Google Chrome OS lives on with big update, new hardware

[Jack]

The latest version of Google's cloud-centric Chrome OS resembles a "regular" desktop operating system in a lot of ways. The revamp, and new Chromebook and Chromebox hardware from Samsung, show how much Chrome OS has matured in the three years since its inception.

Google and Samsung introduced a revamped Chromebook laptop on Tuesday, as well as a new Chromebox – a small desktop computer that also works nicely as a media center. The experience is still aimed at those who do their work in the cloud and don't need a full desktop operating system like Windows or Mac OS X, but Chrome OS has matured enough to be attractive to the average consumer, too.

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[Tom172]

Niche indeed. Boring hardware and limited OS...

 

[Plexx]

Interesting, but I am still a bit sceptical.

How many users would use this instead of their smartphone?

 

[McLovin]

This would be cool to test out, but I'm not going to pay for the whole new laptop. If they had an ISO image somewhere that you could download, I would give it a go.

 

[malbky]

They have I suppose mclovin. I think its created by someone else.

here is the link anyways http://getchrome.eu/download.php

 

[malbky]

Another one is here http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/