Comments on: New code points to possible Ivy Bridge Chromebooks

By: Worblux

Worblux — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

“Google added a new commitment to Coreboot, a low level system process of Linux that talks to the computer’s hardware to function correctly”
This isn’t quite correct. Coreboot is not a system process of Linux. It is firmware or BIOS replacement that is responsible for the initial poking, proding and general initialization or the various essential hardware systems. After initial setup coreboot jumps into a payload and then stops running (keeping a few tables in memory though)

You can have SeaBIOS as a payload with sets up the usual BIOS interface or tianocore, which provided UEFI sevices, or you can jump directly into a properly fomated ELF binary like grub or the linux kernel.

By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex

Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Ivy Bridge + Chrome OS = most wasteful use of hardware ever… I’d just get an Ultrabook.

By: ronaldst

ronaldst — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:16:00 +0000

I’d prefer ARM stuff. Would be fun if the industry would work to get computers we’d need to recharge only once per week. Also glad Coreboot is getting back into the news. Faster booting, more secure and cheaper stuff is always good. UEFI is such an unnecessary layer.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Not really, people buy $500 iPads.

By: hiroglif

hiroglif — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:44:00 +0000

i want a really cheap 15 inch “ultrabook” with next gen trinity. or even cheaper next gen zacate follow up line. or even next gen intel atom clover trail with sandy/ivy like gpu. Big screen super light super thin super cheap (not using ivy for price reason)
win8 gon run just fine. jus need to put a decent ssd for these cheaper slower cpu…. ( hope all these would support sata3…)
cmon somebody make that happen.
cuz ima jew not willing to pay 1000+ for ultrabooks. got my desktop for performance. dont need sandy ivy level ultrabook.

By: islesfan

islesfan — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +0000

Chromebook is still a niche item. It is far too limited to have any practical use outside of elementary schools. Maybe, if they were sub $100 they might catch on, but at the price of a basic Windows laptop, its hard to get anyone to bite.