No doubt a lot of you have read negative reviews on the Cr-48 running Google Chrome OS Beta. it’s odd that tech sites would write things like...
“The Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics make for a horrible graphics experience. You can forget about streaming HD video on the Cr-48. In fact, you can forget about watching standard-def content full-screen on the Cr-48. Watching 480p YouTube videos isn’t doable, unless you’re really into stop-motion. We can only web experiences to get heavier and richer as hardware acceleration goes main stream. The average consumer would assume their Chrome notebooks were broken if they couldn’t perform a task as simple as playing a YouTube video.” Read the full article
There are two things wrong with this. Number one the Cr-48 is not final spec, call it an educated guess, but I’m sure the retail models will have dual core processors yadda, yadda, yadda... Secondly I’m sure there are Flash improvements and yes the ability to play “Netflix” coming soon to the Cr-48 and I’m sure the retail version of the hardware and software will be more than capable enough to handle Netflix and even push HD video and audio.
Why would a tech site print something like this? Do they not understand the word “beta?” More than once the writer makes comparisons of the Cr-48 and the Macbook Air. What the (insert expletive here)!? I have to wonder if all the ads from hardware and software manufactures may have influenced the article(s) in someway? Now don’t get me wrong there were other sites “ChromeBashing,” like; no need to wade to far in this water. One site did make a logical statement...
“Forget most of what you'll read in reviews of Google's CR-48 Chrome OS notebook. Because it's just a test unit, there's no telling how its performance or design will carry over to consumer-facing Chrome OS machines from Acer and Samsung, so ogling the hardware doesn't serve much purpose.” Link
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“The Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics make for a horrible graphics experience. You can forget about streaming HD video on the Cr-48. In fact, you can forget about watching standard-def content full-screen on the Cr-48. Watching 480p YouTube videos isn’t doable, unless you’re really into stop-motion. We can only web experiences to get heavier and richer as hardware acceleration goes main stream. The average consumer would assume their Chrome notebooks were broken if they couldn’t perform a task as simple as playing a YouTube video.” Read the full article
There are two things wrong with this. Number one the Cr-48 is not final spec, call it an educated guess, but I’m sure the retail models will have dual core processors yadda, yadda, yadda... Secondly I’m sure there are Flash improvements and yes the ability to play “Netflix” coming soon to the Cr-48 and I’m sure the retail version of the hardware and software will be more than capable enough to handle Netflix and even push HD video and audio.
Why would a tech site print something like this? Do they not understand the word “beta?” More than once the writer makes comparisons of the Cr-48 and the Macbook Air. What the (insert expletive here)!? I have to wonder if all the ads from hardware and software manufactures may have influenced the article(s) in someway? Now don’t get me wrong there were other sites “ChromeBashing,” like; no need to wade to far in this water. One site did make a logical statement...
“Forget most of what you'll read in reviews of Google's CR-48 Chrome OS notebook. Because it's just a test unit, there's no telling how its performance or design will carry over to consumer-facing Chrome OS machines from Acer and Samsung, so ogling the hardware doesn't serve much purpose.” Link
Words spoken by someone using their head for more than just a hat rack.
Awesome job on the blog. I started a blog tracking my journey at http://cloud48.posterous.com.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I consider myself and "Average Joe" user and, despite wishing I could actual back up pictures onto the hard drive itself, I am *really* enjoying this thing.
I have noticed that a majority of Chrome bashing is coming from Apple and Apple folks.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed you mentioning Netflix, this is not a Google issue but a Netflix issue. Netflix does not work with any Linux personal computers yet and Chrome OS is Linux. Netflix needs to start somewhere and that somewhere might be Chrome OS, it would be interesting if Google pursues Netflix and tries to influence them to get it to work. You will not see Netflix on the Cr-48 however, it is too underpowered.
ReplyDeleteI love my Cr-48 for what it is and i am using it right now, but it is never going to play streaming video great. It does some YouTube okay, because some of YouTube is HTML5 and not Flash. For email, Twitter, Facebook if that is your thing, Google Docs and surfing the web, the Cr-48 is an awesome Google gift.
You are right on target though, once they start selling real hardware, not pilot program hardware, it will be faster and handle Flash video no problem. But no guarantees of Netflix unless Netflix gets off their butts.