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Google unveils Googlebook (technewstoday.net)
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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

My only ~~question is~~ questions are: if they're selling the hardware at a discount

and

what other OSs I'll be able to run on it because fuck Google.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like 2 questions

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

I like the cut of your jib. Corrected.

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The answer to the first question is: it seems like they are, nothing crazy but definitely cheaper than the other elite x ones

The answer to the second is.....probably not right at launch? But we'll see?

[–] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

what other OSs I’ll be able to run on it because fuck Google.

Who cares? If you don't want GoogleBookOS just buy something else.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what my first question is for. Often, manufacturers, especially launcing a new product category, will subsidize the price....

I also don't want Windows, so I am necessarily just buying hardware at this point.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just read this which says they are bootloader unlockable

https://www.androidauthority.com/googlebook-bootloader-unlock-magisk-root-3718930/

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Huzzah! Now I just need a thousand bucks!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I heard that about Android too, back then.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sometimes the hardware's good, but the softwares shit. Google's essentially Hammer Industries.

5260 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpWqTjLn7Fg

So it's good to have alternatives in most cases.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

The hardware is nothing special. But the only desktop OS that currently works on ARM is MacOS, and good luck getting that to work. Windows on ARM, from my understanding, is trash. Linux doesn't seem to work on X Elite chips. So you're probably stuck with Android.