Google has just introduced the world to the brand new Chromebook. The Chromebook is unlike most laptops because it is optimised for web use. Google arent interested in making software, so they have decided to basically turn Google Chrome into the operating system for a new laptop.
Google Chromebooks will be available for sale from June 15 in U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. In the U.S., buy Chromebooks online from Amazon and Best Buy.
It was during Google’s annual I/O Conference this week in San Francisco that Google announced the release of their shiny new Chromebook.
Acer and Samsung have taken up the project and will be releasing them for public sale on June 15th. Samsung’s WiFi-only Chromebook will cost $429, but if you want their 3G version, it’ll cost $499. Acer will be selling their WiFi-only Chromebook for just $349.
Chromebooks will also be sold internationally. In the U.S. you can pick them up from Amazon or Best Buy. Other countries these will be readily available for are the U.K., France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.
So what is it that makes these better than every other Netbook out on the market right now? Well, here are a few reasons:
-All-day battery life.
-Built-in Net connectivity. (WiFi and/or Verizon Wireless 3G service)
-Automatic weekly updates. (Don’t have to worry about installing patches.)
-Contain dual-core processors from Intel. (They’re functional!)
I guess when there’s a lot of anticipation on something, sometimes things might get faster. We’ve talked before about Google Chrome OS announcement, and we’ve also said that users might get hands on it in the second half of 2010. But now, a Chinese netbooks manufacturer seems that is planning to release netbooks with a previous version of Chrome later this month.
Shanzai is announcing that the devices with the Loongson-CPU will have Google Chrome OS installed, and released by Lemote hardware manufacturer. And even though these are only rumors, there have been some snapshots available in the web of what seems to be Google’s OS:
The anticipation is increasing significantly, since we don’t have much data around this operating system. We know that it will be focused on netbooks, open source with a Linux kernel and user interface based mainly in a web experience.
Sounds good to me if an Asian hardware manufacturer is taking a chance with this new OS. We are all waiting for the moment to install and use Chrome OS.
Finally Google announced what we’ve all been expecting for a long, long time: The Google Chrome OS. There are no big specifications about it, but we can be certain that will continue with the common characteristics of any Google web app available so far: fast, lightweight and with a great performance.
What we do know so far about Google Chrome operating system is:
Targeted to netbooks in their first stage.
Open-source operating system. Based on a Linux kernel.
Project source will be available “later” this year.
Customers will have the OS in the second half of 2010.
Minimal user interface. Based mostly on web experience.
Will run in x86 and ARM chips.
Also, another thing that the article mentions is that Android is a a completely different project, so we shouldn’t expect any similarities?
Finally Google announced what we’ve all been expecting for a long, long time: The 
