Will Chromebook be a success?

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By Ragu. Posted on 03 June 2011.

The much awaited Chromebook notebooks on Samsung and Acer will be available on the June 15 for the price between $349 and $499 and to check the availability, please go to google.com/chromebook. Google has announced Chromebook's network partners, Verizon in the US on $499 Samsung model with a free 100 MB per month of 3G mobile data and Three mobile in the UK.

Specifications

Google's Chromebook runs on Chrome OS platform and does not have a hard drive as it stores all apps and user data in the cloud. The most amazing thing is it only takes 8 seconds to start up once you login with your gmail username and password. It supports the latest web standards and Adobe Flash. The web pages load up fast and is designed to load faster with the updates that will be released. The Chrome OS looks like using a Chrome browser on a different OS. The URL bar also functions as a search bar.One who likes Chrome browser must like Chromebook. The apps can only be installed from the Chrome web store. The Windows users will be surprised to see the clock, connection status icon and battery meter are placed at the top right corner of the screen.The Chrome OS operates on a low power and the battery life is 8.5 hours on Samsung and 6 hours on Acer. For more specific information on Samsung and Acer chromebooks, please click the links.

Disadvantages

  1. It does not work without the internet connected.
  2. It recognises the USB drives and opens the file explorer in a new tab but it would not open many types of files and you cannot copy, drag or move files from one location to another.

Outlook

Cloud computing is the buzz word today and is challenging other technologies. When Infosys is betting big on cloud computing and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the global revenues from cloud will increase from $29 billion to $70 billion by 2015, it looks like cloud computing is set to go in the right direction. An article on Cloud computing published on Bloomberg Businessweek reports, even small companies are going for cloud computing for its secure IT infrastructure with a little investment. The cloud technology is growing but it is not sure Chromebooks will grow along because a free version of Chrome browser running on any Operating System can do the same things as a Chrome OS and also many more offline without the web connectivity. Tom Bradley from PC World says, Chromebooks are doomed to fail while Anton Wahlman in an article on TheStreet.com says Google Chromebook outshines Intel Ultrabook. You can do a lot on the web, but when it comes to accounting programs or software programming, the desktop will not be dead. These Chromebooks will definitely replace the netbooks sooner if Google reduces the price. In the future, it may replace any Operating Systems when anything can be done in the cloud, at the same time, you will pay for the service to use it. However, we cannot compare Chromebooks with other Operating Systems as it is the first cloud-based OS in the market. We will have to wait and see if it is successful then Microsoft and Apple will come with their cloud-based Operating Systems.

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