Stephen Shankland for CNet:
If the Chromebook Series 5 550 drew inspiration from a MacBook Pro, the new Chromebook did so from a MacBook Air. It’s cheaper, thinner, has a smaller 11.6-inch screen, and at under 2.5 pounds weighs less. Google plans to promote the new Chromebook more aggressively in stores and advertising.
No question that Samsung continues to display a breathtaking lack of imagination in industrial design.
Good info herein from Shankland on what’s under the hood and what Google is trying to accomplish here, and what sort of limitations the little beastie has too.
Pardon my naivete, but didn’t netbooks tank as a product category? What am I missing here?
This thing would fail even if Apple made the hardware and gave it away for free.
The fact is, people already have a smartphone or tablet that has a web browser. If they’re going to carry around a laptop, it has to be more than a heavy/oversized phone. You can’t install apps, you can’t install games, you can’t install anything because you’re limited to only things that run in the Chrome browser.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home
My point exactly.