Even if the Chromebook never steals much market share from conventional PCs, it could accomplish important goals for Google.
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Chromebooks Have a ‘Leap of Faith’ Problem
Ever since Google launched the first Chromebooks two years ago, the company’s vision for always-on, cloud-based computing has been a tough sell.
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Google’s Chromebook Pixel: A Very Nice Machine for a Very Small Market
If you’re willing and able to spend $1299 or more for a web-only computing device, you might love Google’s high-end Chromebook.
Chrome App Launcher Makes PCs More Chromebook-Like
The Chrome app launcher makes Google’s web browswer like an operating system within an operating system.
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Google’s Chromebook Pixel: The Chromebook Goes High-End
The Chromebook Pixel is an extremely high-end laptop — by far the fanciest Chromebook to date, with specs that would be impressive if it were a Windows Ultrabook or a Mac.
Please, Chromebooks, Don’t Turn into PCs
HP has produced a Chromebook, joining the likes of Acer, Samsung and Lenovo as they search for a credible Windows alternative.
Samsung Chromebook: Not a Bad Laptop, but Definitely Feels like $250
Compromised as it is, it works pretty well — and for a $250 laptop, that’s no dubious distinction.
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Google and Samsung Unveil a New $249 Chromebook
Back in 2009, Google announced Chrome OS, an operating system for web-centric “Chromebook” laptops which would run online services and store almost everything in the cloud. Two years later, the first models — a $349 Acer and a …
Google I/O Conference: Five Questions I’d Like to See Answered
Google kicks off its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco today.
While the event is ostensibly a place for app developers to get educated about Android, Chrome and related Google products, it’s also a venue …
Samsung Series 5 550 Review: The Case for Google’s New Chromebook
Why buy a laptop that runs nothing but a web browser, when you could buy a laptop that runs everything? That’s the question that comes up in pretty much every debate about Chromebooks — a series of stripped-down laptops that …
With Sony, Chromebooks May Get New Blood
Google’s Chromebooks have fallen off the radar lately, but they may soon get new life with Sony hardware and an updated interface.
As Laptop Reviews reports, photos and specs of a Sony Chromebook have appeared on the Federal
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Why Chrome OS Is More Important to Google’s Future than Android
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
There is a debate happening in the industry about whether or not we are heading toward a future where all computing takes place in the browser or …