> ChromeOS is close but still so far in many ways.
I continue to be impressed by ChromeOS. With the Linux development environment (Debian VM), it is a brilliant work environment.
Add Android apps as well and ChromeOS is an awesome convergence platform. There are Chromebooks that are high enough quality that I don't miss anything about Apple OS or Microsoft Windows.
> And for audio production
For specialty use-cases, driver support will favour Windows and Apple OS.
And gaming is still Windows-first, although Linux is improving.
Yep, Chromebook are basically a sufficient information appliance for most people.
I think this is why Apple is going to try a cheaper MacBook.
The MacBook Air is nice but it still too expensive for most people that only want to browser the web, use social media and edit a few documents once in a while.
Their advantage in chip power and efficiency is not enough because people buying this won't make use of the power anyway and will rarely use it long enough at once for battery life to matter that much.
It's not driver support for audio stuff. Drivers are great; haven't had any issues at all. The UI for the software, especially DAWs, is just plain garbage. It shouldn't be this bad; I'm halfway tempted to start my own project to put together a fork of one of these DAWs with a UX that doesn't suck.
Technically a lot of stuff for linux audio is amazing; it just lacks the level of polish to enable someone to actually just use it out of the box.
I continue to be impressed by ChromeOS. With the Linux development environment (Debian VM), it is a brilliant work environment.
Add Android apps as well and ChromeOS is an awesome convergence platform. There are Chromebooks that are high enough quality that I don't miss anything about Apple OS or Microsoft Windows.
> And for audio production
For specialty use-cases, driver support will favour Windows and Apple OS.
And gaming is still Windows-first, although Linux is improving.