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Two Days After Unveiling, Cr-48 Chrome Notebook Already Showing Up On Doorsteps

63 points by vdondeti 16y ago

phlux 16y ago
Is there any indication if you've been rejected (other than simply not receiving a new toy?)
- badwetter 16y ago
  I want to know the answer to this to.
- TomOfTTB 16y ago
  I was thinking about this while reading the other thread on this topic. I have no inside information but if I were Google what I'd do is have an automated system that profiles the Google accounts given with each application. Since they couldn't have gone through all the applications that quickly I assume there is a triage system. Profiles that match exactly obviously got an automated shipment regardless of what else they put in their application. But I assume there's a "maybe" list that is gone through by an actual person (if not there'd be no point in asking all the essay questions) Given that you might not know for some time (since you could not have matched the "instant shipment" list but might still be on the "maybe" list)
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acconrad 16y ago
I feel like it's arriving expeditiously for TechCrunch because Google isn't stupid - they know they want press around this OS release so they already planned to ship it to the major blogs. I'd be curious to see if any HNers have theirs yet.
- chrisgoodrich 16y ago
  Seems like quite a few HNers are receiving theirs today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1987536 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1987536
lanstein 16y ago
Surprised they didn't use sub-second precision ;) "This application will be open until 11:59:59 PM PST on December 21, 2010."
OzzyB 16y ago
Looks like they got as far as ripping the Mac keyboard/mousepad and went down bland-ville after that.
- Psyonic 16y ago
  It's a test machine.
- l0nwlf 16y ago
  Seems like, having it free was not enough. Also if you read the article, you'll realize that it is a test machine for devs.
sukuriant 16y ago
My greatest joy in that article was reading that the machine is 12.1 inches. I was afraid that it would have the same netbook sized build as all the others and that that would make it unusable for me (my fingers ache on 10 inches or smaller). Knowing this, I'm going to have to attempt to get in the runnings when I'm finished with my move! (a month from now)
berberich 16y ago
I was surprised to find out this morning that I received a CR-48. My wife called me midmorning to let me know that UPS had left a page for me from a name neither of us had heard before. A few minutes later, I saw a link to this Techcrunch article on Twitter, so I suspected that maybe that was what was waiting for me at home. Sure enough, when I went home for lunch, I opened the box and found the notebook. I had no prior indication that I had been selected for the pilot program, and I believe I read somewhere that those not picked would not receive notice. So, hopefully some of you will get a surprise too as they continue to roll these out.

63 points by vdondeti 16y ago

phlux 16y ago

Is there any indication if you've been rejected (other than simply not receiving a new toy?)

badwetter 16y ago
I want to know the answer to this to.
TomOfTTB 16y ago
I was thinking about this while reading the other thread on this topic. I have no inside information but if I were Google what I'd do is have an automated system that profiles the Google accounts given with each application. Since they couldn't have gone through all the applications that quickly I assume there is a triage system. Profiles that match exactly obviously got an automated shipment regardless of what else they put in their application. But I assume there's a "maybe" list that is gone through by an actual person (if not there'd be no point in asking all the essay questions) Given that you might not know for some time (since you could not have matched the "instant shipment" list but might still be on the "maybe" list)

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acconrad 16y ago

I feel like it's arriving expeditiously for TechCrunch because Google isn't stupid - they know they want press around this OS release so they already planned to ship it to the major blogs. I'd be curious to see if any HNers have theirs yet.

chrisgoodrich 16y ago
Seems like quite a few HNers are receiving theirs today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1987536 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1987536

lanstein 16y ago

Surprised they didn't use sub-second precision ;) "This application will be open until 11:59:59 PM PST on December 21, 2010."

OzzyB 16y ago

Looks like they got as far as ripping the Mac keyboard/mousepad and went down bland-ville after that.

Psyonic 16y ago
It's a test machine.
l0nwlf 16y ago
Seems like, having it free was not enough. Also if you read the article, you'll realize that it is a test machine for devs.

sukuriant 16y ago

My greatest joy in that article was reading that the machine is 12.1 inches. I was afraid that it would have the same netbook sized build as all the others and that that would make it unusable for me (my fingers ache on 10 inches or smaller). Knowing this, I'm going to have to attempt to get in the runnings when I'm finished with my move! (a month from now)

berberich 16y ago

I was surprised to find out this morning that I received a CR-48. My wife called me midmorning to let me know that UPS had left a page for me from a name neither of us had heard before. A few minutes later, I saw a link to this Techcrunch article on Twitter, so I suspected that maybe that was what was waiting for me at home. Sure enough, when I went home for lunch, I opened the box and found the notebook. I had no prior indication that I had been selected for the pilot program, and I believe I read somewhere that those not picked would not receive notice. So, hopefully some of you will get a surprise too as they continue to roll these out.