ultimatebob
Lifer
- Jul 1, 2001
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I signed up my business for 2 (we actually have a legitimate use for Chrome OS in an embedded restaurant application), and signed my girlfriend up for one for educational purposes.
Bignate603
Lifer
- Sep 5, 2000
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I signed up. I don't expect to be picked, but I enjoyed filling out their survey. If they pick me, that means I get to upgrade from my P133 Dell laptop that I use as my primary wireless solution.
My husband signed up for one as a personal user I think, and it randomly arrived yesterday! no warning!
- Sep 26, 2000
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middlehead
Diamond Member
- Jul 11, 2004
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I got a popup in Chrome a couple weeks back that offered me a signup page, but the page I got looked very very different from yours. No survery, no demographics, just "Hey, want to try this? Give us your contact info."
I did fill out the form, but I doubt I'll get one.
I did fill out the form, but I doubt I'll get one.
- Sep 26, 2000
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The "essay" says it has a limit of 140 characters. That's barely enough for a couple sentences.
I signed up, nothing yet. Come on google, you know you want to give me one!
AyashiKaibutsu
Diamond Member
- Jan 24, 2004
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That's enough for like one sentance for me : ( I signed up as developer. However, when I clicked submit it just brought me back to the sign up page no errors or confirmation. Is that normal or should I try again?
Signed up for my company. We are looking to try out some VDI desktops and this would be a good way for remote users to log into them. Netbooks are just too small.
When I signed up it brought me to a new page confirming that it was submitted, so I'd try again.
Be aware though that google has done zero email communication with people who have received theirs. Take a look at the post about this on slickdeals.net (there's also a very useful package tracker that will let you know if a package from google has been sent to your zip code)
Bigger than a netbook, and much heavier.
The outside feels like the Lenovo Thinkpad the hubs used to have - rubberyish. I do like the simplicity of the design.
I like the keyboard - nice sized keys, better than a netbook. I do have small hands, so I can adapt easily, but even on a netbook I had typo issues.
The start-up and shut down time is ridiculously quick. I signed into the laptop using my google account. I wonder how much data we've transmitted back to the overlords...
I haven't had any bugs or problems yet with it, no crashes. My husband doesn't like the speakers, but what did you expect for free, and cheap..
It's great for internet browsing only - since I don't have a smartphone (yet) or an iPad or a netbook, just a regular old 17" laptop - so if I wanted to go somewhere and bring a small laptop with me to stave off boredom, it works in that respect. It does feel heavy for the size. We haven't added any other apps. Printing is difficult.
If all you do is surf the net, don't want to install anything, and can live with cloud computing - i.e. you listen to pandora all day, you don't download music, you don't need to sync your phone - it's fine for that. If they do come out with a dirt cheap laptop, I can see a bunch of parents buying this for their four year old to cruise the internet and play online games.
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