Chrome OS notebooks aren’t going to cost any less than Windows notebooks, so there’s no price advantage.
Chromebook laptops made by Acer and Samsung can be ordered from Amazon.com or Best Buy. Prices start at $380 and top off at $500. Shipments start June 15.
Google says they are not typical notebooks.
Their reported advantages over Windows PC include: the absence of malware, corporate control of apps and security, 8-second boot-up and Web-only apps and data. There is no hard drive and no local data storage.
They use less power than Windows laptops, so a single battery charge is expected to last all day.
All models have Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet; some have 3G.
Google will lease for three years a Chromebook to students for $20 a month, perhaps wanting to win over the next generation of computer users and the university marketplace. It’s $28 a month for three years to business users, which seems like a more ideal market for Chromebooks because of the reduced malware and corporate control of apps and security.
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