I want I want.

As long as the central logic/storage unit is up and running, cool.  The moment is goes down, EVERYONE is screwed.  It can get pervasively expensive very quickly in a business environment.

No thanks…good luck.

Right now, I’d say this is a huge issue. The infrastructure isn’t in place. In a sense this solution is more of ‘ball and chain’ than even a desktop computer as far as flexibility and portability.

“Each will be offered as a 3G version.”

I’m glad that wifi-only devices are being sold now. The smartphone-only (ie, required data plan) for Android is a complete disaster for those of us who only want a mini-computer on our hands. Apple’s got the iTouch and Android has nothing comparable except a connection to Telecoms bleeding us dry.

“The 3G versions will get 100MB of bundled Verizon data every month.”

I’ve been in a situation where I needed to watch my usage. Converted my browser into text-only, static-html (no images, no plug-ins, no JS, NO ads). 100mbs wasn’t nearly enough. It would have been enough in the late-90s but there’s just too much garbage associated with content these days.

“Specs? Can a proper OS be loaded?

A lot of us might consider just buying the machines if the specs are good enough to install alternative OSes. From the little I’ve read, it seems these machines don’t really have the processing power you can get today from similarly priced laptops.

A bust? No… Google is the first *major* company to implement a pure cloud solution. Being first gives them a chance to iron things out. When the infrastruture and mindset of users (especially business and education) begin to accept this new paradigm, Google will have a much more polished offering on their hands.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see even developers connecting remotely to shell accounts in the *future* loaded with hundreds of thousands of dollars of tools and services. I used to do this back in the mid-90s – DOS floppy connecting to a Unix Shell account via Telephone to access more powerful apps for freelance work. It was fast, convenient and the more powerful servers did the lion’s share of the work.

The cloud could eventually be a very powerful extension with petabytes of personal data available to the user and the ability to do anything we do now on our local systems.

There are a lot of forces at play now (competitors, government intervention and spying, issues with hackers, data caps, etc..). We’ll have to see how this plays out in the next few years.

the gaming laptop wouldnt have much battery life, so i would leave it as a stationary laptop in my dorm, and take a chrome book to class, so i can type during class.

the gaming laptop wouldnt have much battery life, so i would leave it as a stationary laptop in my dorm, and take a chrome book to class, so i can type during class.

Cheers for 101 :)

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