Chuwi Minibook X Review
About 10 months ago, I wrote a short entry on why I think Google’s Chromebook will fail. Some readers told me it was too early to tell back then, so I patiently waited. It’s more than a year now since the announcements of Chromebooks and I haven’t really seen one yet.
Acer and Samsung had their own models of the Chromebook released in the US ranging from $350PHP 20,540INR 29,662EUR 333CNY 2,547 to $450PHP 26,408INR 38,137EUR 429CNY 3,275 (almost the same price as the netbooks).
Yet, until now, we have not seen these Chrome-powered netbooks land in the Philippines. In contrast, Samsung, Lenovo and Asus even had Meego-powered netbooks released in the country many months ago. We’re not sure though if those netbooks sold well.
Can we now agree that the Chrome OS project has failed? Or, are some of you still waiting for a Chromebook to land in our shores? In my case, my interest has already faded.
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JC dela Cruz says:
With the current competition in the software industry especially if we are talking about the OS, it is very safe to say that Chrome has failed. Software companies are more focus now on how OS will work on all form factors.
aron says:
it is safe to say that chromebook failed to penetrate in the market. its just a netbook without the windows os. tablets mostly runs on android and ios. windows market still the king on pc an laptops and has very wide range of uses. limitation on applications on chromebook justified its output reaction of market.
Alexus Pastrana says:
Competition in operating systems is really tough, and it’s really hard to replace Windows as it is the widely used platform of all apps..
Wish they have an Ubuntu netbook..:-)
garz says:
Cloud is not future proof. You lose connection it loses its purpose, just like a cellphone. But getting an internet connection is different than getting a phone signal.
Henry Mayores says:
There must be something missing with their marketing strategy or there are other reasons why they didn’t pursue marketing it any further. For me, it could be a failure for Chromebook.
JM says:
Once upon a time, there was a Chromebook, then it flew away. then users live Happily ever after. xD
Mark says:
IMO, the smartphone/tablet boom destroyed the chromebook. We must remember that chromebook was announced during the time when laptops were the norm and smartphone/tablets were not that mainstream. Essentially, most(if not all) of the capabilities that chromebook were offering were already present in tablets and smartphones, and the need for a separate cloud OS seemed unnecessary.
Mark says:
My 5 cents on the matter. :P
Iyan Sommerset says:
Devices that *require* constant internet connectivity won’t catch on in countries like ours, not at least in the next decade or so. Heck, maybe not even for a few decades.
GhostHunter says:
Any cloud based or internet reliant OS will not work well in our country. I tried the ASUS MEEGO netbooks and its all fun while the internet connection was fast. BUT the fun pretty much stops dead when the connection gets slow or gets cut off totally.
Eventually I installed Windows 7 on it. Better familiarity and no need for any internet connection to get basic functionality from the applications.
radioactive_balut says:
Do we have any internet infrastructure available in our country? Yes? None yet? Last time I checked were still complaining how Globe, Smart, PLDT, etc. suck at their services. Just because we didn’t see one Chromebook here doesn’t mean it’s already a failure. Admit it the Philippines is not its primary target market yet.