Initial thoughts after the first few hours with Google's ChromeOS reference design laptop.
FedEx dropped off my Google (GOOG) ChromeOS laptop demo unit this morning. The box has the now famous exploded hamster jet cover art and very few parts inside. I also ironically got a Steve Jobs figurine in the mail today too. They didn't seem too happy to be in each other's company:
Read on to see the CR-48 in action.. More
Chrome OS Cr-48 laptop dissected.
That anonymous black netbook that Google (GOOG) announced yesterday doesn't have any labels or specs attached to it. That doesn't mean the web isn't already taking it apart.
Digitimes says it is produced by Inventec and 60,000 of them are making their way to beta testers. It will likely be based on an Intel Atom N550 platform which runs at 1.5GHz with 1GB L2 cache. RAM and storage MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 8, 2010 1:48 PM ET
ChromeOS is weaponized for business with Citrix, and encrypted storage.
Last week, Google (GOOG) Engineer Linus Upson made a stir when he said that ChromeOS computers could replace 60% of corporate Windows desktops out there at launch. The assertion at the time may have sounded pretty outlandish. But Google has a few secret weapons at its disposal.
Today, Citrix (CTSX) got on board with Google's ChromeOS. When Notebooks running ChomeOS launch in MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 7, 2010 11:08 PM ET
..and might replace some IT workers too.
Linus Upson via Google
Linus Upson, Google's (GOOG) vice president for engineering in charge of Chrome had some big words for the NYTimes on their soon-to-be-released OS. "ChromeOS machines could immediately replace 60% of the Windows desktops in the corporate market," he said.
That's quite a big chunk of Microsoft's (MSFT) business if it is in fact true. I'm assuming Google has done due diligence MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 25, 2010 4:40 PM ET
The web-based OS can still be a winner for Google if it can execute.
The word on the street today (and last week) is that Google's ChromeOS is delayed, or rather that devices running the new web-based OS aren't due until 2011. Google went on record in May saying there would be "devices" later this "fall".
"We are working on bringing the device later this fall," said Google vice-president of product management Sundar Pichai at MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 23, 2010 3:31 AM ET
At the Web 2.0 Summit today, Google's Eric Schmidt had some bad news for people wanting ChromeOS Netbooks for Christmas. It ain't happening.
Chrome Netbook Mockup from CNET
Earlier this month, a report of of Taiwan pegged ChromeOS Netbook shipping times to "late in November" yet not a peep has been heard from Google.
The last we heard officially about ChromeOS, specifically from Google's Sundar Pichai in May, was that consumer MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 15, 2010 11:24 PM ET
According to reports from Asia, Google will release an ARM-based ChomeOS laptop in limited numbers in time for the holidays.
Chrome Netbook Mockup from CNET
The details are short but Taiwan-based Digitimes reports Google's (GOOG) first Chrome laptops will be self-branded and are en route to the U.S. as we speak. Digitimes anticipates a November announcement and a small allotment of Google netbooks to be available for the holidays, similar MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 2, 2010 9:51 AM ET
A hacker ported Google's ChromeOS to an iPad in a display of what could come from Google.
A hacker called Hexxeh, who is well known throughout the Google ChromeOS community has ported ChromeOS to natively run on the iPad, according to his blogpost (via MacStories).
NOT Steve Jobs approved
ChromeOS is designed to run on a variety of platforms, both on ARM (like the iPad) and Intel. The first official ChromeOS netbooks are expected MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 29, 2010 11:56 AM ET
The head of the Chrome OS announces his departure in a Tweet.
Matthew Papakipos today tweeted, "Now that Chrome OS & WebGL are in good shape, it's time for something new. I'm going to work @ Facebook! Love the product and team. Woot!", thus ending his just over three years at Google where he had a pretty impressive array of responsibilities. According to his LinkedIn profile (which hasn't been upgraded yet with MORE
Seth Weintraub - Jun 28, 2010 5:50 PM ET
A Dell spokesman today said they are investigating Chrome for future laptops.
While not surprising or filled with any sort of detail, reports today reveal that Dell (DELL) is in talks with Google (GOOG) to use its ChromeOS.
Amit Midha, Dell's president for Greater China and South Asia said:
"We have to have a point of view on the industry and technology direction two years, three years down the road, so we continuously work with MORE
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