Chromebooks headed to retailers

During their I/O event, Google announced that the cloud-based Chromebooks will be headed to retailers across the U.S.

The first stop is Best Buy, where 100 stores will get access to the thin, fast notebooks.

By the end of the year, Google is looking to expand the program to "many more retailers."

Google recently launched new Chromebooks and the first desktop Chromebox, while updating the operating system.

Read our review of Chrome OS 21 here: Reviewing Chrome OS 21: Google gives the operating system a face lift

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 29 Jun 2012 12:53

KillerBug

A WiFi-only cloud-based mobile device...brilliant! I'm sure they are very fast to start without features...so was DOS.

29.6.2012 13:06 #1

ZippyDSM

Wow isn't best buy going out of business?

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy!
Ah modern gaming its like modern film only the watering down of fiction and characters is replaced with shallow and watered down mechanics, gimmicks and shiny-er "people".
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29.6.2012 13:26 #2

DVDBack23

Originally posted by KillerBug: A WiFi-only cloud-based mobile device...brilliant! I'm sure they are very fast to start without features...so was DOS. Knocking another product you have never used, I see.

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29.6.2012 13:50 #3

biglo30

I think this is just too late if you as me, this generation is starting to move away from laptop and even netbooks, tablets and cell phones are taking over.

29.6.2012 13:52 #4

ZippyDSM

Isn't best buy going out of business?

29.6.2012 13:53 #5

LordRuss

I 'still' don't like the sounds of this "cloud" idea, no matter how you wrap this up.

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29.6.2012 18:06 #6

KillerBug

Originally posted by DVDBack23: Originally posted by KillerBug: A WiFi-only cloud-based mobile device...brilliant! I'm sure they are very fast to start without features...so was DOS. Knocking another product you have never used, I see. I don't need to use it to know that a cloud-based mobile device is insane. That said, I have tried chrome on my old laptop, and yes..it is very fast...but what good is it if you can't do pc stuff? If I just want to do basic stuff like email and web browsing, I use my phone. When it comes to a laptop/netbook, I want gimp, OpenOffice, and audacity...installed so I don't need any connection at all.

29.6.2012 22:00 #7

ZippyDSM

is it me or are comments kinda glitchy today...

29.6.2012 22:38 #8

hearme0

Originally posted by ZippyDSM: Wow isn't best buy going out of business? I must say Zipster..........your quote is lame, boring and taxing to read. You gotta be an old man.

30.6.2012 02:40 #9

LordRuss

Originally posted by hearme0: I must say Zipster..........your quote is lame, boring and taxing to read. You gotta be an old man. And your comment is uncalled for, off topic, age discriminatory & rude. Not that I give a banana's sodomy revenge to a monkey's ass, but I can't help but wonder what motivates an individual to just blindly blurt out such nonsense.

And in reply to Zippy, I was under the impression that the same impression myself (that they were going out of business), but it was hearsay. I don't remember seeing anything in writing about it.

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30.6.2012 10:48 #10

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