Alright, well, we all saw the ad from Microsoft about the Chromebook not being a "real" laptop, and frankly, it doesn't sit well with me. Although that's not to say that I disagree with the other points they were making.
Does it run the programs that most people use? Definitely not (a lot of them, but not all)
Is its functionality severely hampered when its not online? Definitely
Does it run the familiar Windows OS? We all know that to be not true
Does Google track your data? Absolutely
I agree with all of these facts, and those reasons (among others) are the exact reasons that im not getting, and never plan to get, a chromebook, but I still can't wrap my head around how its not a "real" laptop.
By definition, a laptop is "A laptop is a portable personal computer with a clamshell form factor, suitable for mobile use.[1] A laptop has most of the same components as a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) and/or a pointing stick, and speakers into a single unit. A laptop is powered by mains electricity via an AC adapter, and can be used away from an outlet using a rechargeable battery. Laptops are also sometimes called notebook computers or notebooks. Other terms, such as ultrabooks or netbooks, refer to specific types of laptop / notebook. Most of the modern day laptop computers also have a webcam and a mic (microphone) pre-installed." (sorry if that looks weird, I copy/pasted from Wikipedia from my phone, which I think has a fair definition of the word laptop).
So... How is a Chromebook not a "real" laptop? Is someone able to clarify?
Does it run the programs that most people use? Definitely not (a lot of them, but not all)
Is its functionality severely hampered when its not online? Definitely
Does it run the familiar Windows OS? We all know that to be not true
Does Google track your data? Absolutely
I agree with all of these facts, and those reasons (among others) are the exact reasons that im not getting, and never plan to get, a chromebook, but I still can't wrap my head around how its not a "real" laptop.
By definition, a laptop is "A laptop is a portable personal computer with a clamshell form factor, suitable for mobile use.[1] A laptop has most of the same components as a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) and/or a pointing stick, and speakers into a single unit. A laptop is powered by mains electricity via an AC adapter, and can be used away from an outlet using a rechargeable battery. Laptops are also sometimes called notebook computers or notebooks. Other terms, such as ultrabooks or netbooks, refer to specific types of laptop / notebook. Most of the modern day laptop computers also have a webcam and a mic (microphone) pre-installed." (sorry if that looks weird, I copy/pasted from Wikipedia from my phone, which I think has a fair definition of the word laptop).
So... How is a Chromebook not a "real" laptop? Is someone able to clarify?