Google Chrome OS - Cr-48

[ahow]

Originally Posted by ADoubleDot

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No annoying pop up notifications is one of the best things about this thing. Stop trying to Windows it up. You really don't notice the icon turn red? It's like all I can see. It's not like you're going to lose your unsaved work, its all still there.



That's you.

I'm not even talking about a pop up in the middle of the screen. How about a little notification shade that peeks out. Make it a toggleable option. And honestly, I don't notice the red icon. If I knew the battery life was 2 hours and I was using for 1.5 hours, no big deal. But with 8-10 hours of battery life, I only plug it in every few days and I don't really pay attention to where the battery indicator is. I'd just like a little warning is all.

[Chronus]

Originally Posted by whisper

I've got a desktop where I do a lot of non-cloud work (ripping CDs, maintaining my music library, pictures....) So, my laptop is pretty much playing on the Web.

The Chrome book is great for that, and I use it everyday. There are a few things that I don't like about it:
1.) no skype
2.) no netflix
3.) no slingbox

All of these are cloud activities - so they need to be in a device like this.

Why can't you stream netflix? Does it not let you install the Silverlight plugin or something?

[whisper]

Originally Posted by Chronus

Why can't you stream netflix? Does it not let you install the Silverlight plugin or something?

The error message was that it wasn't a supported browser. I can see if there is a silverlight plug in if that fixes the problem.

[ADoubleDot]

Originally Posted by ahow

I'm not even talking about a pop up in the middle of the screen. How about a little notification shade that peeks out. Make it a toggleable option. And honestly, I don't notice the red icon. If I knew the battery life was 2 hours and I was using for 1.5 hours, no big deal. But with 8-10 hours of battery life, I only plug it in every few days and I don't really pay attention to where the battery indicator is. I'd just like a little warning is all.

Sure, its just one little icon in the tray, no big deal. But if you have one, then why not two?

And pretty soon you are getting ground breaking information like "there are unused icons on your desktop" LEAVE ME BE STUPID NOTIFICATIONS.

I turned off the so-called Advaced File System cause I couldn't stand that thing popping up every time you opened the lid. I really don't like notifications.

[whisper]

Originally Posted by Chronus

Why can't you stream netflix? Does it not let you install the Silverlight plugin or something?

Nope, can't install the silverlight application. M$ doesn't have a browser extension.

They've even created a Web OS in silverlight - that of course you need to install silverlight localy to use.

[E]

Originally Posted by whisper

Nope, can't install the silverlight application. M$ doesn't have a browser extension.

They've even created a Web OS in silverlight - that of course you need to install silverlight localy to use.

Don't get me started on Silverlight.

MS's idea of web apps is that you need a native plugin to make them work. This is why the web version of Office is so slow. I refuse to install Silverlight.

[ahow]

ChromiumOS on the MacBook Air.

http://www.blogsdna.com/17946/downlo...acbook-air.htm

[ADoubleDot]

Wow, I didn't think they could make it any lighter

[ahow]

Originally Posted by ADoubleDot

Wow, I didn't think they could make it any lighter

I would guess that ChromiumOS is a fair amount lighter than the behemoth 4gig download that is Lion.

[ADoubleDot]

Samsung now selling chromebooks. Price point is significantly higher than i would have expected. Why not just buy a full laptop or an ipad for $500?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computer...erm=chromebook