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Lenovo, Acer et Asus font le plein de Chromebook Plus
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Tuesday, 3 October, 2023 - 09:00
Tout juste officialisé, Chromebook Plus intéresse les fabricants d'ordinateurs portables. Acer et Lenovo annoncent respectivement 2 et 3 machines sous cette gamme tournée vers les performances.
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Chromebook Plus : l’offensive de Google pour contrer Windows
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Monday, 2 October, 2023 - 16:30
Google vient de lever le voile sur Chromebook Plus, une nouvelle gamme de Chromebooks tournée vers les performances. Le géant américain veut faire de l'ombre à Windows et Microsoft.
Chromebook Plus : l’offensive de Google pour contrer Windows
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“Chromebooks aren’t built to last”: Average device has 4 years of updates left
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 21 April, 2023 - 18:31 · 1 minute
Enlarge / US PIRG's "Chromebook Churn" report casts a harsh spotlight on flaws in Chromebook repairability and longevity. (credit: Scharon Harding)
Google is in the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) hot seat. This week, the nonprofit published its "Chromebook Churn" [ PDF ] report, pointing a finger at Google for enabling Chromebooks that “aren’t designed to last.” It highlighted Chromebook quirks, like seemingly pointless hardware tweaks across models that challenge parts-sourcing and automatic update expiration (AUE) dates, as examples of the repair-averse Chromebook culture Google has enabled. For target Chromebook markets, like schools, that opt for Chromebooks to save money, long-term costs may outweigh the immediate savings, PIRG’s analysis concluded.
The report focuses on Chromebooks in schools and is based on an unspecified number (we've reached out to PIRG for a firm head count) of interviews with "school IT directors, technicians, journalists, repair shop owners, parts suppliers, and teachers," as well as a "five-question survey with 13 school IT administrators and technicians." The sample size could be much larger, but the details in the report are also based on undisputed characteristics of ChromeOS devices. And while PIRG's paper emphasizes the impact this all has for schools, especially considering the influx of Chromebooks purchased for schools during the COVID-19 pandemic's height and beyond, it's food for thought for any current or prospective Chromebook owners or people who like to vote with their dollar.
The report, written by PIRG's Designed to Last Campaign director, Lucas Rockett Gutterman, argues that because Chromebooks are largely web-based and don't vary in power as much as other laptops, it should be "easy" to offer modular designs that allow for parts to be shared across Chromebook models. Indeed, Framework's modular Chromebook proves this is possible. But in its "Failing the Fix" [ PDF ] report from February, PIRG reported that Chromebooks have an average French repairability index score of 5.8 out of 10, compared to 6.9 for all non-Chromebook laptops.
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Le polyvalent Acer Chromebook Spin 513 est bradé à -30%
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Friday, 25 November, 2022 - 14:15
Si vous attendiez le Black Friday pour vous procurer un nouvel ordinateur portable capable de vous suivre partout sans broncher, bingo. L’excellent Chromebook Spin 513 d’Acer s’octroie une remise de 130 euros.
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Google veut imposer le Chromebook comme machine de (cloud) gaming
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Sunday, 16 October, 2022 - 09:00
Quand on pense à la catégorie des Chromebook, la première idée qui vient à l'esprit n'est pas forcément qu'il s'agit de machines pour jouer. Et pourtant, Google et ses partenaires veulent imposer ChromeOS en tant qu'acteur majeur dans le secteur.
Google veut imposer le Chromebook comme machine de (cloud) gaming
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news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 12 October, 2022 - 08:49
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Google’s cost-cutting kills Pixelbook division
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 12 September, 2022 - 22:07 · 1 minute
Enlarge / The Pixelbook Go starts at $649 for a Core m3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. (credit: Valentina Palladino)
Google's hardware division continues to be unable to field a consistent, reliable hardware selection. A report from The Verge claims Google has "canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop and dissolved the team responsible for building it." This has been the case for several years, but the only new Chromebooks out there will be ones from third parties.
The last laptop released by the company was the Chromebook Go in 2019, which is still for sale at store.google.com. Shortly after that device's launch, reports surfaced that the laptop and tablet division was being downsized. While the tablet plans managed to recover thanks to Android, the laptop plans are apparently dead. The last credible Google laptop rumors were from the lead-up to the Google Tensor/Pixel 6 launch. Google was rumored to be making its own chips and, along with a phone (Pixel 6) rumors, consistently claimed a laptop version of the chip would be happening. Google Hardware SVP Rick Osterloh said as recently as May that the company was "going to do Pixelbooks in the future," and the report says "the device was far along in development and expected to debut next year" before it was canceled.
The reason for the dissolution of the Pixelbook team is apparently Google CEO Sundar Pichai's cost-cutting. The Google CEO said in August that "productivity as a whole is not where it needs to be for the headcount we have" and warned that the company would be "consolidating where investments overlap and streamlining processes." The Verge's report says, "The Pixelbook team and the Pixelbook itself were casualties of that consolidation and redeployment."
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Lenovo Tab P11 et P11 Pro (2e gen): deux nouvelles tablettes pour toute la famille
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 1 September, 2022 - 06:10
À l’occasion de l’IFA, Lenovo renouvelle ses tablettes avec les Tab P11 et P11 Pro de deuxième génération. Pensées pour un usage multimédia, elles n’arrivent pas seules puisque la marque dévoile aussi son premier Chromebook de 16 pouces.
Lenovo Tab P11 et P11 Pro (2e gen): deux nouvelles tablettes pour toute la famille
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ChromeOS Flex : Google donne une deuxième vie à vos vieux PC et Mac
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Friday, 15 July, 2022 - 12:30
Google est prêt à offrir une seconde chance à votre vieux PC Windows ou Mac (macOS). La firme vient de rendre disponible ChromeOS Flex au plus grand monde ; certifiant au passage plus de 400 machines.
ChromeOS Flex : Google donne une deuxième vie à vos vieux PC et Mac
