Comments on: Are Chromebooks the Future of Notebooks?

By: Jmc

Jmc — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:36:00 +0000

Were sorry, the web has crashed, the cloud is unavailable, we are sorry that you were relying on this connection to complete your work today. Enjoy you block of plastic, too bad we now have all of your data.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 May 2011 05:00:00 +0000

I would absolutely love to think that the cloud is the future of computing but there needs a way for providers to give us the ability to surf the web without limitations, not impose them.

By: Lindsay Unfunk Freeman

Lindsay Unfunk Freeman — Sat, 14 May 2011 02:28:00 +0000

Ah, dude! Learn how to use punctuation!

By: krontology

krontology — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:03:00 +0000

I was wondering if you were aware that Google is working on API’s that developers can use to run their Apps even when the browser is closed. They’ll also be cached to your local memory or drive. When you want to run them or use them with the browser closed, you could. So you can still play that Angry Birds game even when you lose your Wifi connection.

Just think…. no more viruses or malware ever on your personal hardware. It’s all run on a secure server and encrypted. No maintenance, no worries or hassle. Just use your computer knowing it’s running in the clouds. Updates are taken care automatically with real freedom of secure web surfing!

By: krontology

krontology — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:03:00 +0000

By: eightyd

eightyd — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:43:00 +0000

When are ready, indeed?

By: eightyd

eightyd — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:43:00 +0000

When are ready, indeed?

By: eightyd

eightyd — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:43:00 +0000

When are ready, indeed?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:37:00 +0000

Since most major technology players are gearing towards cloud computing then yes I tend to agree that chrome kick starts the technology of the future. My only concern is the security of stored remote files. Let’s just hope the net will continue to progress as a safe environment.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:06:00 +0000

WOW, you are a complete ignoramus. Show me the link to the article? I am also an industry analyst not a journalist way to pay attention.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:06:00 +0000

WOW, you are a complete ignoramus. Show me the link to the article? I am also an industry analyst not a journalist way to pay attention.

By: Bleu_canary

Bleu_canary — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:38:00 +0000

WOW, What happened to REAL journalism?! All this is, is a reposting of another article that I’ve found on 5 other “Tech” blogs. Way to go you for knowing how to copy and paste. I’d be surprised if you actually watched the announcement.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:54:00 +0000

Ok, care to elaborate? Again this is not tomorrow, or next year maybe not even in three years but 10 years from now? The world will be a very different place technologically.

By: Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:54:00 +0000

Ok, care to elaborate? Again this is not tomorrow, or next year maybe not even in three years but 10 years from now? The world will be a very different place technologically.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:50:00 +0000

NO .period

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:50:00 +0000

NO .period

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:17:00 +0000

While the Chrome OS looks nice and the whole cloud computing concept seems to be the way of the future. I do not like being in a contract or tied to a particular piece of hardware. There is a free open source Chromium based Cloud OS you can get right now that can be run from any laptop, and to me it looks a lot better like this…

http://www.tech-adventures.com/2011/02/jolicloud-portable-html5-desktop-web-of.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:17:00 +0000

http://www.tech-adventures.com/2011/02/jolicloud-portable-html5-desktop-web-of.html

By: bmovie

bmovie — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:10:00 +0000

Chromebooks, I fear, is a Google “pigeon hole”—another fixed market segmentation for Google to sell advertisers—cattle, grouped and overfed and ready for slaughter.

Imagine what joy advertisers would feel having to create one single web ad that reaches every single “suit” at the same time! Ka-ching, ka-ching! You will be a captive audience in the bad sense of the phrase. You have crossed over to the Twilight Zone.

By: Sashoumaru

Sashoumaru — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:00:00 +0000

For the reasons stated by the previous comments, mainly bandwidth and uptime, I think that cloud computing still needs to embrace local storage better to be able to represent a real alternative to the “fat OS/local software” model. A lot of smartphone apps do this well; they store info in the devices and sync to the cloud. This is something that most users need; to be able to keep doings things even without a connection.

By: 智也長瀬

智也長瀬 — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Personally, I like the potential of the “Chromebooks” for the cloud potential, as well.

Granted, I’m also left thinking that leaving an empty bay to give the choice for whether the user wants to add a hard drive or SSD would be a good thing too. For the same reason that Ryan Rossman stated, North American speeds are slower than in other places, and with the “net neutrality” issue (as well as current limitations imposed by the wireless companies), the US, Canadian (and potentially other users around the globe) might see this as a less than attractive option if they rely on 3G and 4G connections; be it through their USB modems or tethering.

Still, I look forward to tenatively giving it a shot. I’m still keeping an eye on the Android tablets, though, and with realizing that keyboard add-ons, as well as the ability to use USB and bluetooth keyboards are now available options, I can’t help but think that this will add on to the challenges of the ChromeBooks.

By: Ryan Rossman

Ryan Rossman — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:28:00 +0000

I think that main issues preventing this from becoming more prevalent is the lack of mobile bandwidth in most countries outside of the USA. Chromebooks are focused on the mobile experience which is great and all but where this could really shine in the business enterprise is on the desktop where bandwidth is less of an issue and central control over apps and content can be controlled to provide the best experience to users.

Another issue (so far) is the hardware. These “notbooks” are not built to take the ongoing abuse of a professional mobile workforce. Until the HPs, Lenovos, and (eeeek!) Dells of the world put forth higher end builds I suspect this will not see much large business usage.