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Google Stakes Out the Ground Sun Died On

May 16, 2011 15:31:05.183

Didn't Sun try (multiple times) to sell useless bricks... err, "network computers"? Here's Google, trying the same thing for gosh knows what reason. This example of the baseline problem is pretty good:

But, there are some things you can't do strictly on the Web--like play Portal 2 or Minecraft, and living completely in the cloud takes a significant culture shift. There is also a huge trust factor with storing your entire life online, and the small issue of what happens when you can't get connected to the Internet and your Chromebook is a glorified paperweight.

Business travelers often need to work on planes, for instance - and it's a minority of flights out there with a network connection (and when they do exist, they are sloooooooow).

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posted by James Robertson

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app installation will be superior

[Lex Spoon] May 16, 2011 17:11:50.091

The article doesn't list the big advantage of a netbook: app installation. There are likely going to be two kinds of application installation on Chromebooks: web pages, and smartphone-like apps. These both give a much better installation experience than any of the big three desktop OSes.

The article doesn't list the big advantage of a netbook: app installation. There are likely going to be two kinds of application installation on Chromebooks: web pages, and smartphone-like apps. These both give a much better installation experience than any of the big three desktop OSes.

There are differences

[Davorin Rusevljan] May 17, 2011 2:57:16.311

There are some differences compared to sun's bricks:

  • they are much cheaper
  • they are sold as subscription


And the marketplace has also changed, now there is large user base of people who do need simple computer for web and mail, like older people.

Is that going to be enough, I do not know.

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