Chrome OS Notebooks Will Be Windows-proof

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 11, 2010

“Don’t look at one of these if you’re into Windows.

“The Chrome OS Notebook appears to be a rather basic system
that’s almost the perfect definition of a netbook. Like the early
netbooks, the Cr-48 runs a non-Windows operating system and its
primary purpose is to run a browser.

“While Chrome OS aims to make things quite a bit more
user-friendly compared to the early day 7-inch netbooks, there is
always going to be the case where a user will ask where the start
button is to find solitaire.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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