davieG Posted 12 May 2011 Share Posted 12 May 2011 Full Report - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13362111 Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hailed Google's new laptops as a "new model of computing". They will be driven via Google's Chrome browser and optimised for the web. His comments came on the second day of the company's developer conference, where Google announced that so-called Chromebooks will go on sale in June. Samsung and Acer will be the first manufacturers to offer the devices, for between $349 and $499, in the US and six European countries initially. Google's aim is to encourage people to use web-based applications, claiming that that is where most people spend their time and that most tasks can be accomplished online. The internet giant said because Chromebooks are not weighed down by software and applications common to most laptops, they boot up in eight seconds instead of minutes. The company said battery life on the device will last a day, security updates will be done automatically and they will be faster than traditional laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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