Google Reveals Chrome Hardware Partners

nk497 writes "Google has announced the hardware partners for the Chrome OS — so we can expect to see netbooks running the operating system next year from the likes of Asus, Acer, and HP, as well as Toshiba. Dell didn't seem to make the list, at least yet. Google also said it had teamed up with Adobe, which could mean Google is looking to include the Acrobat.com web-based software suite in some way."

Comments

Dell's netbooks

[elrous0]

Dell's netbooks are overpriced anyway. Seriously, I went shopping for one recently and their netbooks seemed crazy expensive compared to asus, acer, et. al.

Re:Dell's netbooks

[DuckDodgers]

Most of the laptops people buy come from Compal (Dell, Toshiba, HP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compal_Electronics and Quanta (Acer, Apple, Compaq, Dell again, Toshiba again, HP again, Lenovo, Sony) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Computers.

So don't get too caught up in which manufacturer is better. Pay attention to value for dollar and service (ha!), the hardware is shared.

Re:No Intel or AMD ?

[wjousts]

These are partners that make computers sold to consumers. Intel and AMD make CPUs that go into those computers and (AFAIK) don't make computers themselves, which is why they are not on this list. Also, they have already announced that they will support both x86 and ARM processors.

Acrobat, huh

[MadFarmAnimalz]

Google also said it had teamed up with Adobe, which could mean Google is looking to include the Acrobat.com web-based software suite in some way.

Umm, no. Flash.

Re:This is not good for free software

[nadaou]

> Google has never been a supporter of Free Software.

This year's Google Summer of Code is providing approx $5M in scholarships for students to work on Free Software projects. No strings attached other than an oversight framework to make sure the system is not abused.