Please note that the information below has not been approved by Google. The specifications have been spread by market insiders through various channels. But honestly, I can’t really believe it. Especially the SSD is really huge for a cloud netbook. So please be careful spreading these rumors. This page is constantly being updated until Google officially announces the specs.
However, this may provide you with a rough idea of what you might expect from the soon to be released Google Chrome OS Netbook. If you’re keen to find out whether you will be able to play touchscreen games, or if you’ll want to stick to using a mouse when visiting sites, then this may give some clue as to what will be included in the final product. Please remember, however, that these are rumours, as they have not have not get been confirmed by Google.
Check back to find out when the official specifications for this model have been released. There is certainly much anticipation surrounding the unveiling of this model, and Chrome OS-Blog.com will be sure to keep you informed. Take a look below to see the rumoured specifications.
Specifications
| CPU: | ARM |
| Chipset: | NVIDIA Tegra 2.0 |
| RAM: | 2 GB |
| Storage size: | 64 GB |
| Storage type: | SSD (Solid State Disk) |
| Display size: | 10.1 inch |
| Display resolution: | 1280 x 720 |
| Touchscreen: | multi-touch |
| WLAN: | Yes |
| LAN: | Yes |
| Mobile: | 3G |
| USB ports: | 1+ |
| Webcam: | Yes |
| Release date: | 2010 |
Prices and availability
Not yet released. Price assumed to be less than $300.
Similar netbooks
None.
Since yesterday the package pybootchartgui is included in Chrome OS. Unfortunately, the download URL of that package which is accessed during the building process of the local repository (make_local_repo.sh) is wrong. Instead of http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/packages/pool/universe/p/pybootchartgui/pybootchartgui_0+r124_all.deb it has to be http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/packages/pool/main/p/pybootchartgui/pybootchartgui_0+r124_all.deb. To successfully create the local repository you have to change src/package_repo/repo_list_image.txt on line 371 accordingly.
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