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    Google Shows Off More Chrome OS Details Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 8, 2010.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 8, 2010
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  2. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    Interesting, although I'm wincing really, really, hard at $9.99 a day sans contracts.
     
    Judicator, Dec 9, 2010
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  3. unreal25

    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    100MB per month? That might have been viable in 1990 or up to ~1995. Too bad it's 2010, or almost 2011 now.
     
    unreal25, Dec 9, 2010
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  4. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    It's 100% FREE, why complain? Not like they would give you 10GB's.
     
    Jayayess1190, Dec 9, 2010
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  5. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Well, by "free," they really mean bundled with the cost of the netbook :p
     
    MidnightSun, Dec 9, 2010
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  6. Ruckus

    Ruckus Notebook Deity

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    Between HP's WebOS and Apple OS and Windows 7 for mobile, I don't see much point in Google's OS since the above should be just as efficient and fast but can do far more.

    Dunno about you all, Google apps just don't do it for me. Skype is better than google talk. And Open Office/MS Office simply so much better to use than Google docs. I personally don't like any of Google's online alternatives other than their search engine. Even their email is not the best, there are better solutions.
     
    Ruckus, Dec 10, 2010
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  7. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I agree. Except for android and their search algorithm.
     
    Thaenatos, Dec 14, 2010
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  8. unreal25

    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    Just saying.... I'll spend that watching 1 video on youtube and opening NBR twice. And then what - start paying? Yeah, great.

    The days when internet usage could consist solely of browsing web pages where the most bandwidth was taken by ani GIFs, and where most people used usenet, IRC, etc. are LONG gone.
     
    unreal25, Dec 15, 2010
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  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    this is true. it's 100 MB for a netbook with an OS that relies on the web for EVERYTHING.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 16, 2010
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