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OBLAMA2009 said:
for your home it would be better to just get a $300 pentium notebook
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The cheap Windows systems tend to be a lot heavier and have much worse screens, build quality, and battery life. I've also found the browsing experience Windows 7 netbooks based on Atom or Brazors to be noticeably worse than my OMAP 4430 Android tablet running ICS so Chrome OS does at least have the potential to deliver a better internet experience than Windows at a similar price point.
 
Puddle Jumper said:
Exynos 5 should be a lot faster than Tegra 3 so assuming Chrome OS is fairly efficient (it should be since it's just a browser) it should have no problem with most sites.

If it doesn't substantially outperform the Nexus 7 it makes their decision to push Chrome OS on netbooks instead of Android even more bizarre.
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Agreed. Why is it not Android?
 
Besides offline Google Docs, Diceplayer compatibility would be good. Or at least a decent VLC.

I'm thinking Chrome OS support in general could be decent by the end of 2013.
 
I don't think it's a good idea to buy a Chromebook. There are other Netbooks in the market that can offer you better deals; furthermore, you can install a Chrome OS on a normal Netbook. If you are looking for a slim portable computer, just buy a tablet and a bluetooth keyboard.
 
Called Best Buy and it seems the store near me did not get any Chromebooks in today and have no idea when they are coming. 🙁
 
My guess is Google wants to keep Android a touchscreen OS as much as they can (though there is Google TV) and maybe some apps just wouldn't work as well without touch input so much so that they don't want to confuse newbies.

Also if it were running Android it wouldn't have desktop Chrome.
 
This thing is asking to get Windows RT on it. And please stop comparing it to $300 bricks with crap trackpads and keyboards. The trackpad on the chromebooks rival the MBA.
 
gus6464 said:
This thing is asking to get Windows RT on it. And please stop comparing it to $300 bricks with crap trackpads and keyboards. The trackpad on the chromebooks rival the MBA.
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That really makes you wonder... why does every Windows laptop have a terrible trackpad? It's the one thing that stops me from getting an ultrabook.
 
gus6464 said:
This thing is asking to get Windows RT on it. And please stop comparing it to $300 bricks with crap trackpads and keyboards. The trackpad on the chromebooks rival the MBA.
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more importantly SCROLLING on chromebooks rivals mba. windows trackpad scrolling is horrible/delayed and always has been
 
Yuriman said:
Agreed. Why is it not Android?
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ChromeOS works much better than chrome for android for a web browsing experience. Remember that it pulls full desktop pages, supports flash, and extensions. The Request Desktop Site feature on chrome for android doesn't always work well.

If you're a user of google talk, this also is a huge plus. Using android, you have to swap back and forth between browser and the google talk app to hold a conversation. On ChromeOS, since it supports extensions, you can browse with the Google Chat extension.
 
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