Chromebook tech specs leaked – looks hot!

by Chromebook.co.uk on January 5, 2010

According to the leaked document from Google, they are planning to release a Google branded netbook to be released in Quarter 4, 2010.

This is what I’ve been waiting for! The Google netbook will of course be running the Google Chrome OS and should be able to show it off in a fantastic light! The Chromebook will have a 10.1-inch TFT HD-ready multi-touch screen, 64GB SSD (no HDD), 2GB RAM, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, Ethernet port, USB ports, webcam, 3.5mm audio jack and a multi-card reader!
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Crunchpad is “Deadpool” – The JooJoo is Born

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I read about the unfortunate death of the Crunchpad last week and after I’d gotten over my initial sorrow for Mr. Michael Arrington, I swiftly moved on… forgot about the ill-fated, seemingly never to be realised project and turned my mind to thinking about the new Google OS for netbook, Chrome OS (AKA The Chromebook) [...]

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Mr Wang says Acer has been working on a Chrome OS device since [...]

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Google Release Developer Netbook Hardware Compatability List

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Not wanting to put you off with the stark warning at the top of this page:
Warning: This page is for developers who both know how to build Chromium OS and aren’t afraid to take a screwdriver to their computer.
Google has released a hardware compatability list, including a Comments & Caveats section that describes known issues [...]

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If you have a Dell Mini 10v and would like to see the first version of Chrome OS running on your machine, you can download the USB image, from Dell.

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Google Chrome OS – Source Code Release

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Yesteday, the good people of Google had an open-source release of the code (so far) for the Google Chrome OS. Google’s new web based operating system.
Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are eager to [...]

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