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 …
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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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Are Web-Only ‘Chromebooks’ the Ideal Computers for Education?
The first computer I ever used in a classroom was the Apple II. My first grade teacher, Mrs. Hogan, would line us all up against a wall before walking the class over to the computer lab, a rusty bungalow tucked away in a dark corner of the school.
It was in that lab—which my elementary school shuttled us back-and-forth to for five …
When All You Want Is the Web: Google ‘Chromebooks’ Are Here
Google’s big bet on web-only laptops has now been fully realized with the consumer availability of Chromebooks. There are two models—one from Acer and one from Samsung—each available either with a 3G cellular connection built-in or as lower-priced Wi-Fi-only versions.
The Acer AC700 starts at $350 for the Wi-Fi version, with the …
Why Chrome OS Is Still a Big Lie
Google likes to say that Chrome OS is an operating system that lets you do everything on the web. Don’t believe it.
Until now, I’ve been pretty optimistic about Google’s web-based operating system. The idea of computing entirely over the Internet is a tantalizing taste of the future, and I’ve certainly enjoyed watching the Chrome Web
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Google Announces Expensive Web-Only ‘Chromebooks’
As the second and final keynote address at Google’s developer conference winds down, we’re left with news of Google’s web-only Chrome OS (operating system) and the machines that’ll power it.
You may recall that Google announced Chrome OS notebooks late last year and shipped out a whole bunch of prototype units to people in …