Google has announced that it will release a new type of laptop, the Chromebook. The chromebook looks like a netbook, but is different. On a traditional laptop, you will find a hard drive built in to the laptop. On the chromebook, though, there is no hard drive. All of its storage is on the web. It has unlimited cloud space. Since the chromebook has no hard drive, it can boot up in 8 seconds. It has 6 or 8 hours of battery life (depending on the model) and it has built in wifi and 3G support. Since everything is stored on the internet, if you lose one chromebook, you can log in to your account through another chromebook. The chromebook can be considered as a gateway. You don’t need to back up your chromebook for this reason. If you want to share something with your family or friends, they can just log in to your account. Unlike other laptops, the chromebook updates itself automatically, and it gets better over time. It needs no antivirus software, because it has built-in levels of security.
I, personally, have mixed feelings about this. The way I look at it, why do we need a chromebook if we have a laptop? A chromebook and a laptop use different means to achieve the same goal. The chromebook does store everything on the web, but you need wifi to access that. Without wifi or 3G connections your chromebook is nothing but a dummy. The major hitch of the chromebook is that you only have 100 mb or so of free storage space. You have to pay for more. I’m not saying Google has a bad idea; it’s brilliant! It’s just that Google is using it in the wrong way. If you ask me, Google should offer the cloud storage to any laptop. It should be more of a software. At the end of the day, I probably still wouldn’t prefer a chromebook over a laptop…yet.
http://www.google.com/chromebook/#features
Watch the video to find out more.
