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Google CEO Suggests Chrome Netbook To Be Around $300 to $400

The Google Chrome OS is set to be released by the end of this year. If you are wondering how much will a netbook with the Chrome OS cost, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google suggest that it will be around $300 to $400 though it really depends on the specification of the netbooks. Considering some netbooks with Windows 7 are already selling for less than $300 currently, one would expect a Chrome netbook to be at least cheaper than that. If that isn’t the case, I think that the Chrome netbook will have hard time competing with the Windows 7 netbook.

via Gizmodo

Google Chrome OS Will Have A Business Version, Coming 2011

While the consumer version of the Google Chrome OS is coming soon by end of this year, Will Drewry, a Google software security engineer, said that there will be a business version of the OS coming the following year in 2011 which will have functionality suited to businesses. He also said that Chrome OS netbooks may come with a hardware switch located underneath the battery which lets users turn off some specialized security functions so they can run in “developer mode”, a feature which will allow developers to tinker with Chrome OS code and bring up new ideas.

Source: Network World

ChromiumOS Flow – Chrome OS That Supports NVIDIA Ion Graphics Acceleration

While Google has not released the final code of the Chrome OS yet, developer like Hexxeh has been providing popular builds of Chromium OS. The latest release from Hexxeh is called “Flow” which is the most exciting version yet, bringing more hardware including Nvidia ION support, better battery life, an auto-updater, webcam support and an improved application menu.

The Chromium OS “Flow” can be downloaded here.

ChromeOS Zero Acer Aspire One 150

The Chromium OS is an open-source project from Google that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience. Google is going to release the final code for the Chromium OS later this year, but for now, you can already grap the Chromium OS Zero by Hexxeh which features automatic delivery of system updates, a reduction in the startup delay on Broadcom wifi adapters, and a slick, customized bootsplash graphic, and serious speed improvements. Check out the following video for the demonstration of the Chromium OS Zero running on Acer Aspire One 150 netbook:

How To Install and Run Google Chrome OS in a Virtual Machine

Apparently, it’s been a little difficult to get the Google Chrome OS running straight from google’s code so here’s a simple video that shows you how to install and run it on a Virtual Machine.

For those who have no idea abour Google Chrome OS:

And check out how fast it boot from a SD card on a MSI Wind netbook, and some command that you can use which you might not know about.

Google Coming Up With Its Own Netbook?

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TechCrunch recently reported that Google has “been talking to at least one hardware manufacturer about building a netbook for Google directly.” If TechCrunch sources are correct, we might be seeing Google branded netbooks running Chrome OS before Christmas 2010. Find out more details on TechCrunch.

Boot up time comparison: Chrome OS vs Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 9.10

The Google Chrome OS project was just released not long ago, and we can already see enthusiast news about Google’s OS preview keeps popping up. Below is an interesting video that compare the booting time between Chrome OS, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10.

Here’s the result:

  • Chrome OS – 24 sec to login screen; 2 to 3 seconds to desktop
  • Windoes 7 – 40 sec to login screen; 15 sec to desktop
  • Ubuntu 9.10 – 50 sec to desktop (with auto login)

Google Chrome OS is taking only 24 seconds from power-on to the login screen, and then another 2 to 3 seconds to the “desktop”, which is significantly faster than the other two. This is expected as the Chrome OS is really just a browser, while the other two are real Operating System.. I do agree with Google though that for most people, a web browser is all they need as we can do almost everything on the Internet nowadays.

Google Chrome OS First Look Review

The Google Chrome OS, or Google Chromium, is Google’s latest open source project which aims to build a fast, simple, and secure OS for people who spend most of their time on the web. Here’s a first look review video on the Chromium OS. Basically, it’s just an operating system kernel with Google Chrome browser and network manager. The boot time is super fast, but features are really limited. Keep in mind though that the Chromium project is still at the very beginning stage of development.. and the real product will only release to consumers at the end of next year. It will definitely be a much more complete version of OS by then.

Google Released The Chromium OS Open Source Project

Google Chrome OS For Netbook

Google recently announced the Chromium OS, an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

According to Google, the Chrome OS will be ready for consumers this time next year. As of now, Google is open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS to engage with partners, the open source community and developers. For developers who are interested to contribute, you can get the project’s design docs, and source code from the official website. For consumers, check out the videos from Google below which explains why the Chrome OS could be the best operating system, especially for netbooks!

Google announces Google Chrome OS

Who says the netbook industry is boring?
Google announced Tuesday night that they were indeed working on a new operating system, separate from the Android OS, called the Google Chrome OS. Targeting initially the netbook market, the new Chrome OS will be available to consumers in the second half of 2010 and will be [...]

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