Very appealing to me, I could never buy into the Mac Mini idea but the Chromebox will cover all the angles I need, access to the Internet and cloud stored documents, Netflix, various web apps, even games. I will be grabbing this for sure!
Samsung Chromebox - What is it?
Samsung Chromebox
In all the excitment about Chrome Notebooks, very few have focussed on the possibility of Google pushing Chrome OS to the desktop. I remember a few months ago writing about my vision of Chrome OS working on the nettop plaform. It seems that I wasn’t too far off; Google unveiled today Samsung’s ‘Chromebox’ which will work as a non-portable platform for their new operating system.
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This points a to the possible trajectory that Google wants to take with Chrome OS. It is likely that the Internet giant will focus their new operating system on both the notebook and the Desktop platform, leaving Android OS in the tablet/smartphone market.
The device will begin shipping this summer alongside the Samsung Series 5 and the Acer Chromebook. The Chromebox will initially be aimed at business customers but we see no reason why Google won’t be opening the floodgates to the consumer market.
In all the excitment about Chrome Notebooks, very few have focussed on the possibility of Google pushing Chrome OS to the desktop. I remember a few months ago writing about my vision of Chrome OS working on the nettop plaform. It seems that I wasn’t too far off; Google unveiled today Samsung’s ‘Chromebox’ which will work as a non-portable platform for their new operating system.
This points a to the possible trajectory that Google wants to take with Chrome OS. It is likely that the Internet giant will focus their new operating system on both the notebook and the Desktop platform, leaving Android OS in the tablet/smartphone market.
The device will begin shipping this summer alongside the Samsung Series 5 and the Acer Chromebook. The Chromebox will initially be aimed at business customers but we see no reason why Google won’t be opening the floodgates to the consumer market.
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WOW! 
I too hope they make the Chromebox available to the personal user. I never even heard of it, til I just this moment stumbled on this forum thread.
As a person dwelling in a tiny apartment, and no room for a desktop (I was on Web-TV and dial-up for 8 yrs, before getting my beloved 10.1-inch Acer Netbook), I have NO room for a desktop. LOL, I use my Netbook on a collapsable TV tray, in front of my recliner chair!)
So the Chromebox looks small enough for me to possibly accomodate it, and the price is certainly a farsight more friendly to my tiny Social Security retirement income. (True, not portable, but I rarely take my Netbook out of the apartment.)
COOL!
I too hope they make the Chromebox available to the personal user. I never even heard of it, til I just this moment stumbled on this forum thread.
As a person dwelling in a tiny apartment, and no room for a desktop (I was on Web-TV and dial-up for 8 yrs, before getting my beloved 10.1-inch Acer Netbook), I have NO room for a desktop. LOL, I use my Netbook on a collapsable TV tray, in front of my recliner chair!)
So the Chromebox looks small enough for me to possibly accomodate it, and the price is certainly a farsight more friendly to my tiny Social Security retirement income. (True, not portable, but I rarely take my Netbook out of the apartment.)
COOL!
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