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| Thread ID: 105117 | 2009-11-19 19:59:00 | 8 Things You Need to Know about Chrome OS | xyz823 (13649) | Press F1 |
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| 831666 | 2009-11-19 22:16:00 | I don't think the home user is their target market. Pity as the home user is the one who really drives the market |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 831667 | 2009-11-19 22:18:00 | Nope. They have progressed to quills and papyrus. Looks like a backward step in any event. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 831668 | 2009-11-19 22:56:00 | What makes you say that it's useless? External Keyboards / Mice / USB HDD's (And possibly USB CD drives) will all work. Digital Cameras usually have a "USB Drive" mode, or you can whip out the storage card. That leaves printers, USB networking dongles, USB Webcams (Most Netbooks have them built-in, though no word on their driver support), Firewire (?), gamepads / joysticks, PDA's / GPS (Though sync'ing over-the-air may be possible), bluetooth, tablets / barcode scanners, and USB Audio output / Video capture devices. I dunno about you, but your netbook is named that for a reason, it's for use as an online-only portable device. If you want a laptop, buy a Toshiba L300 with Windows on it. If you have a Netbook that you almost always use as an online-only device, then yeah ChromeOS is going to be perfect for you. Reading some of the comments on the article, some people are so narrow-minded... It is not a Desktop-OS replacement! It's for NetBooks, not your 3Ghz Quad-core, Triple SLI gaming rig. Morons... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 831669 | 2009-11-19 22:58:00 | I dunno about you, but your netbook is named that for a reason, it's for use as an online-only portable device. If you want a laptop, buy a Toshiba L300 with Windows on it. If you have a Netbook that you almost always use as an online-only device, then yeah ChromeOS is going to be perfect for you. To be honest, the main reason I bought my netbook was for gaming (admittedly older games), so Chrome OS may not be right for me. (Oh, and also because it was cheap. :p) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 831670 | 2009-11-19 23:04:00 | Looking at the Home user, which is 95% of my business, in its current format and limitations it would be useless. Out of all the home users I deal with I would guess on 1 or 2 have a netbook ( note Netbook not notebook/Laptop), that it would run on. Hell according to the article you couldn't even try it out unless you have the right hardware. As much as a shock it may sound, NOT every one has to be mobile :rolleyes: Meaning at least 90% of the hardware I sell is desktop PC related. (excluding usb devices, flash drives etc) At least with a real OS, Windows and full Linux distros they will run on most hardware. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 831671 | 2009-11-19 23:08:00 | True it will run on most hardware, but I know that when I'm out and about on the road, I do 95% of my work straight from the browser, including supporting VoIP systems. What can't be done already, I've been writing ways that it *can*... Anyways as it stands, we may find that this won't be used by the majority of home users, but by businesses? Time will tell, but there's no denying it is a specialist OS. Hell, nobody's forcing the masses to change. Good on Google for trying and putting something new out there IMO! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 831672 | 2009-11-19 23:08:00 | I don't actually know anyone with a netbook, oh wait I did know someone but she had it stolen while travelling in the Philippines. And since you can't dual boot you can't try it out without losing all your data unless of course you back it up. That is why Linux has slowly got it's place due to being able to be dual booted or run from CD | gary67 (56) | ||
| 831673 | 2009-11-19 23:21:00 | How much data do you actually keep on a netbook anyways, with their generally limited hardware. Sure the lines have been blurred somewhat as manufacturers add in varying screen sizes, physical HDD's instead of SSD's etc ... but look at the original EeePC with a 4GB SSD. Perfect! www.chromium.org See the Fast Boot video, Security ... aah heck, watch them all ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 831674 | 2009-11-19 23:22:00 | How much data do you actually keep on a netbook anyways, with their generally limited hardware. Sure the lines have been blurred somewhat as manufacturers add in varying screen sizes, physical HDD's instead of SSD's etc ... but look at the original EeePC with a 4GB SSD. Perfect! More than you think. ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 831675 | 2009-11-19 23:25:00 | Dont have a netbook - no use for them, laptop will do every thing mobile I require and desktop PC's.:D It will be more for the business user for sure, but I think there will be a lot of disappointed people world wide that wanted to try it if they dont have the hardware. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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