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Google confirms its Pixelbook group has new laptops and tablets inbound
Last month, Business Insider reported that Google might be shifting employees out of the laptop and tablet division that brought us the premium, pricey Pixelbook and Pixel Slate, citing "roadmap cutbacks." But though Google originally declined to comment, the company now tells The Verge that its hardware division actually does have new laptops and tablets on the way.
While Google wouldn't talk details or timing, it did drop a big hint earlier today — as 9to5Google reports, the company led a session at its Cloud Next 2019 conference dubbed "Introducing Google Hardware for Business," where it suggested that a new device might help on-the-go employees in ways that the Pixelbook and Pixel Slate couldn't quite accomplish.
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Previously: Google Hardware Makes Cuts to Laptop and Tablet Development, Cancels Products
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday April 11 2019, @08:05PM (1 child)
No love lost for the Chromebook from me, but I will say the principle is solid. If you rate your ability to learn to program as the computer's utility, then you can easily program in a web based environment. Beyond that you can buy a VPS for further development.
Last year I bought a cheap Win10 laptop and put Lubuntu on within hours. With only 32GB of storage, it fills the same niche as a Chromebook. Surf the web, check email, youtube videos, and ssh into my web server. It is also cheap enough that I treat it poorly; when wrenching on my car it will be in the engine bay with me providing whatever reference material I need.
(Score: 2) by Teckla on Friday April 12 2019, @09:31PM
For kids interested in programming, booting directly into BASIC is a lot easier than the steep learning curve of setting up your own VPS.
Source 1: Was a kid that booted into BASIC and taught myself how to program with that plus the documentation that came with the machine.
Source 2: Have a VPS.