The Pixel C costs more than my gaming PC. For that price I might as well buy a Surface. Not only that, the Pixel C is built with a (at this point) 2 year old processor. It's not 16:9 or 16:10. I really, really need a new Android tablet but it will not be the Pixel C.
Linux users often use macbooks because of the high quality hardware which works well with Linux. If there is no appropriate high quality hardware then they probably wouldn't use macbooks but would still use Linux.
What I'm hearing is "I want to use the keyboard a very specific way that the Surface Keyboard doesn't do" and "I have a problem with Java 6". It's like complaining that the 2 door car you bought doesn't have 4 doors. Why not buy the 4 door car then? I'm saying that I'm very happy with my Surface Pro. The only thing which could make me happier is a better GPU.
Disclaimer: I don't like Microsoft, but I like the Surface Pro. All of your complaints are relatively incorrect. I've never had a problem typing on the keyboard cover. You can scale the font-size or set the display to a different resolution. >= Four hours of battery life running a full-fledged OS is, for me, much better than a battery which can last all day but can't do half the stuff I need it to. Who is using it that far away from some kind of charging device for more than 4 hours? I can run multiple VMs at a time or run full windows-based games on it, such as The Division. I've never had any issues with waking from sleep and the reboot isn't long, it's a minor quantity of seconds. Personally I have no issue with tethering to my phone for data. Finally, the Surface (not pro) has an option for built in LTE and gets better battery life, but is admittedly much slower.
Ooookay... that still tells me nothing. "In the cloud" could mean replicated on one server, it could mean several servers, it could mean several different recovery zones. It could mean raid none, it could mean raid several, it could mean extra raid. It could mean offsite backups. It could mean fire sprinkled or not, underground and subject to flooding, high airflow vs no airflow...
70 percent of Americans live within 5 miles of a Walmart? I find that highly unlikely, at least in California. I don't know anyone that lives within 5 miles of one. Granted there are Walmarts around, but not one every 10 miles. Where my parents live ( in a highly populated area ) there isn't even one within 50 miles.
So you would slow down your router instead of your browser? The router that's used for more than webpages? The router that has less horsepower than your computer?
Still can't buy one ( in the US ) = still don't care. They told us we would be able to buy them years ago. I'm glad they're still working on it. The fact that soe exist in the wild means I know it's not vaporware. At the same time, I'm starting to think I'll never be able to buy one.
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The Pixel C costs more than my gaming PC. For that price I might as well buy a Surface. Not only that, the Pixel C is built with a (at this point) 2 year old processor. It's not 16:9 or 16:10. I really, really need a new Android tablet but it will not be the Pixel C.
Linux users often use macbooks because of the high quality hardware which works well with Linux. If there is no appropriate high quality hardware then they probably wouldn't use macbooks but would still use Linux.
Wait... you don't trust your ISP to host your email... so you use your ISP to host your email (but in your home)?
SOME Chromebooks ARE made for power users, and are glorified LINUX machines (more than just web browsers). You should look into that.
What I'm hearing is "I want to use the keyboard a very specific way that the Surface Keyboard doesn't do" and "I have a problem with Java 6". It's like complaining that the 2 door car you bought doesn't have 4 doors. Why not buy the 4 door car then? I'm saying that I'm very happy with my Surface Pro. The only thing which could make me happier is a better GPU.
Anywhere there is an outlet? From an extra battery you carry with you? It shouldn't take much imagination for you to figure this out.
Disclaimer: I don't like Microsoft, but I like the Surface Pro. All of your complaints are relatively incorrect. I've never had a problem typing on the keyboard cover. You can scale the font-size or set the display to a different resolution. >= Four hours of battery life running a full-fledged OS is, for me, much better than a battery which can last all day but can't do half the stuff I need it to. Who is using it that far away from some kind of charging device for more than 4 hours? I can run multiple VMs at a time or run full windows-based games on it, such as The Division. I've never had any issues with waking from sleep and the reboot isn't long, it's a minor quantity of seconds. Personally I have no issue with tethering to my phone for data. Finally, the Surface (not pro) has an option for built in LTE and gets better battery life, but is admittedly much slower.
Backup generators on-site? What speed is the connection / who is your networking partner?
Ooookay... that still tells me nothing. "In the cloud" could mean replicated on one server, it could mean several servers, it could mean several different recovery zones. It could mean raid none, it could mean raid several, it could mean extra raid. It could mean offsite backups. It could mean fire sprinkled or not, underground and subject to flooding, high airflow vs no airflow...
The Datto website seems lite on details. Can you provide any information about redundancy and safety of the data?
Hint: OSX runs is BSD based and runs a terminal.
Chrome OS is just linux, so yes it can run XBMC. The issue is, can it run it quickly enough to decode high resolution video properly?
Microsoft isn't doing anything automatically. It's providing tools so publishers can port things quickly and easily.
70 percent of Americans live within 5 miles of a Walmart? I find that highly unlikely, at least in California. I don't know anyone that lives within 5 miles of one. Granted there are Walmarts around, but not one every 10 miles. Where my parents live ( in a highly populated area ) there isn't even one within 50 miles.
What? None of their content was scraped. Experts came before Stack Overflow.
You do realize that routers are made out of software too, right?
And if I don't ever listen to podcasts?
So you would slow down your router instead of your browser? The router that's used for more than webpages? The router that has less horsepower than your computer?
Also thanks to Kickstarter backers and various third party game engines.
Thanks to Valve, GoG, and Humble Bundle.
Maybe to you, but not to me.
*soe = some
Still can't buy one ( in the US ) = still don't care. They told us we would be able to buy them years ago. I'm glad they're still working on it. The fact that soe exist in the wild means I know it's not vaporware. At the same time, I'm starting to think I'll never be able to buy one.
Exactly like every single other profession? Seriously. Name one job which doesn't encourage you to go in to work even when you are sick.
Charter isn't all good here. I only get a maximum of 1/3 of what I pay for. Still, it's better by far than the alternatives around here.