<p>BC, the Kindle and Nexus start at $199. The Chromebook is, to my eyes, a crippled form of laptop that would at least be comparable to the basic tablets. </p>
<p>BTW, I’m interested in seeing how much market there is for the convertibles. The Dell XPS 12 weighs 3.35 lbs. That’s not bad for a laptop but it’s terrible for a tablet.</p>
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<p>Yes, I know. I have a Nexus 7. It has a 7-inch screen. The Chromebook has an 11.6 inch screen. What comparable tablets in terms of screen size can you get for $200?</p>
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<p>The Celeron 847 will run rings around the ARM chips on tablets. The ARM chips are comparable to Intel’s low-end Atoms. This Chromebook is essentially a netbook on steroids.</p>
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<p>There’s a Barrons blog article that came out yesterday stating that notebooks and ultrabooks aren’t selling well. Consumers are buying on price and eschewing the luxury aspect of ultrabooks. Notebooks, PCs and tablets are looking more and more like the car market.</p>
<p>I read a review from a friend that bought a convertible. He said that it’s fine as a laptop (not thrilled with some aspects of Windows 8 in laptop mode) and that it works fine as a tablet but you’re not going to hold it one hand for very long to watch a movie or read a book. I like the 7-inch form-factor when I have to hold it in my hand. I like the 10 inch form-factor for doing workout videos. I haven’t tried the 12-13 inch range but I think that I’d just use a small laptop if I wanted a screen in that size. That way it would stand up by itself. I have one 13-inch laptop and it has a remote control which is nice for doing workouts as I can pause it when getting water.</p>
<p>I went to the Apple Store this morning and hefted an iPad mini. I checked to see if it would fit into my purse (without putting the iPad actually into my purse, lol). It fits. I then hefted an iPad. It felt like a ton of bricks. I went home and ordered an iPad mini that same afternoon.</p>
<p>I called up yesterday to see if they had them in stock and the answer was no. I need one for a relative that doesn’t have internet access but they’re at least two weeks out.</p>
<p>The Nexus 7 is also an option (and a lot cheaper) but the relative in mind isn’t very good with computers and I don’t want to spend a lot of time doing tech support. I was considering giving the relative our iPad 2 with 3G but my wife still uses it. I asked here if she liked using the Nexus 7 but she said that she hasn’t learned how to use it and is more comfortable with the iPad. It sounds like it would be a lot easier to just get an iPad of some sort - either the Mini or an iPad 2.</p>