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HP, Acer Developing Google Chrome OS Netbooks, Schmidt Says
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By: Michelle Maisto
2009-07-11
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There are 10 user comments on this Desktops and Notebooks story.
HP and Acer netbooks running Google’s new Chrome OS could be available as soon as this year, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt announced at the annual Allen & Co. conference. Chrome OS may give Schmidt reason to leave Apple’s board, but he declined to acknowledge Microsoft as a competitor.
Netbooks running Chrome OS, Google’s newly announced operating system, may
be available later this year, according to a report from Reuters, which
quoted Google chief executive Eric Schmidt at the Allen & Co. media and
technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho,
on July 9.
“Everybody we’ve talked to under nondisclosure is excited about the plan,”
Schmidt told Reuters. “So hopefully later this year we’ll see some
announcements.”
According to Reuters, Hewlett-Packard and Acer are working with Google to
create devices running Chrome
OS, which was designed to better exploit the Chrome browser and modern Web
services, such as online applications.
Google
introduced Chrome OS on July 7, just nine months after its Chrome browser,
which already has nearly 30 million users, according to Google. Initially, the
Google team said there would be some overlap between Chrome and Android—Google’s
mobile operating system, used predominantly on smartphones—but that the two
would still be very distinct.
Speaking on July 9, however, Schmidt told Reuters that the two products are
closely related and could eventually “merge even closer.”
Chrome OS is expected to compete with Microsoft’s Windows operating systems, as
well as Apple’s OS X platform. Consequently, Schmidt, who is on Apple’s board,
told Reuters he is in talks with Apple regarding whether he should excuse
himself from that position.
Competition between Google and Microsoft has also grown in recent months, with
Microsoft launching its own search engine, Bing—which
on July 1 added the capability to search Twitter tweets, a functionality
Google does not share.
Schmidt, however, reportedly declined to discuss
the rivalry.
“I don’t want to talk about Microsoft,” he told Reuters. “We actually don’t
look at market share at all.”
The Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference takes place
each July and is hosted by the private investment firm Allen & Co. Its
guests are typically high-profile business leaders, political figures and
philanthropists. Last
year’s roster included Rupert Murdoch.
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| | Another distractionGame playing netbooks is like watching paint dry or professional golf, it is slow so don't expect intense gaming on your 10.2" screen.
While there... Posted At: 09-02-09 By: Publius | | | | | | A user comment on this articleHow will it play high end games? Easy... That's how. Just look up a company called onlive they have already solved this. Posted At: 07-13-09 By: Anonymous | | | | | | Announced not availableThat's not what Schmidt says in your quote. He says "announced", not available. Posted At: 07-13-09 By: Jan Tångring | | | | | | Monopoly?Talk about monopoly- The head of Google on the board of Apple and Google comes out with an OS No eyebrows are raised? This has nothing to do with... Posted At: 07-12-09 By: Dave | | | | | | Re:HowERRRRR...."how it plays Crisis" you have to remember what the purpose of the OS is. Chrome's basic design is to work on slower net-books and it's not... Posted At: 07-11-09 By: Sam | | | | | | MonopolyThe public should encourage this competition and use it so that the monopoly by MS is under check. I would a Netbook with Chrome OS if it comes to... Posted At: 07-11-09 By: Anonymous | | | | | | Re:HowIt will be based on the Linux kernel so basicly its going to be another flavor of linux with alot of personalization to it. As for playing crysis,... Posted At: 07-11-09 By: Shane | | | | | | >>> Post your comment now! | | | | | |
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