Google Reveals Chrome Hardware Partners 343
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CmdrTaco
from the because-they-can dept.
from the because-they-can dept.
nk497 writes "Google has announced the hardware partners for the Chrome OS — so we can expect to see netbooks running the operating system next year from the likes of Asus, Acer, and HP, as well as Toshiba. Dell didn't seem to make the list, at least yet. Google also said it had teamed up with Adobe, which could mean Google is looking to include the Acrobat.com web-based software suite in some way."
I would absolutely love this (Score:4, Informative)
Just today, I gave a presentation created with Google Docs. WIth the right background and font colors, it was virtually indistinguisable from our usual company its PowerPoint template. Combining all the Google stuff together and you have a situation where you hardly need local storage. So, I'd give the Chrome OS a hearty welcome, even though it might offer too much limitations for others. I've given up my office suite, my IMAP and SMTP server and my webmail. For me personally, it's perfectly usable in business.
Dell's netbooks (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No Intel or AMD ? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No Intel or AMD ? (Score:3, Informative)
Yes [blogspot.com]
Acrobat, huh (Score:5, Informative)
Umm, no. Flash.
Chrome OS screenshots leakskskskssss (Score:0, Informative)
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/09/possible-chrome-os-shots-leak-out [neowin.net]
Re:Noooo (Score:2, Informative)
dammit i was supposed to edit that to say adobe flash
learn to type noob
Re:Dell's netbooks (Score:2, Informative)
Dell's netbooks are overpriced anyway. Seriously, I went shopping for one recently and their netbooks seemed crazy expensive compared to asus, acer, et. al.
I do not know about Dell, but Acer machines have the fame of being completely craptastic. I stopped using/trusting Acer computer after having to provide service to 486Dx which had very crappy cases that seemed more like bad quality lego's. Or the other "stylish" black computers which were a completely piece of shit. I think Acer lack of quality may be only surpassed by that of Sony (which, may not be as bad due to quality but more because of the use of al lthose close formats)
Re:I would absolutely love this (Score:4, Informative)
My presentations are usually outside my office. Relying on a working internet connection for them sounds like a a major PITA to me, considering how much effort is usually involved for accessing a corporate LAN.
Giving presentations off-site/off-line not the purpose of Google Docs. It's meant for sharing, collaborating and what have you. To do a presentation somewhere, just export to PDF and run it full-screen in any PDF viewer, on any OS.
Did anyone actually RTFA? (Score:4, Informative)
There is _no_ news here about who the partners will be. It's just a day-late write-up of the original Google Chrome announcement. This should never have been published as 'news' this late in the game much less Slashdotted.
Steven
Re:Did anyone actually RTFA? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Air (Score:3, Informative)
Oh my fucking god!!! An alpha version of a software ... and it crashes .... and has bugs ....
What is the world coming to ?!?!?!?!
You should be thankful that it has enough features to be usable. Alpha traditionally means that the feature set is not even complete.
Re:Air (Score:2, Informative)
The Nokia N800/N810 devices run full Flash 9 (not mobile or lite) on an ARM processor, so it's already possible.
Re:This is not good for free software (Score:5, Informative)
> Google has never been a supporter of Free Software.
This year's Google Summer of Code is providing approx $5M in scholarships for students to work on Free Software projects. No strings attached other than an oversight framework to make sure the system is not abused.
Re:Google is not making an OS... (Score:3, Informative)
Uh, Google did?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html [blogspot.com]
"Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. "
" and we'll soon be working with the open source community, "
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-os-faq.html [blogspot.com]
"Later this year, the Google Chrome OS code will be open sourced. "
Re:Dell's netbooks (Score:5, Informative)
So don't get too caught up in which manufacturer is better. Pay attention to value for dollar and service (ha!), the hardware is shared.