This is Google's Chrome OS Notebook: The Cr-48

[Silmarunya]

I hate the way this thing looks, but the keyboard looks excellent for a notebook of that size and price.

Chrome OS seems to be ideal for low performance hardware, so that's a plus too. I think we have a strong contender in the netbook space here, but I don't see it scaling upwards to the larger notebooks and desktops, where the real money is being made.

Just out of interest: does anyone knows where the name Cr-48 comes from? There's no isotope of chromium with that atomic mass...

 

[eddieroolz]

Cr-48? Why not something more inspiring like "Chrome One"?

 

[reggieray]

[citation][nom]daeros[/nom]Does that look anything like a black macbook from a few years ago to anyone else?[/citation]
Tom's Hardware censoring truth again.
I posted that idea last night along with saying Google has been in bed with the Obama administration and I don't trust google or the FEDS or any other corporation and cloud solution.
This thing should be extremely compatible with Ubuntu (unless Google blocks the hardware out somehow) and if priced right would make a great Ubuntu laptop.

 

[Guest]

@eddieroolz
I was wondering about this myself, but it turns out that there is an isotope of Cr-48, but its half life (measure of stability) is about 21 hours. Hope the notebook fares better! =)

http://chanatown.net

 

[mosshorn]

This is so fresh!


oh wait....Jolicloud is better

 

[Guest]

so it's a smartphone with a proper keyboard and big screen that can't make phone calls.

 

[blackjellognomes]

[citation][nom]BillehBawb[/nom]so it's a smartphone with a proper keyboard and big screen that can't make phone calls.[/citation]Gmail voice calling.
But if it doesn't come with enough storage to accommodate Windows/Linux/etc (or if it only allows Chrome OS?), then it basically is like a souped-up smartphone in a laptop form factor....

 

[blackjellognomes]

Wait a sec. Sorry for the double post, but this thing only has one USB port and a VGA port? These shouldn't sell for more than $400.

 

[DSpider]

Paranoid much ?

It could be reliable if it caches the documents locally in case it runs on shabby internets. Heck your documents/presentations/edits/whatever probably don't take up more than 10 GB total. So even if it were to use a 16 GB SSD you should still be golden.

It could be secure if it uses a strong encryption with a really really long hash key. The government could probably crack it... in about a few months/years. But it would take precious resources that could be used for bigger fish instead (unless you're the big fish, lol. Then you have no business with the cloud).

So please stop the FUD.

so it's a smartphone with a proper keyboard and big screen that can't make phone calls.

Um, I thought they said something about Verizon 3G in the video ? Also since it's cloud-based (ie. will use the internet) you could simply use Skype for a much lower fee than your mobile phone carrier.