Image via WikipediaThe monopoly of Microsoft in single handedly leading the vast market of computing platforms is not forsaken by its rivals. The still has enough to offer as long as the rivals have the audacity to compete and replace the monopoly of replacing Windows. In a similar such attempt Google has announced its new Chromebooks in its I/O conferences this week. Chromebooks will be made available for online orders from 15th of June, 2011 in all major countries including U.S., U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
Image via WikipediaChromebooks are told to be new kinds of laptops, which will now be powered by Google's Chromium, rather than Microsoft Windows, which rather an open-source browser-based operating system. The manufacturing of these laptops is trusted in the hands of Samsung and Acer, pricing these laptops at a retail amount of $499 with the 3G capability, and $429 with Wi-Fi-only products. These will be made be available to buy from both Best Buy and Amazon.com. Moreover, users will also be allowed to "rent" these Chromebooks from mentioned retailers. Businesses renting the Chromebooks will be bound to pay $28 per month, as the schools have concession down to the price of $20 per month. The up gradation of the software in the device will be constant and automatic, while the hardware will be warranted to be replacement automatically with any failures or newer versions coming in the future.
The additive features in the Chrome, the ordinary Google's web browser; which makes it a Chromium operating system include the built-in Flash player, a PDF viewer along with a self-updater and other features. Google list that the major benefits of Chromebooks include the USB storage, limited file manager, offline modes of apps and data, faster booting time along with a 8.5 hours battery time after a single charge. While the company keeps its more emphasize on promoting that there will be no actual data stored in the device, hence whatever happens to it, you data will be complete secured online.
According to the co-founder of Google Inc., Sergey Brin, he stated that “With Microsoft, and other operating system vendors, I think the complexity of managing your computer is really torturing users. It's torturing everyone in this room. It's a flawed model fundamentally." He also gave his opinion that he thinks it will be easy for Chromebooks to compete with "torture."
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