Google\'s Cr48

Discussion in 'Technology' started by khaid, Feb 9, 2011.

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  1. #1 khaid, Feb 9, 2011
    woot! i don't know how many of you guys applied for the pilot program back in december when google announced this thing but I finally got mine. the whole thing has a matte finish.

    to sum it up, it's a laptop that runs Chrome OS. the operating system being the chrome browser. makes sense as google saves all of your info (kinda scary). google's take on the cloud computing era.

    you can see it all here https://www.google.com/dashboard


    There's one USB port.. I stuck in my MS sidewinder x5 mouse and it was able to be used right away. you can also print using the google cloud print feature. I also checked out youtube and it looks like hd res option gets disabled.

    http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html
     
  2. #2 cmdrmonkey, Feb 9, 2011
    Did you have to pay to be part of this or was it just luck of the draw?
     
  3. #3 khaid, Feb 9, 2011
    Luck of the draw. You just sign up, answer some questions and sit and wait. One of my friends got his like a day or 2 after he signed up and he said he signed up DURING their announcement.
     
  4. #4 moofoo3, Feb 9, 2011
    I think it was luck of the draw, though I'd guess there were certain quotas for each market segment. I also applied for the program, but didn't have the pleasure of receiving one. Did you receive advanced notice that you were accepted, or did it just show up?
     
  5. #5 khaid, Feb 9, 2011
    No notice on my friend's or my case. Just showed up on the doorstep.
     
  6. #6 cmdrmonkey, Feb 9, 2011
    Do you have certain testing you have to do with the netbook, or can you do whatever you want with it? I've seen videos of youtube of people loading windows 7 on it. I can kind of see why as the Chrome OS never looked terribly useful to me beyond very basic computing.
     
  7. #7 bfun, Feb 9, 2011
    So does Google know everything you do on the laptop? Is it recording you're every keystroke?
     
  8. #8 knowname, Feb 9, 2011
    google has their googles on EVERYONE man, you're not giving them info, your simply giving them permision to use it. :|
     
  9. #9 khaid, Feb 9, 2011
    nah, google literally sends you the box, some fancy decals and the ac power cable. no rules or anything. it literally is just basic computing. more basic than a netbook by all means.

    bfun, oddly, google made it optional to send usage statistics and crash reports
     
  10. #10 cmdrmonkey, Feb 10, 2011
    So I've heard there's no capslock key? How do you type in caps?
     
  11. #11 chairmansteve, Feb 10, 2011
    Are you new to computers and typing? Hold Shift.
     
  12. #12 chi, Feb 10, 2011
    Probably hold shift.
     
  13. #13 khaid, Feb 10, 2011
    There's a shift key. It's retard-proof.
     
  14. #14 bfun, Feb 10, 2011
    But how do you auto run in Fallout 3?
     
  15. #15 khaid, Feb 10, 2011
    Apparently the CR48 is retard proof, but according to the last post, this forum is not.
     
  16. #16 chi, Feb 10, 2011
    I... don't think... Fallout 3 will run... on this netbook.
     
  17. #17 bfun, Feb 10, 2011
    I bet I could prove you wrong. I wont, but I bet I could.
     
  18. #18 cmdrmonkey, Feb 10, 2011
    Yeah, obviously, but there's no way to switch into caps? That's lame. I need that more than I need a search key.
     
  19. #19 bfun, Feb 10, 2011
    I LIKE TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS SO PEOPLE THINK I’M YELLING. THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO DO WITHOUT A CAPS LOCK.
     
  20. #20 khaid, Feb 10, 2011
    I don't even remember the last time I actually even used the caps key other than attempt to be a db. Google even took out the function keys. They replaced it with the secondary function that you would normally find on a laptop keyboard (brightness dimming, volume, etc)
     
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