Acer to launch Chrome OS-based netbook next year?

[AbsolutGaloot]

I'm glad to see that there are getting to be more options for netbooks: windows in any variety doesn't do well on the limited capabilities of the platform. Netbooks (in their usual sense, not the almost-laptops that are coming out) more or less need a special OS designed to make them as comfortable to use as a more powerful computer.

 

[jgvmx]

It's nice to see some alternatives to windows, but I think COS is still too limited for general usage to be sold on a $300 (if not higher, like many netbooks out there) machine that could be shipped with a more versatile OS like XP or some well-packed Linux distro. Unless Acer releases it at a lower price than current windows models I see no reason to buy such a netbook.

 

[T77]

who needs windows on a netbook ? as the name goes its just meant for the Internet. one need not waste money on it people can go in for the open source,free OS out there that serve their basic needs pretty well. as it is these machines don't have much horsepower. Google with its Chrome OS can take over the game from Microsoft's hand in the netbook market very easily. at the end of the day the average PC user is going to benefit.

 

[claycc]

if nothing else it would be nice to have a real alternative to windows

 

[Kibaruk]

who needs windows on a netbook ? as the name goes its just meant for the Internet. one need not waste money on it people can go in for the open source,free OS out there that serve their basic needs pretty well. as it is these machines don't have much horsepower. Google with its Chrome OS can take over the game from Microsoft's hand in the netbook market very easily. at the end of the day the average PC user is going to benefit.

For real?

A netbook might be thought of a NETbook, but now they are low-end notebooks with small screens and without a burner.

And Chrome... linux based... Linux, being free and all what linux-fan-boys talk about and send crap to microsoft on the doing so, hasnt penetrated the market. I made a paper a couple months ago, and 83% was controled by PC, a 16% by MAC and the rest were mobile phones and sorts of operative systems.

Out that 83% PC, 1,82% was linux based machines and the rest were windows.

1,82%! Being a free and open source system, no one likes it (Or yes, out of 10000 people 182 use linux the other 8118 use windows).

 

[buttus]

My only question is....why? I mean, is Chrome popular enough to warrant it's own model? I wonder if Google is greasing the wheels in an effort to "legitimize" their OS?

 

[Kibaruk]

@Buttus: Chrome is not popular, google is and so far they have been and will be hopefuly filling everyones expectations (Leaving googletalk aside ).

That's why everyone is so anxious, and some not that much because it is too soon. Lets just hope for the best.