. With public spending cuts, the education sector has its work cut out to make the case for non-standard kit in ' | ||
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+ | C'est certain, Google n' | ||
issue57/monopinion.1328561528.txt.gz · Dernière modification : 2012/02/06 21:52 de fredphil91