"Disposable." When Eric Schmidt and Google first introduced Chrome OS, its operating system designed for desktop and laptop PCs, they kept using that word. Schmidt promised cheap devices that were essentially interchangeable -- when all the computing power, storage, and apps come from the internet, because the entire operating system is just a slightly modified version of the Chrome browser, why build good hardware? Google even claimed to be entertaining the idea of selling you a free-on-contract PC.
Well the times, they are a changin'. The latest Chromebook off the assembly line, the Chromebook Pixel, is the first designed by Google itself, and it's many things -- but it's sure as hell not disposable. From the ultra-high-resolution...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/25/4023830/google-chromebook-pixel-review
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