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It still boggles my mind that Windows is still the dominant operating system on most of the worlds computers.Google is entering the fray at least in a small way with these new chromebooks, nice to be able to be online in seconds then waiting minutes for windows to load or not have to pay an arm and a leg for apple laptops and Linux still hasn't become as widespread as I thought it would be.

I am still a die hard apple guy and google strikes me as a company of brilliant engineers but still very average in most design, witness blogger and so many of their products outside of search engines but they did have the good sense to buy android .

They just have still not able to combine great engineering and design like apple does, but they certainly have the pockets to take on Microsoft.

I like the cheap prices for students.

article from silicon valley news

http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-break/ci_18042514?source=email&nclick_check=1

Samsung and Acer will sell new netbooks running Google's (GOOG) Chrome software starting June 15. Plus: Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Symantec report earnings. Plus: Intel (INTC) stock climbs, but Yahoo (YHOO) shares plunge.

Google's new Chromebooks

Google is entering the computer operating system business -- territory now dominated by Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows software and (to a much lesser extent, at least as measured by the number of computers in use) Apple's (AAPL) Mac OS.

At its yearly Google I/O developers conference and on its official blog, the Mountain View Internet juggernaut announced that new netbooks running the Chrome operating system
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will be available June 15. The computers, manufactured by Samsung and Acer, will be sold in the U.S. by Amazon and Best Buy.

"These are not typical notebooks. With a Chromebook you won't wait minutes for your computer to boot and browser to start. You'll be reading your email in seconds," Google executives Linus Upson and Sundar Pichai wrote in the blog post.

According to a Merc report, they'll also be relatively inexpensive -- $349 for an Acer Chromebook with an 11.5-inch display and $429 for the Samsung model with a 12.1-inch screen. Both models have optional 3G connections, bringing the price for the Samsung model to $499.

Google also is offering Chromebooks on monthly subscriptions for businesses at $28 each and schools at $20 each.

The lightweight Chromebooks include technology such as dual-core Intel Atom processors. According to the Merc report, though, owners will keep their data and apps on Google's Internet "cloud."

"At the core of each Chromebook is the Chrome web browser," Upson and Pichai wrote. "Chromebooks bring you all of Chrome's speed, simplicity and security without the headaches of operating systems designed 20 to 30 years ago."
 
10-20 second cold boots is what I like but this video has more about the chrome OS.

My powerbook is fast but a typical boot for me using any windows system is 2-3 minutes if I am lucky, if I have tons of programs installed it can be 3-4 minutes, if it even boots correctly at all.

 
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FreeFall
because change doesn't happen over night. Not to mention the partnerships involved with M$. You're out of your realm here.
You do remember when Microsoft was charged of being a monopoly?
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Yes, I was alive in 1998 so I do remember Microsofts battle with the DOJ . I dont know what the "out of my realm" comment means but as a programmer and someone who loves to work with computers and was involved in open source programming with Linux, I would welcome any other serious competition against Windows as the dominant operating system even if its from Google. I am an apple user primarily but innovation has been so stifled in the software and in many ways the hardware market by the dominance of Windows.

Companies like dell and lenovo do sell computers loaded with linux but it never cut seriously into that monoploy but the serious change is with the ipad, the Chrome OS, and the smartphone market cutting into pc and windows sales figures. Change does happen literally overnight in the tech world.
 
gregm
Yes, I was alive in 1998 so I do remember Microsofts battle with the DOJ . I dont know what the "out of my realm" comment means but as a programmer and someone who loves to work with computers and was involved in open source programming with Linux, I would welcome any other serious competition against Windows as the dominant operating system even if its from Google. I am an apple user primarily but innovation has been so stifled in the software and in many ways the hardware market by the dominance of Windows.

Companies like dell and lenovo do sell computers loaded with linux but it never cut seriously into that monoploy but the serious change is with the ipad, the Chrome OS, and the smartphone market cutting into pc and windows sales figures. Change does happen literally overnight in the tech world.
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Sounds like you are on track to answering your own statement "It still boggles my mind that Windows is still the dominant operating system on most of the worlds computers."
 
gregm
Yes, I was alive in 1998 so I do remember Microsofts battle with the DOJ . I dont know what the "out of my realm" comment means but as a programmer and someone who loves to work with computers and was involved in open source programming with Linux, I would welcome any other serious competition against Windows as the dominant operating system even if its from Google. I am an apple user primarily but innovation has been so stifled in the software and in many ways the hardware market by the dominance of Windows.

Companies like dell and lenovo do sell computers loaded with linux but it never cut seriously into that monoploy but the serious change is with the ipad, the Chrome OS, and the smartphone market cutting into pc and windows sales figures. Change does happen literally overnight in the tech world.
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You seem to be contradicting yourself, Greg. Apple is certainly more guilty of stifling non-proprietary, cross-platform innovation than Microsoft ever was. If you'd like an example, look at the iPhone and their battle with Adobe over Flash support.
 
MonkeyF0cker
You seem to be contradicting yourself, Greg. Apple is certainly more guilty of stifling non-proprietary, cross-platform innovation than Microsoft ever was. If you'd like an example, look at the iPhone and their battle with Adobe over Flash support.
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You genius...glad I am part of gamelive....also a slight checkmate.

"Allowing Flash — which is a development platform of its own — would just be too dangerous for Apple, a company that enjoys exerting total dominance over its hardware and the software that runs on it. Flash has evolved from being a mere animation player into a multimedia platform capable of running applications of its own. That means Flash would open a new door for application developers to get their software onto the iPhone: Just code them in Flash and put them on a web page. In so doing, Flash would divert business from the App Store, as well as enable publishers to distribute music, videos and movies that could compete with the iTunes Store."
 
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