What is a Chromebook?

http://chris.pirillo.com/would-you-lease-googles-chromebook/ Google is about to release a series of notebooks they call Chromebooks. While they don't have the latest and greatest hardware, they do offer users an inexpensive solution that gives them access to everything the web has to provide. IT companies and educational institutions are their primary target customer and with the promise of minimal maintenance requirements and assured data safety, the Chromebook may be the next big tech trend in these markets.

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[MrhugiSig]

looks intresting but you can buy a computer with windows for the same but i like the idea of google making a operating system they but should make it better by making it possible to use other programs as well but thee good thing about this i think my 84 year old grandmother who has never even touched a computer in her life could learn how to use it so i think its simple to use a CHROMEBOOK =)

[TheCryonik]

I would rather spend a thousand dollars (euros) to buy a real notebook ,then a chromebook. *lol*

[MPaluba]

Holy shit, what a nerd.. hahahah. News reporter in the future I think. Just kidding though, I like the video. I like the chromebooks, but for the same price I can get an actual laptop with other stuff I want/need. If the chromebook had simple features, like letting us install microsoft office, for college students, itunes, for music, and skype, plus a few other programs, of course I would get it. It would slow its speeds a little bit, but w.e.

[jowillkit]

chromebook is shit

[EdwardTheTechGeek]

A Chromebook is grabrge

[videogamegod88]

If it's decent and cheap enough i would get one. wish they would release the os so i could put it on my netbook to give it a go. running debian on there right now and it runs great but i'm looking for something more geared towards netbooks

[jon2x24]

Majority of the people only use their PC to go on the web, including myself..so if it is this affordable, it it a nice idea for most people. They just need to improve their google docs and for sure more people will buy 'em

[Tobaman111]

Will be buying a Chromebook on day 1, mainly to explore the world of web apps that seem to be getting better all the time. Being forced to adapt sounds like fun.

[glynn93george]

Macbook ftw!

[klramon]

I will definitely buy one. I need a laptop just surfing and lets face it cloudcomputing is the future of pcs and laptops. I am waiting now for onlive to be available in Europe. Imagine if google will put this service on their chromebooks. It will be the instant death of all consoles and gamer pcs. And I don't know exactly but if you've got a citrix accaunt you won't need a pc at all and I hope google will install a citrix reciever on their chromebooks.