Quote:
Originally Posted by ericinboston
2)I have to believe that the iPad market will birth a new market...
|
Dell, HP, Asus, and others were all hard at work on their tablets even before Apple released the iPad. This in between market will likely flourish simply because it is kind of new. People are willing to get slimmed down models that run a different operating system on a tablet device that offers stellar battery life and great apps. That is one area where Google's operating system has yet to be tested: apps. Android and iPhone OS have proven themselves in terms of apps but Chrome... Yeah, not so much. I think that Google is trying to tap into that new market with Chrome OS while using standard netbook hardware (along with a standard keyboard and touch pad/mouse). Nothing really different except pushing a new OS.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ericinboston
3)I think Google is too late...
|
I thought Chrome OS was supposed to be out by now. I haven't followed the OS since Google announced it and a beta was floating around. I installed the beta on a work netbook (I had a clone for it so restoring the netbook would take all of 10 minutes), didn't like the tabbed browsing, and just restored the netbook back to Windows XP. Ubuntu, Gentoo, HP, Dell, and others have all tried to push out standard hardware netbooks with alternative operating systems. They failed so I think a good chunk of those companies have progressed into tablet development, an area where running Windows 7 isn't necessarily needed. HP hasn't even released their slate (the leaked model is nothing more than a netbook without a keyboard and with a touch screen, it definitely isn't the device that HP and Balmer were making it out to be) yet they are already looking at Linux and Android for other tablets. Dell's series of tablets (which will be released soon) are all going to run Android. Yes, Google will be really late to the party and I don't see why they need to be there. After all, a large amount of future tablets are going to run their Android OS. I really don't think they need another OS out there when they already have one that is pretty good.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ericinboston
4)Dropping prices does not necessarily create the market.
|
No, it wouldn't create a market but it would sure help push people to buy their hardware/software. By Fall 2010, people are going to be able to walk into Best Buy and see $300-$400 netbooks all running Windows 7 Starter (there might be a 7 Home Premium one thrown in), $500-$700 iPad models, tablet offerings from Dell running Android (that will likely cost around $300-$400), other tablets running Android, and standard netbooks running Chrome OS for the same price. People will either go with a netbook, ultra portable notebook (for a little more money), or a tablet/slate. I just don't see how Chrome OS can get people to look at it other than slashing the price of the entire package by a large amount.