Does "Touch Panel" mean "convertible tablet"!? That'd be AWESOME. Especially if they do, in fact, incorporate Dalvik (Android runtime) into Chrome OS.
As for "it'll still take some arm twisting to get the low-end crowd to try anything not labeled 'Windows'", the non-Windows netbooks did just fine (even with luddites), until Microsoft started sabre rattling to get the vendors in-line. The problem isn't the users. It's the back-alley deals and back-room handshakes that are the problem.
@(Unverified) Maybe there's going to be a Chromium build that has Dalvik (extracted from Android). Not sure how hard it is to implement that, being that both Android and Chrome have Linux kernels.
@(Unverified) What would be even better is a complete merge between android and chrome. Think about it: The Android notification bar on top of Chrome's browser, completely able to run local apps.
@(Di3) I agree, the ideal would be a completely unified Android and Chrome. The only difference should be "Android has a mobile browser, ChromeOS has the full-blown Chrome browser".
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Does "Touch Panel" mean "convertible tablet"!? That'd be AWESOME. Especially if they do, in fact, incorporate Dalvik (Android runtime) into Chrome OS.
As for "it'll still take some arm twisting to get the low-end crowd to try anything not labeled 'Windows'", the non-Windows netbooks did just fine (even with luddites), until Microsoft started sabre rattling to get the vendors in-line. The problem isn't the users. It's the back-alley deals and back-room handshakes that are the problem.
@(Unverified) Maybe there's going to be a Chromium build that has Dalvik (extracted from Android). Not sure how hard it is to implement that, being that both Android and Chrome have Linux kernels.
@(Unverified) What would be even better is a complete merge between android and chrome. Think about it:
The Android notification bar on top of Chrome's browser, completely able to run local apps.
@(Di3) I agree, the ideal would be a completely unified Android and Chrome. The only difference should be "Android has a mobile browser, ChromeOS has the full-blown Chrome browser".
That should have been @(24hourpartypal), not Di3...