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Friday, January 1, 2010

Chrome Corner - weekly updates, extensions, themes, and tips for Google Chrome

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It's week 2 of Chrome corner, and there's plenty to talk about once again: a nice, new theme, an Omnibox tweak, and a juicy hardware tidbit. Let's start there.

Specs for Google's Official Chrome OS Laptop Netbook Smartbook leaked
IBTimes has posted a vague list of specs for the upcoming Chrome OS system which Google will begin selling in 2010. The smartbooks will feature an ARM CPU and NVidia Tegra chipset, 2GB of memory, a 64GB SSD, and a 10.1" HD-ready multi-touch display. Estimated price: about $300US, with additional subsidies offered from the cellular carriers Google will inevitably partner up with.

I've got to say, I'm a little surprised by the size of the drive. For a machine and OS which are all about the cloud, 64GB seems like an awful lot of local storage. Chrome OS will have a file browser, of course, and Google's going to include some offline functionality. 64GB would provide plenty of room to take your favorite videos, images, and music with you on those lengthy roadtrips...It could also be nothing more than a rumor. A Chrome smartbook would probably be just fine with a 16GB SSD.

As for IBTimes' suggestion that this "looks like a high performance machine," they're wrong. "It's like getting a Ferrari for the price of a Mini Cooper!" the article states. Really? I'd say it's more like getting a Ford Focus SES for the same price as a regular Ford Focus.

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