With the rise of netbooks, a few years ago, it looked as that Linux could win in this new market. Terrain Microsoft made short work of it by first keeping Windows XP alive, then what Windows 7 to undress and as a cheap Starter Edition to deliver. Netbookbouwers to Only the French Jolicloud seems viable for netbooks.
The netbookhype has now given way to the table and slow again hammering various companies on the road with their own OSes: RIM built Tablet OS based on QNX, HP came with WebOS and Microsoft's biggest competitor came out with a tablet version of Android, Honeycomb.
Google now wants to do a part of the market for netbookbesturingssystemen capture and uses the same tactics as Jolicloud: a lightweight operating system based on Linux that requires internet access for a significant part of its operation. To this end, Chrome OS was built, this system has the Chrome browser as a base and users must win for itself with speed, security and simplicity. Late last year, Google released the first testnetbook: the CR-48 .
Google Chrome OS has been officially presented. This summer will include Samsung bringing a Chrome OS netbook on the market. While Google and netbookfabrikanten still busy tinkering with the software, Tweakers.net already was an early version of the Samsung Series 5 Chrome OS to take in hand. Naturally, we looked not only at the hardware, but also to the operating system.
The netbookhype has now given way to the table and slow again hammering various companies on the road with their own OSes: RIM built Tablet OS based on QNX, HP came with WebOS and Microsoft's biggest competitor came out with a tablet version of Android, Honeycomb.
Google now wants to do a part of the market for netbookbesturingssystemen capture and uses the same tactics as Jolicloud: a lightweight operating system based on Linux that requires internet access for a significant part of its operation. To this end, Chrome OS was built, this system has the Chrome browser as a base and users must win for itself with speed, security and simplicity. Late last year, Google released the first testnetbook: the CR-48 .
Google Chrome OS has been officially presented. This summer will include Samsung bringing a Chrome OS netbook on the market. While Google and netbookfabrikanten still busy tinkering with the software, Tweakers.net already was an early version of the Samsung Series 5 Chrome OS to take in hand. Naturally, we looked not only at the hardware, but also to the operating system.
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