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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    10:13 AM

    In reply to Linux Owns 1/3 of the Netbook Marketshare
    Well, there are lots of people who prefer to buy a PC (laptop, desktop, netbook...) with a preloaded copy of linux just because it's cheaper.
    After that, they just install a pirated copy of windows over it.
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    10:33 AM

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Assuming it's all pirated is probably a mistake. I wouldn't doubt that a lot of people, like myself, are currently using legit copies of the Windows 7 RC1 or an old disk of XP lying around that they knew they could use instead of paying 40 extra.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    10:37 AM

    @SewerShark:

    Or they didn't know what linux was and quickly paid some computer geek to put windows back on,
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    10:45 AM

    @Maori_Yelir: I never said it's ALL pirated. I said that lots of people do it.
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    11:06 AM

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: My mistake for messy language with that one, I know you weren't saying all but I would wager the amount that do is a rather small portion.
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    10:10 AM

    In reply to Linux Owns 1/3 of the Netbook Marketshare
    Well I've bought 3 Dell Minis with Linux reinstalled, but they very quickly became Hackintoshes.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    09:56 AM

    In reply to Linux Owns 1/3 of the Netbook Marketshare
    Still rockin win98 on my other pc - gotta keep it real
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    Image of BobotheTeddy BobotheTeddy
    10:31 AM

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Keep it real? Use DOS!
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    09:54 AM

    In reply to Linux Owns 1/3 of the Netbook Marketshare
    Let's see - the other 1/3 goes to Windows XP, and the final 1/3 goes to Mac OS X, and they don't even have their own netbook.
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    09:58 AM

    @BeyondtheTech: I'd say about 65% was Windows XP and 5% was Windows 7 starter.
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    10:07 AM

    @BeyondtheTech: did you just pull those figures out of your ass. I would be suprised if the OSX figure was more then a couple of %
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    10:17 AM

    @Hearthatvoiceagain: I think that was supposed to be a joke...you know, like...the "do not take it seriously" kind of joke?
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    Image of thomas_obrien222 thomas_obrien222
    11/25/09

    In reply to Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year
    what about the left handers?
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    11/25/09

    @thomas_obrien222: I think somebody told them that 50% of left-handers sympathize to communist China. And China doesn't like to take chances, so they've eliminated the left hand. Therefore, all equipment manufactured in China will be for right-handed people. Actually, no, I just made that up. I totally had you tho...

    Anyway, this thing fails if it doesn't have Swype. Else and Swype were meant for eachother. I hope it doesn't cost as much as a used vehicle, like Sony's cool-yet-practically-untouchable phones.
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    Image of Neight Neight
    11/25/09

    In reply to Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year
    Any real release date other than a vague "next year"?
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    11/25/09

    In reply to Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year
    Looks absolutely awesome. I'll take it.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    so this is why microsoft never used web standerds, its been a long plot to thrawt google os!
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    If everything is going to be 'cloud' and ran off of 'servers' at other locations, who is paying the bills on those servers? Who is keeping them up and managing the content? How do you justify a free OS with this type of built in legacy costs?

    Oh, I know how. Ads. Your computer will not have to have an adblocker. Your computer will boot up and shut down the latest deals from Foot Locker. In the middle of writing a paper? A pop up will remind you to get a new McCafe since you have been working really hard.

    I see people saying someone wants to own their own media, I think there are people who like owning their own software, so to speak.

    I was so in favor of the Chrome OS till I read the news and drew my own conclusions. Back to Ubunt-land I go.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    I don't know about this analysis. I mean, don't get me wrong, a lot of stuff here is good. For a truly web-dedicated device, bandwidth would, as always, need to be increased. The structure of web apps would need to adapt.

    But, personally I believe this kind of misses the point. I don't think the initiative of Chrome OS is to simply move everything to the web. I mean, take video editing for example. Why? Video editing isn't typically a very "portable" task. Either a video edit is a big project that could use a dedicated workstation (or an internal local network, as in a small production house), where uploading hundreds of gigabytes of data would be a waste of time, or it's a live, happening-now kind of video taken from a phone where maybe some basic trimming tasks would be done real quick then uploaded. I'm open to suggestions, but I can't think of a video editing job where you would benefit from uploading video to a server then editing it from any and all computers you could log into. It's just unnecessary.

    Honestly, I really don't think Chrome OS is intended to be the game-changing replacement OS people were expecting it to be. Much like the netbooks themselves. When I first heard of a laptop without an optical drive and minimal (comparatively) amounts of storage space, I laughed. But they caught on, and for good reason. Namely, they were targeted devices that didn't aim to do everything, but what it does do, it does well. And cheaply.

    Chrome OS, from what we've seen today, flat out does not have what it takes to dethrone Windows, OS X, or any Linux flavor as a desktop OS. And I doubt it ever will. But given the right amount of support from web app developers (because really, it's mostly in their hands), Chrome OS has everything it takes to make one kick ass netbook. For some people.
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    Image of Tom90deg Tom90deg
    11/20/09

    @OCEntertainment: There's a rumor that the whole reason that many computer manufacturers are supporting Chrome is for one reason. It's free, and that will let them put some pressure on MS to reduce prices for their OS.

    They don't particularly want to use it, but if they threaten MS with it, well, MS'll have to drop it's prices, they'll switch back, and everyone is happy.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/20/09

    @Tom90deg: That would be an insanely idiotic thing for a device manufacturer to do.

    If they were to switch over to a product they thought was good, that'd be one thing. Folks start buying non-Windows computers, MS loses money, then they start getting more competitive with their prices. But if device manufacturers start putting an OS they have zero confidence in, MS would be all "Good luck, suckers!"

    You actually can compete with free. And if free sucked, if free didn't move computers off the shelves, MS prices would stay right where they are.

    Free may be a helpful motivating factor, but it is not the only reason manufacturers would consider supporting it.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    "Before you get mad at me, forget about Rhapsody and Napster, and think more about your cable company, "

    I am. and the bandwidth caps and overage charges living in the 'cloud' will bring.

    not everyone is lucky enough to get unlimited internet.

    the choice for this house is cable, with a bandwidth cap, or dial up at 56k. thats it. and no moving is not an option.
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/19/09

    In reply to Google Chrome OS Liveblog Today
    Metroid Prime.
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    Image of Evangelion Evangelion
    11/19/09

    @Gundem: ^^
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    Image of iElvis iElvis
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    Chrome is Skynet. You have been warned.
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    Image of jbouklas jbouklas
    11/19/09

    @iElvis: Dude, totally.
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    Image of slim934 slim934
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    Number 5 will never happen.

    As long as people can buy their own harddrives and programmers can make their own aps to capture streaming media it will never occur. Everyone's computers would have to be totally under the control of somebody other than the owner for this to actually happen.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/19/09

    @slim934: Seconded. If access to media was all people really wanted, copyright debates wouldn't rage, streaming media would've gone mainstream a long time ago, and we'd be laughing at iTunes pay-per-song model. No, people want to own their media. For whatever value of "own" each person has. Some are content with digital files. Personally, I like physical media, each one with its own casing on display on a shelf. Movie and music collections are more than just access. They're personal libraries. In some cases, it's even a source of individual pride.

    If Google's case is that media's just gonna be on the web and that's how it is (which I doubt it is, but still), they're going to find some major resistance from the market on that one.
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    Image of Yuppers: I love you Yuppers: I love you
    11/19/09

    In reply to What Google Needs for the Chrome OS To Succeed
    Don't forget security. Passwords will become more important than ever, figuring that all you have to do is log into your Chrome OS and everything about you is available right there. I'm assuming most people will have passwords saved on most accounts for fast viewing. God forbid if you don't have password protection on this device or some form of HDD encryption (or a SSD equivlant).
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