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That samsung version looks very nice and 8.5 hours of continuous usage is killer. However, I won't be trading in my brand new Macbook Air 13" any time soon. It

That samsung version looks very nice and 8.5 hours of continuous usage is killer. However, I won't be trading in my brand new Macbook Air 13" any time soon. It doesn't mention harddrive specs because this is supposed to be a "cloud computer." However, it definitely has a harddrive and I wonder if it is a SSD or regular spinning disc drive.

shrikant 15y ago
Should be an SSD, as they also tout a startup time of 8 seconds.
- digitalnalogika 15y ago
  It's probably something really small. Official video mentions external storage (USB flash drive) if you "want to work with files".
  - rryan 15y ago
    The Google I/O keynote certainly did not imply you need external storage to work with files. Others are saying it's 16GB.
larrik 15y ago
Why does it have to have a harddrive? The thing can run off an SD card, in theory. I used to sell thin clients that ran off of CompactFlash cards. (they ran a version of XP, too)
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  Boot time.
- deleted 15y ago
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shii 15y ago
If it's anything like the CR-48s, it'll have a decent sized SSD. I own a CR-48, and I believe the capacity is something like 80 gb, but I can't confirm right now. It's very fast to boot. Basically instant, I open, it's booted.
evilduck 15y ago
The Cr-48 has a 16GB SSD, uses a 5GB partition for the standard OS, and another 5GB partition to restore the first with, plus some free space leftover that's basically unused if you don't tinker with it. Since ChromeOS is still pretty deficient at file management (even for picture uploading and such), I don't see any reason why they'd provide bigger hard drives unless they were intended to dual boot.
kewley 15y ago
Amazon is listing 16GB SSD. http://www.amazon.com/chromebook http://www.amazon.com/chromebook
ChuckMcM 15y ago
If I were to guess, since Google also just announced programmatic access to 'cloud' storage they are going to create your 'hard disk' in their cloud. Then will be a win for the consumer because if the device is destroyed it won't lose "your" data. It also allows international travellers to have two of them, one at home and one abroad. They don't have to carry one through customs and subject it to an unreasonable search by border agents. For a small number of people this will be a good value. (I know it assumes you trust the Google cloud more than you trust DHS but that isn't too big of a stretch)

shrikant 15y ago

Should be an SSD, as they also tout a startup time of 8 seconds.

digitalnalogika 15y ago
It's probably something really small. Official video mentions external storage (USB flash drive) if you "want to work with files".
- rryan 15y ago
  The Google I/O keynote certainly did not imply you need external storage to work with files. Others are saying it's 16GB.

larrik 15y ago

Why does it have to have a harddrive? The thing can run off an SD card, in theory. I used to sell thin clients that ran off of CompactFlash cards. (they ran a version of XP, too)

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Boot time.
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shii 15y ago

If it's anything like the CR-48s, it'll have a decent sized SSD. I own a CR-48, and I believe the capacity is something like 80 gb, but I can't confirm right now. It's very fast to boot. Basically instant, I open, it's booted.

evilduck 15y ago

The Cr-48 has a 16GB SSD, uses a 5GB partition for the standard OS, and another 5GB partition to restore the first with, plus some free space leftover that's basically unused if you don't tinker with it. Since ChromeOS is still pretty deficient at file management (even for picture uploading and such), I don't see any reason why they'd provide bigger hard drives unless they were intended to dual boot.

kewley 15y ago

Amazon is listing 16GB SSD. http://www.amazon.com/chromebook http://www.amazon.com/chromebook

ChuckMcM 15y ago

If I were to guess, since Google also just announced programmatic access to 'cloud' storage they are going to create your 'hard disk' in their cloud. Then will be a win for the consumer because if the device is destroyed it won't lose "your" data. It also allows international travellers to have two of them, one at home and one abroad. They don't have to carry one through customs and subject it to an unreasonable search by border agents. For a small number of people this will be a good value. (I know it assumes you trust the Google cloud more than you trust DHS but that isn't too big of a stretch)