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Yes, there's an Asus Zenbook one, with a larger 11.6" screen. It doesn't have a stylus though, but unless you really care about a stylus, and you just want a laptop, then it shouldn't matter.

Would you say the HN search is a "good one"? And who would search for Go just by typing go in a search bar? Would you really do that on Google? I don't even do that for less common words, let alone one like "go". I usually use 3-4 words for my queries, maybe more. Because I have a pretty good idea of what I'm looking for and I don't want to waste time looking into pages of search results to find the relevant article, because I only searched for one word.

If this is true no one will buy the console, no matter what bells and whistles they add on top to make it "feel right". It's not right.

I still think this should've arrived with a more modern interface. At least I hope they get to that by the time port it to Android devices.

Microsoft makes Microsoft look bad, unfortunately for them. But it seems to be in their company's DNA to spread FUD about others. It's like crack to them.

Isn't that what I said? If it's a quad core Cortex A15, it should have decent performance, while keeping the cost very low, and high battery life.

However, knowing Google's track record with "new" products, they usually start out making them very expensive, because of stupid decisions they make (like using Intel chips). They did it with the first Chromebook, they did it with the first Google TV, with the first "real" android tablet, the Motorola Xoom, and the Nexus Q last year.

For some reason they don't seem to "get" the right price for a very new type of product, from the first time they launch it. They need like another iteration or two, before they get it, like with the ARM Samsung Chromebook, which hit the sweet spot for a low-end Chromebook at $250.

What "makes sense" to me is to do the same Chromebook now, but with a quad core A15 CPU, a bigger battery, a bigger screen and much bigger resolution, and a touchscreen. And with all of that the sweet spot should be $500. Definitely no more than that.

But again Google's track record is not great here, and I really fear they will build this with some dual core or quad core IVB chip, and make it like $800, which would be way too much for a Chromebook.

I do hope I'm wrong and they get it right though.

In a recent speech by Gabe, I think he said they'd still check for malware. But he didn't give any details, so I'm not sure if he actually has a plan to open the market, but in the same time has a system for checking malware, or he was just saying that.

I don't really see the value in that either. So until they can figure it out themselves what ChromeOS integrated with Android offers mores than just the Chrome browser for Android, then they should probably keep them separated.

You're not paranoid, but all companies release "leaks" like this these days, without an "official" announcement, months earlier.

The Nexus 10 was $400 with very similar resolution (2560x1600). But this would be using a bigger screen, which probably means it's more expensive (although less PPI than Nexus 10). So I hope it's somewhere between $500-$600. $500 would be the sweet spot, though. And I think they can only achieve that with ARM chips, and with reasonable performance.

It looks like Google is the first company to have listened to Linus - 2560x1700 resolution laptop! They might want to use that resolution for tablets, too, as it would make them a little better for using them vertically. Although 2560x1800 would probably be even better.

I also hope it's another ARM Chromebook, as I don't want it to be very expensive and with poor battery life. In fact their goal for Chromebooks should be 10h battery life, not 6h.