Chrome notebook 測試

Walking on the cloud

前幾天 得到了Google的以最快的UPS next day air shipping 送來的他們最快的chrome notebook

以下是一些使用的感想：
這是一台蠻有跨時代革命的機器 沒有硬碟 所有資料都在雲端上 所以他們廣告電腦被車子壓過去資料都還在
有些鍵盤的配置也改變了 例如沒有Caps Lock, function keys, 多了瀏覽器上常有的鍵 上一頁 下一頁 重新整理）

他的外觀：
箱子

大小 下面為13.3 macbook

鍵盤

開機畫面

CPU?

另外一個特色 他開機不用十秒 睡眠 起床時間跟我macbook差不多 我想他的客戶群應該是常常開電腦只用到瀏覽器上網的人們 （類似小筆電的感覺 雖然他是12.1吋的大小）重量蠻輕的 大概跟macbook air差不多 然後電池可以用八小時

有一點很好的是 他內建3G網卡 Google和Verizon合作提供使用者兩年免費每天100mb的流量

缺點 flash不順暢 在看youtube，hulu會lag
消息一出來Adobe就發誓要解決他 http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/09/adobe.says.flash.in.chrome.os.a.work.in.progress/

然後touchpad 不是很好用，相較於macbook的觸控版 雖然他也有類似多點觸控的功能 不過就是沒有像macbook的一樣方便

如何申請：
http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program.html
我想我得到他是因為我蠻常用chrome的～


Chrome OS 的介紹:

Chrome notebook review

Walking on the cloud

Thanks Google for sending me its latest fast Chrome notebook via fastest UPS next day air shipping.

First, I want to say it is a revolutionary machine. No hard drive. All data are on the cloud. That's why their ads said your data is fine even your machine is crashed by truck. It also changes the layout of the keyboard (not caps lock, fn, add keys such as ->, <-, reload, full screen)

Here is how it looks like:

The box

The size (above my 13.3" macbook)

The keyboard

When it starts

CPU

The other important point is it starts within 10 seconds. It also wakes up/sleeps as fast as my Macbook. I think it aims at customers who need notebook just for browsing the web/using Google products. (kind of similar to the idea of netbook, thought Chrome notebook is 12 inch in size.) It is probably as light as Macbook Air. It has about 8 hours battery life.

One other neat point is Google works with Verizon to provide Chrome notebook users with two years 3G connection with 100MB per day for free.

Con: the flash is not very good. It is not smooth when watching online video. Adobe vows to fix it (http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/09/adobe.says.flash.in.chrome.os.a.work.in.progress/)

The touchpad is not good enough compared with my macbook. You can use two fingers to move downward/upward as in macbook, but it is not smooth enough.

How to apply for Chrome notebook:
http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program.html
I think I got it because I am a heavy chrome user~


Introduction to Chrome OS: