Google and their MacBook alternative

[Radeghost]

I was reading about ChromeOS, its android apps support, but I'm not really sold on that. Google Pixel 2 is a great... chromebook, but it's still a chromebook. I can't stop thinking that dumping ChromeOS for Android development will be way better - latest android-enabled notebooks? Why not.
Google Play Store could have additional category, like "Pro Apps", with apps like Lightroom (real Lightroom, not castrated version that's currently on Google Play), and other full-size Adobe apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects), AutoCAD, etc.
Take this + full synchronization between all devices.
If I could have a 13 inch all-aluminium unibody laptop, weighting a little over a kilo, it's battery lasting 6 hours of running heavy apps and 12 hours of web surfing / video playbacks, that would rock latest android capable of running full versions of some "pro" desktop apps, I'd never look at Macbooks again.

P.S I know they will add Play Store on ChromeOS, but it's still ChromeOS, more unified system would be better, because I am 100% sure ChromeOS will never get close to MacOS and its development will be slow and lazy, but Android development gets better and better. Dump ChromeOS and put all its resources in Android!

 

[SpookDroid]

I think you're misunderstanding how the PlayStore on ChromeOS will work. It's not a full-desktop OS experience, it's still Android apps running on a Chromebook. So you'll get the same Android experience as you would on a phone or tablet. (Just like running BlueStacks on a Windows computer).

Windows 10 and MacOS are full desktop OS's. iOS and Android are mobile. ChromeOS is something in-between; yes, technically it's a desktop OS, but it's definitely not as 'capable' as Windows/MacOS.

 

[Radeghost]

Wouldnt Android laptops be more useful than Chrome OS ones? Just add a new interface and Pro apps. If ChromeOS is capable of running Android apps...why does it even exist as a standalone os? Android would fit better.

 

[SpookDroid]

Android is not meant to be a desktop OS, that's where ChromeOS is different. I'm guessing down the line they'll come up with an integrated OS, but as it stands, Android is meant for mobile, and thus, to handle limited-processing apps (so no -pro- apps). Just like iOS can't run (and it's not meant to) desktop Photoshop or any other program.

 

[GrantVanderBurg]

Andromeda: How Google can conquer the desktop, figure out tablets — and maybe change Android phones forever | Android Central

Soon my friend