How long before Google makes Chrome a standalone product?

Yes they do, but will personal users still use them in 5 years, what about 10?

IDK, and nobody knows. Desktops definitely aren't as popular as they were. I certainly will never buy another one.

 

Microsoft was in the market way before either one of those two. Remember the Palm? Yeah, that thing ran off a Microsoft OS. LOL!

 

Mega epic necro bump.

I just bought myself a Chromebook for some holiday traveling, and this thing is awesome.

Worth every bit of the very reasonable $249 pricetag.

It is surprisingly capable for what basically amounts to a nicer version of a tablet.

Keyboard is very nicely arranged and spaced (and the amount of characters/shortcuts they managed to fit into it is amazing), the track pad is responsive and has multitouch gestures, and it is light as a feather and boots up in a flash.

My only gripe with it is the screen, as the colors are slightly washed out on it and the viewing angles leave something to be desired. But I really cannot complain all that much for what I paid.

Since everything these days seems to run via browser, this might be the wave of the future for mobile computing.

 

Is the like the iPad competitor?
So it runs on the CHROME OS?

sounds good.

Rocket River

 

I want to get my son one of these for Christmas but they are sold out. I won't settle for the Acer because it's clearly inferior.

 

I ordered mine from Tiger Direct 2 weeks ago, it got here yesterday.

 

It's weird. It's a whole other category onto its own.

PC
Laptop
Netbook
Tablet
Phone

It falls solidly in the middle, having the portability & ease of use of a tablet (minus the app store type stuff) and also having the interface/inputs and customization of a laptop (minus the beefier hardware).

It's great for web browsing/email (handles the web and flash etc better than my HP touchpad), office file editing, and photo sharing/editing.

The services and applications that google has developed are very apple-like in the way they work and their user friendliness.

I'd recommend it to anyone who is in the market for a tablet or laptop, it might convince you to go with the in-between alternative.