http://www.matthewsmith.com/2009/11/19/chromeos-is-brilliant-but-a-couple-years-too-early/ Bam! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.matthewsmith.com/2009/11/19/chromeos-is-brilliant-but-a-couple-years-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Eric Krassinger Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:21:25 +0000 http://www.matthewsmith.com/?p=407#comment-679 I think it has potential in the niche market of net books which is just exploding. The interesting thing is to see how this "life without hard drives" concept pans out. I am pretty sure Microsoft has been offering the ability to store document files through Office Live for a while but I have never heard of anyone using it so not sure if it is because lack of awareness of it or if there isn't a demand for it yet. I also think this concept really needs WiMax to take off because the computer needs internet to be using its full potential but many of the average consumers have not jumped on the air card or cell phone tethering options for internet like business and advanced techies have, I think it has potential in the niche market of net books which is just exploding. The interesting thing is to see how this “life without hard drives” concept pans out. I am pretty sure Microsoft has been offering the ability to store document files through Office Live for a while but I have never heard of anyone using it so not sure if it is because lack of awareness of it or if there isn’t a demand for it yet. I also think this concept really needs WiMax to take off because the computer needs internet to be using its full potential but many of the average consumers have not jumped on the air card or cell phone tethering options for internet like business and advanced techies have,

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