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    12/02/09

    In reply to Acer Wants to be First with a Chrome OS Netbook
    I'll have to wait and see how flexible Chrome is, but I really think that there's a little too much hype over it right now. I don't see a lot of netbooky devices adopting it, and I certainly don't see consumers lusting for it. The way it seems now is like a very limited gateway to all of Google's services, and with few advantages over robust operating systems. I personally would choose any machine running W7 or Ubuntu over Chrome at this point. But I'll keep an open mind so I don't end up on some "top 5 asshats" list.
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    11/27/09

    In reply to Chrome OS for Dell Mini 10v: It's Easy
    "Wi-fi is a little wonky"...

    If its a cloud based OS isn't that the only thing you'd really want to work well?
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    11/27/09

    In reply to Chrome OS for Dell Mini 10v: It's Easy
    I really want a 10v because it sounds really fun to play around with, but I can't think of any practical use that I'd get out of it.
    Someone please convince me one way or the other.
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    thechansen promoted this comment psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
    Image of thechansen thechansen
    11/27/09

    @psychiccheese: I have an iMac, Macbook, and gaming desktop. I also have an asus eee 900a that I bought as a futz around with/travel pc. A few of my peers questioned me blowing $180 bucks on a little underpowered laptop considering when I already had one. It was a closeout from Best Buy and the last one my local store had so I just said fuck it and went with it. Then I upgraded the SSD, RAM and got an eBay battery, so total was around $300. I love the thing. I used it for a month straight with Linux as a main PC while I was on vacation. I didn't really mind if I broke it or if it was stolen because my personal stuff was in the "cloud" so to speak, and between the two batteries I had about 12 hours of usage. I tend to worry about it less and it follows me into my car or garage if I am working on something. Something I wouldn't really do with a MacBook. We got my mother a Dell 10v as she has a habit of dropping things due to seizures she has after having a brain anyurism burst (Aka a laptop with as little moving parts that could break as possible) and she uses it more than the full sized laptop it replaced. It's a great little machine. But the important thing is you might not see any immediate use for it you might find one. Might as well get it cheap.
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    11/27/09

    @thechansen: @PureSin: Thanks guys.
    When I go to the Canadian website, I notice that there's two different versions of the 10v available. Is there any difference besides the OS?
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    Edited by psychiccheese at 11/27/09 4:12 PM psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
    Image of BobotheTeddy BobotheTeddy
    11/27/09

    In reply to Chrome OS for Dell Mini 10v: It's Easy
    I thought Chrome OS was an "lightweight" OS.
    8 gigs isn´t lightweight at all.
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    atrus123 promoted this comment BobotheTeddy was starred BobotheTeddy was unstarred
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    11/27/09

    @BobotheTeddy: I've installed it, and it's a trifle in size. I'm a little confused by the 8GB SSD suggestion as well.
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    11/27/09

    @atrus123: Thanx for the good news.
    Since i don´t have a 10v, i couldn´t figure out.
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow
    Will be nice to follow how much the optimizations in 2010 will make it harder, better, faster, stronger...
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow
    I am really starting to worry about Google. Maybe it's paranoia from using my Volcano, but Google is competing with all areas of the tech industry. Google is the Andrew Carnegie of the internet, and it's only a matter of time before they have absolute control. Does anyone else think there is a way to protect ourselves, or are we all doomed to surrender our lives over to a merciless corporation?
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment natural selection was starred natural selection was unstarred
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    11/24/09

    @natural selection: Or they could wind up like GM...
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    11/24/09

    @natural selection: I'm sure if you knew half of the not-exactly-secret connections going on behind the scenes of other major corporations, you'd have an entire closet full of designer tin foil hats by now. For example, did you know the guy who owns Fox News also owns MySpace?! OMG!!!

    Or, in the immortal words of Reducto: "There is no government. There's only a few multinational corporations that own everything!" *Time Warner/AOL sign blinks on*
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow
    Of course it's slower. It takes time to secretly cache every keystroke.
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow
    An unreleased, unoptimized build of an OS doesn't match up against existing releases.

    Thanks for at least pointing it out, but this isn't newsworthy.
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    11/24/09

    @pz: *yawn*
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    11/24/09

    @Danny Allen: I honestly can't tell if your making fun of pz or yourself. Either way, *tips hat*.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Chrome OS and Android Are Destined to Merge, Somehow

    Added an image to see if I could edit it out or see the embed code so I could manually insert it into a different post. Normally images can't later be edited into comments so..... yeah. Sorry.
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    Edited by madog at 11/23/09 6:32 PM madog was starred madog was unstarred
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Chrome OS and Android Are Destined to Merge, Somehow
    I disagree, John. When dealing with the internet, I don't think that someone needs to have a plan as to exactly what an operating system needs to be any farther than a year or two down the road. How could you possibly predict that anyways? Did any of us know what the internet would look like today even three or four years ago? Heck, four or five years ago, I was startled to discover the existence of YouTube, after trying to host my videos on angelfire and link them to my blog. At the time, sharing bandwidth among websites was a huge no-no. Now, it happens in the comments here everyday and no one thinks twice.

    I think taking the attitude that the internet will evolve as it will is great. They can provide the tools that are in demand today and let Future Google worry about the future.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Chrome OS and Android Are Destined to Merge, Somehow
    I think the title of this article is seriously overblown. As mobile device processing power increases, sure we will have spill over. Converge does not mean snuffing out android as your post/image would imply.

    Sure the platforms will converge, as all platforms do. But I could say windows 7 and windows mobile will converge over time, and would I be very far off...nope...didnt give a timetable.

    I could say iPhone OSX and PC OSx will coverge over time as computing power increases, would I be wrong, nope..they probably will.

    My point, dont post speculations, inferences, and assumptions as FoxNews style Facts.
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    John Herrman promoted this comment Edited by helfrez at 11/23/09 10:16 AM helfrez was starred helfrez was unstarred
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    11/23/09

    @helfrez: Isn't this exactly what I said? Brin and Schmidt are just saying obvious things, instead of stating plans?
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    11/23/09

    @John Herrman: I think its the combination of the title and image.

    "will likely converge" is not equal to "Are Destined to Converge"
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    11/21/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Anyone able to get this working properly in Parallels Desktop 5 after converting the image to Parallels format (via Transporter)? I get to the login screen, but networking is unavailable no matter which mode I select, and as such login is failing.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Just to be clear, this isn't Google Chrome OS (in the VM), it is a Chromium-based OS build. As has been called out in the Chromium discussion boards, there is a difference. Google Chrome OS isn't released yet (even in VM form).
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    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)
    VFF's are awesome and great for people where traditional shoes cause back pain.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Get Google Chrome OS, Now
    Probably a dumb question, but can I somehow convert this VMware file to work with parallels, or should I just compile the damn thing?
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    11/20/09

    @lostarchitect: Paralles converts VMware and Virtual box files natively.
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment Joe was starred Joe was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @Vroomtrap: Great, thanks!
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