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I think whats unsaid here, and particularly telling about the Chromebox, is that Google is gunning to be a replacement for Windows in the workplace. The ISO ce
by rwhitman 14y ago
I think whats unsaid here, and particularly telling about the Chromebox, is that Google is gunning to be a replacement for Windows in the workplace.
The ISO certification of google apps, a cheap desktop replacement directly integrated into google products, a laptop that keeps in sync with its desktop counterpart, these are all significant steps into creating a fully cloud-based workplace.
A chromebook may not become your home computer but it may soon be the cheap laptop the IT guys at your work start issuing to employees who don't need the heavy lifting power of a mac or windows machine...
- jsz0 14y agoIronic though that if the IT department is handing out Chrome-things they are basically writing their own pink slips.
- Karunamon 14y agoSomeone has to admin the systems online as well as the networking.
- cooldeal 14y agoGoogle may gun for whatever it wants to, but sales of Chromebooks have been really dismal so far, and I seriously doubt the Chromebox is going to be much different. >but it may soon be the cheap laptop the IT guys at your work start issuing to employees who don't need the heavy lifting power of a mac or windows machine... The Chromebook isn't much cheaper than equivalent laptops with which you can access Google apps as well as run other programs.
- rwhitman 14y agoIIRC Android phones weren't selling particularly well a year and a half after the 1st release either
- sahaj 14y agoI would consider this the "test" phase for Google. They are testing the waters, getting feedback, and adding as needed. Agile development applied to hardware - and (I hope) soon coming to Motorola.