Sci/Tech Google Unveils Google-Brand Laptops: "The Chromebook"

Ioannes

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13362111

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hailed Google's new laptops as a "new model of computing".

They will be driven via Google's Chrome browser and optimised for the web.

His comments came on the second day of the company's developer conference, where Google announced that so-called Chromebooks will go on sale in June.

Samsung and Acer will be the first manufacturers to offer the devices, for between $349 and $499, in the US and six European countries initially.

Google's aim is to encourage people to use web-based applications, claiming that that is where most people spend their time and that most tasks can be accomplished online.

The internet giant said because Chromebooks are not weighed down by software and applications common to most laptops, they boot up in eight seconds instead of minutes.

The company said battery life on the device will last a day, security updates will be done automatically and they will be faster than traditional laptops.

I, for one, have the grim premonition that it will somehow track even more of your computer behavior.
 

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Wonder if it's the same exact thing as the free Cr-48s and who manufactures the laptops.

Edit: Nvm Acer and Samsung are making them
 
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