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Acer to bring its first Chromebook to U.S.

article published on 29 June, 2011

Acer America announces forthcoming U.S. launch of Acer AC700 Chromebook. The AC700 (pictured) is the first in Acer's planned line of products that will run Google's Chrome operating system. The company says its first Chromebook is ideal for savvy mobile consumers, educational institutions, and business people that spend most of their time on the Internet for cloud computing such as using ... [ read the full article ]

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KSib
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_ 		29. June 2011 @ 02:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Chromebook is ideal for no one at that price, honestly. I don't see the market. Why not get a laptop or netbook with Windows 7 on it for about the same price that can do what the chromebook can do and more. Might be cool for organizations to buy in bulk, but I really don't see the appeal for normal consumers.

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_ 		29. June 2011 @ 04:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I honestly don't know either...Chrome is free and Windows isn't...so why are windows netbooks $50 less than similar Chromebooks?

There was a time when I thought that the chromebook was completely pointless since you can just install chrome on a windows netbook and have both operating systems for $50 less...but I found a problem with that logic. Chrome is designed for techno-idiots; people who just got email last week and who think that an MP3 is some kind of a small CD that you can buy at local stores. If you have ever installed an application, then Chrome is below you.
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_ 		29. June 2011 @ 12:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I remember thinking when it was first announced (to my attention anyhow) that I just don't understand... I haven't looked in a while, but it's pretty much just an OS that is really only a modified browser isn't it? Just internet and web-based apps right?

Even to idiots that's no good, especially at such a high price for so little. If it were closer to a grand I'd call it worse than an Apple product; hell, it may still be since MacOS's are at least kind of an actual OS...
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