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Weekend Open Forum: Would you get a Chrome OS laptop?
Earlier this week Google announced the culmination of its CR-48 pilot program: two Chrome OS-powered notebooks manufactured by Acer and Samsung. Priced at $349 and $429, respectively, they are admittedly pricier than I was anticipating but Google will also offer leasing plans from $20 per month for students and businesses.
Although spec-wise they are par for the course, what's interesting is the fact that they offer a glimpse at the future Google envisions: one where all your computing is done hassle-free through the browser.
In their view, Windows is too much of a pain to use and maintain for regular folks who just want to get online. With Chrome OS there's no loading programs on startup, no need for software updates or virus protection, and all your stuff is saved 'in the cloud' so there's no need for local storage. Google is the first to admit that they are betting on a paradigm shift and even their introductory video ends with a voice that says: "I wonder if people are ready for this?"
Indeed many web applications already run well enough to replace some of their desktop counterparts and even complex tasks such as gaming are being enabled by projects like OnLive. With that in mind we want to ask you: would you be interested in getting a Chrome OS laptop, even if just as a secondary machine? What would you consider the sweet spot in terms of price? Vote and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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What's Glee?Trust me, you're better off not knowing.
However, if you insist: http://www.fox.com/glee/
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Glee is a very successful and award winning musical TV series, which happens to appeal only to iPhone and iPad users.
Regarding the current subject, I think an interesting question would be "if you're in the market for a netbook, would you consider a Chromebook instead?" I think that some of the people who dislike the Chromebook will simply not buy anything under a certain level of capability.
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nope. the only reason worth thinking is that windows 7 starter runs sluggish on those $300 netbooks but it's perfectly usable. chrome os on the other hand, might be faster but does not seem as promising.
as for the boot time, due to the nature of low-power consumption on those netbooks, why not just 'sleep' it (not hibernate) or better still just leave it on 24/7 like a desktop.
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Yeah, you are all smarter then everybody.
No one should ever buy anything without your permission or approval.
This is just as stupid as buying a smartphone.
Everyone should be happy waiting for another Windows virus or constantly reloaded your system because it gets slower and slower and slower...
Also, to whoever wrote the captcha. Tone it down a little, especially if I login to my account.
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Yeah, you are all smarter then everybody.
No one should ever buy anything without your permission or approval.
This is just as stupid as buying a smartphone.
Everyone should be happy waiting for another Windows virus or constantly reloaded your system because it gets slower and slower and slower...
Also, to whoever wrote the captcha. Tone it down a little, especially if I login to my account.
Well, why don't you "login to my account", so we can all see how smart and how important you really are. My guess is "not very", but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
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tw0rld said:
I've never used "Chrome" - The Browser, and as of late I rarely use "Google" - The search engine. I doubt that I will use "Chrome" - The OS. I hope Google compensate me for the short ad.
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Not as my primary PC obviously, but as a cheap disposable laptop/netbook device I can tote around anywhere with and use to access the Internet quickly then Chrome OS is probably perfect.
Most people in the comments are being ludicrous, unless you're still using your computer like it's 1996 and downloading emails to your hard drive with something like Outlook Express then your most important information is already on stored in the cloud. What do have that's so important on a secondary device that you're paranoid about security? "Oh no, Google have lost/stolen my valuable collection of pornography and lolcat pictures!"
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no way.... do they want me to put my videos and personal pics on teh cloud and then the whole world watching them?????? or one fine day they say that i need to subscribe to their services or my data is gone.... we have been through enough pain by microsoft being a monopolist... now google joins the race to suck our money out????
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I'd rather have a laptop/PC running Linux or Windows over ChromeOS. Linux and Windows give me control over my environment. It seems ChromeOS is more for the Mac crowd, let us take care of everything. Of course since everything is in the cloud your data provider will love you.
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