Running LiveCode on Google Chrome Books

[Mark Wilcox]

Mike Kerner wrote:

> The new units also have a certain amount of local storage for using with
> Google Drive.

> The chromebook is designed mainly to be a lightweight, fast, cheap,
> high-battery life machine for running HTML5.  The main weakness, IMHO, is
> that it is about 5 years late because ipads and android tablets are far
> more appealing at around the same money.


This is very true - in fact, Android tablets (+ a keyboard case if you need one) are available for much less and they're getting cheaper and more capable at an astonishing rate.  Wholesale price in China is $45 (US) for decent Android tablets and falling.  You can buy capable devices 10" in the UK for just over £100 (a bit more than half that for 7"). Keyboard cases are about $10 for USB and $25-50 for Bluetooth.

If you want something portable primarily for a single simple app then it's definitely worth looking into.  The lack of decent tablet software for Android in general makes then much less appealing than iPads at much higher prices for general use currently - that's bound to change for a lot of people over the next year or two though.

Personally I don't see the point of the Chromebooks at all.

Mark