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The big bids are just cashing in on the hype that has been build up over this. I'm also eager to get one, but I think it's at least an year until it will be in

The big bids are just cashing in on the hype that has been build up over this. I'm also eager to get one, but I think it's at least an year until it will be in a usable state as a product. This would be a perfect in-laws replacement computer. With some Linux and Chrome on it, it would make a decent browsing computer. This is basically the price-point I would expect for a Chromebook box. Just add the old peripherals and you're done. Right now though it seems to target more of an Arduino enthusiast. After it gets a proper box and some official OS support (say, some Ubuntu Raspberry Pi edition) it might have a chance to go mainstream. Speaking of mainstream, Flash might be a bit of a problem.

Tim-Boss 15y ago
Without support for Flash I'm not sure this could realistically be considered a "browsing computer", especially for less-than-technophiles!
- ricksta 15y ago
  Maybe not right now, but maybe soon HTML5 will be more widely adopted to make flash much less important for everyday browsing.
- wzdd 15y ago
  The iPad doesn't support Flash and plenty of less-than-technophiles use it as an everything computer.
  - makmanalp 15y ago
    What does the "don't have flash" stub look like? Does the ipad recognize embedded flash and show a friendly explanation or is that left to the site?
    - dan1234 15y ago
      It's left to the site to detect the missing plugin.
    - jonbro 15y ago
      If the site doesn't have a helpful explanation, there is a blue lego piece with a question mark on it. I cant remember if there is anything else.
- ja27 15y ago
  I disable plugins in Chrome and only run Flash as-needed, mostly for video and occasionally for something like the Facebook photo uploader. Life without Flash is certainly possible today.