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Yah, but why in the world would you ship Windows7 on it? What about chrome OS?

by icefox 17y ago

TomOfTTB 17y ago
Chrome isn't due to be official until Dec. While this is rumored to be a summer release. That said HP has plans for Android slates so I'd assume ChromeOS is also a possibility (http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/video-of-hps-android-powered-tablet/ http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/video-of-hps-android-power...)
izendejas 17y ago
have you used windows 7? also, this thing can run chrome, so close enough, maybe? what about the ability to multi-task, install hulu desktop, etc? also, if one needs more than 5 hours of battery life, it's probably a good sign that one should get a laptop or, dare I say, a netbook. why? because you're probably going to end up buying the docks anyway. no one can sit through 10 hrs of facing down and typing on a screen. i promise you that.
- CrazedGeek 17y ago
  Chrome OS has these wonderful little things called "tabs". They do a bangup job of multi-tasking. (Sorry, your comment just really struck a nerve)
  - izendejas 17y ago
    i should clarify, my comment about the mult-tasking was in response to your question of why use windows 7. i should have started a new line. anyway, chrome os to me doesn't make sense, unless such machines are priced well below $200. web apps only? bleh.
julio_the_squid 17y ago
It's a strange world where this is the case, but Windows 7 is a lot more open than either ChromeOS or the iPad.7. hromeOS is similar to the iPad in that you're limited in your ability to install the software of your choice - does it even have native programs that you can install?. Isn't that like the complaint so many of us have about the iPad, that it doesn't have a full featured OS?
- CrazedGeek 17y ago
  No, the complaint is that you can't do anything on the iPad that Apple doesn't want you to do. I'm decently sure that you can get to a command line in Chrome OS (not sure if that'd be in the final version), and Google doesn't really go for the whole "only Google" mentality (the only Android device that explicitly disallows non-Market apps is the Motorola Backflip)
  - julio_the_squid 17y ago
    Sure, it's not as closed as Apple's systems. However, it's still not a real computer. I want a tablet that is just a laptop running a normal OS, with accommodations for a touch screen. There's no indication a ChromeOS tablet will be anything like that.
cubicle67 17y ago
Because MS gave HP a fair amount of free PR by promoting the Slate on stage at CES? By doing this, MS has helped make the Slate one of the 2 or 3 tablets, out of 50 or so, that anyone mentions by name.

Yah, but why in the world would you ship Windows7 on it? What about chrome OS?

by icefox 17y ago

Yah, but why in the world would you ship Windows7 on it? What about chrome OS?

Chrome isn't due to be official until Dec. While this is rumored to be a summer release. That said HP has plans for Android slates so I'd assume ChromeOS is also a possibility (http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/video-of-hps-android-powered-tablet/ http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/video-of-hps-android-power...)

izendejas 17y ago

have you used windows 7? also, this thing can run chrome, so close enough, maybe? what about the ability to multi-task, install hulu desktop, etc? also, if one needs more than 5 hours of battery life, it's probably a good sign that one should get a laptop or, dare I say, a netbook. why? because you're probably going to end up buying the docks anyway. no one can sit through 10 hrs of facing down and typing on a screen. i promise you that.

CrazedGeek 17y ago
Chrome OS has these wonderful little things called "tabs". They do a bangup job of multi-tasking. (Sorry, your comment just really struck a nerve)
- izendejas 17y ago
  i should clarify, my comment about the mult-tasking was in response to your question of why use windows 7. i should have started a new line. anyway, chrome os to me doesn't make sense, unless such machines are priced well below $200. web apps only? bleh.

julio_the_squid 17y ago

It's a strange world where this is the case, but Windows 7 is a lot more open than either ChromeOS or the iPad.7. hromeOS is similar to the iPad in that you're limited in your ability to install the software of your choice - does it even have native programs that you can install?. Isn't that like the complaint so many of us have about the iPad, that it doesn't have a full featured OS?

CrazedGeek 17y ago
No, the complaint is that you can't do anything on the iPad that Apple doesn't want you to do. I'm decently sure that you can get to a command line in Chrome OS (not sure if that'd be in the final version), and Google doesn't really go for the whole "only Google" mentality (the only Android device that explicitly disallows non-Market apps is the Motorola Backflip)
- julio_the_squid 17y ago
  Sure, it's not as closed as Apple's systems. However, it's still not a real computer. I want a tablet that is just a laptop running a normal OS, with accommodations for a touch screen. There's no indication a ChromeOS tablet will be anything like that.

cubicle67 17y ago

Because MS gave HP a fair amount of free PR by promoting the Slate on stage at CES? By doing this, MS has helped make the Slate one of the 2 or 3 tablets, out of 50 or so, that anyone mentions by name.