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Google Cr-48
9.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Speed and features No comments so-so
  • Design and form factor No comments good
  • Battery life No comments great!
  • Display No comments good
  • Durability No comments poor
  • Expandability No comments poor
  • Noise No comments great!
  • Portability (size / weight) No comments great!
Detailed review
At first I thought, "This is just an underpowered netbook limited by running only chrome. A very sexy netbook and I like chrome, but is it a really worthwhile device?" After using the CR-48 for a week now, I can see myself using one core server for a few select solutions and using nothing but chrome dumb terminals for everything else. A lightweight OS with a lightweight interface on a lightweight, beautiful device with mindblowingly good battery life is a big win.

I know that this is only a preview device and is not the same as what we will be seeing in the market here soon, but I can only hope that manufactures take cues from this and work in the same mind space.