Google’s latest hire comes from Intel and has 25 years of chip design experience. Uri Frank is just the person to bring custom silicon to Chromebooks, which would offer a more optimized Chrome OS experience, similar to Apple’s M1 MacBooks.
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There seem to be three main arguments against expensive Chromebooks. My thoughts on why those arguments are misguided.
It’s always great to read a “What can you do on a Chromebook?” article. But these illustrate widespread misperceptions Google Chromebooks.
A perfect storm of high demand and a vastly improved Chrome OS experience should help Chromebook sales continue growing. Enough to keep outpacing MacBooks? Probably not but the race should be closer going forward.
Up until now, I didn’t see Fuchsia having much future impact to Chromebooks. A new design document for something called Starnix would bring support for Android and Linux apps to Fuchsia in a translation method similar to Apple’s Rosetta 2.
With remote learning being the status quo, Chromebook sales jumped nearly 300% according to Canalys. This short term boost gets Chromebooks in front of more people, which could bode well for the long term.
CES 2021 might not offer the same level of new products or Chromebook innovations we’ve come to expect. Thanks, 2020.
After choosing the Pixelbook Go as my Chromebook of the year in 2019, choosing one for 2020 was a more difficult choice. My top three ranged from entry-level to near high-end pricing. Which one won out and why?
After testing out my MacBook Air with M1, I’m more convinced than ever that a custom ARM chip for Chromebooks would bring many benefits: Battery life, potentially lower costs for high-end devices and performance based on this Octane score.
Although there are some benefits that Apple iOS and iPad OS developers have compared to Android developers, by and large, using mobile apps on the Mac doesn’t seem that much better than using mobile apps on a Chromebook.
All of these glowing Apple Silicon M1 device reviews have me thinking it’s time for Google to design a similar, modern chipset for Chromebooks. After all, doesn’t the “modern OS” deserve it?