Enter to try out a CR-48 Chrome OS notebook

FordGT90Concept · Dec 28, 2010

newtekie1 said:
Yes, but with the cloud if you have a fire or flood or tornado or whatever you data is still safe and can be instantly accessed.

It can also be accessed by anyone at Google with credentials and anyone that hacks into your user account. That's why I avoid cloud computing and instead, have my own redundant means to back up data.

Google is the most powerful company in the world today because of the sheer amount of information they have managed to collect. IBM and Amazon are getting up there too.

Easy Rhino · Dec 28, 2010

please stay on topic and limit the cloud/anti-cloud discussion.

FordGT90Concept · Dec 28, 2010

MoonPig said:
WTF... you can choose a different country, but you still HAVE to choose a US state??

Quoting the policy:

I understand that Google will only ship the device to a US-based address and cannot send this device to a P.O. Box or address outside of the US.

Soylent Joe said:
Well to me that seems like a ton of money spent beta testing the OS. Why not just put a RC out like M$ did for Win7?

It is: http://getchrome.eu/download.php

I submitted an application. If they do pick me, I will definitely not do anything sensitive on it. Maybe it will be my "Visit TPU and GN" computer.

I wonder how long this pilot program lasts. I didn't see that mentioned anywhere.

blu3flannel · Dec 28, 2010

That's weird, they shipped 3 to my tiny town. Why my town? And why not me? :confused:

:shadedshu

Easy Rhino · Dec 28, 2010

blu3flannel said:
That's weird, they shipped 3 to my tiny town. Why my town? And why not me? :shadedshu

same

i am holding out hope though! :respect:

trickson · Dec 28, 2010

The good news is I never "WIN" any of these things NEVER ! I put my name in the " Hat " But Once again it was rejected . WHY ? I am a looser that is why !

Easy Rhino · Dec 28, 2010

trickson said:
The good news is I never "WIN" any of these things NEVER ! I put my name in the " Hat " But Once again it was rejected . WHY ? I am a looser that is why !

my guess is that they will ship fewer during the holiday season. hopefully by january second we will hear something!

FordGT90Concept · Dec 28, 2010

trickson said:
The good news is I never "WIN" any of these things NEVER ! I put my name in the " Hat " But Once again it was rejected . WHY ? I am a looser that is why !

Did you say "no" to the provide feedback question? I bet that's an instant reject.

trickson · Dec 28, 2010

FordGT90Concept said:
Did you say "no" to the provide feedback question? I bet that's an instant reject.

No not at all .
All these things seem to be nothing more than a scam to me . Free Dell laptops ? are you kidding me ? I have signed up for about 50 for them NOT ONCE GETTING ONE !

Easy Rhino · Jan 4, 2011

it looks like they are still taking applications. if you check the main site the apply now link works. also note that unlike what another member in here said prior, it says they will contact you if you have been selected. so who knows, maybe they really don't contact people or they do now and changed their policy?

http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html

FordGT90Concept · Jan 4, 2011

They shipped only 15,000 out of a theoretical 60,000 (how many Google supposedly ordered). They are down to the single digits of units shipped per day so I wonder what's going on. Maybe they spotted a serious problem and are having logistical issues in fixing it.

Easy Rhino · Jan 4, 2011

FordGT90Concept said:
They shipped only 15,000 out of a theoretical 60,000 (how many Google supposedly ordered). They are down to the single digits of units shipped per day so I wonder what's going on. Maybe they spotted a serious problem and are having logistical issues in fixing it.

good question. i am pretty sure that cr-48 tracker thing is broken. it was never an official tracker and from what ive read it was actually some guy who got a hold of the shipping information illegally. not a good way for google to convince people that their information is secure in their cloud :laugh:

DannibusX · Jan 4, 2011

I just submitted for one.

FordGT90Concept · Jan 4, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
good question. i am pretty sure that cr-48 tracker thing is broken. it was never an official tracker and from what ive read it was actually some guy who got a hold of the shipping information illegally. not a good way for google to convince people that their information is secure in their cloud

Still, you'd think they would have shut the application site down if they were no longer accepting any applicants. At the same time, the 7/day might simply be replacing defective/stolen/damaged units to people that previously got one. Maybe 15,000 was all that they accepted. And think about it: that is an adequately large sample size.

BrooksyX · Feb 23, 2011

Anybody else get one of these? I couldn't resist how sexy they looked so I picked one up on ebay and bought a 40gb SSD so I can throw windows 7 on it. I know its meant to test chromeos out but hey if I get a free one ill use that one to test it out. (they are still supposedly shipping some out).

Easy Rhino · Feb 23, 2011

i heard they are pretty weak since they are designed to simply run a sophisticated web browser. you can install OSX on it...

BrooksyX · Feb 23, 2011

It has the same specs as a standard netbook. Has an atom n455, 2gb ram, and the upgraded add should help. I wanna dual boot win 7 and OSX.

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Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	Fedora KDE Spin

Enter to try out a CR-48 Chrome OS notebook

FordGT90Concept

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Easy Rhino

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FordGT90Concept

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blu3flannel

Easy Rhino

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trickson

OH, I have such a headache

Easy Rhino

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FordGT90Concept

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trickson

OH, I have such a headache

Easy Rhino

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FordGT90Concept

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Easy Rhino

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DannibusX

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

BrooksyX

Easy Rhino

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BrooksyX

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Storage	CB 1T M.2 Drive.
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