: the market had basically failed for a decade. It kept driving costs down w/ no view to quality.
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: when the Cr48 came out, it got bad reviews because it tried something unique in it's value segment: a big trackpad
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: now, at that point, all Windows trackpads were connected over slow-ass serial connections.
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: you *could not buy* a part that had a faster trackpad/motherboard interface. And the firmware was...not ambitious.
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: but the CrOS team was dedicated to making a good trackpad in the value segment a reality (same for security, etc.)
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: so they did what a disciplined investor does: keep at it, buy with a thesis, and put in the hard work.
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: 18 months later, trackpads, firmware, and drivers all were "pretty darned good". And they were big. Big!
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: no more tiny rectangles that couldn't do multitouch.
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: ...and that spilled over to Windows devices too. Suddenly trackpads got better for *everyone*.
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: ...particularly the folks who couldn't afford a Mac. So I have hope. This can get better too.
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: but the next 18 months of SoC is pretty much in the bag for the value segment. Not gonna improve before 2019.
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: and even then, it'll take a while for those choices to filter down into the midrange parts.
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that was beautifully insightful (and only mildly unverifiable). Convert to blog?
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