Cr-48 Notebook Google Chrome Review

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Google CR-48 is a prototype of a portable computer has been tested in a pilot program for Google Chrome the operating system. Google hopes that consumers and companies to abandon the traditional notebook basically in favor of the "browser box." Read on to find out what we think.

Building and Design

Google team has made some interesting design choices, when he developed the CR-48. First of all, the design is simple and traditional clamshell, with a lot of 90 degree angles and straight lines. Connect the boxy exterior matt black rubber finish, and can be wrong, this prototype of the old ThinkPad laptop. Open a rectangular cover and you will see a more modern looking chiclet or island-style keyboard and the MacBook-esque touch pad and covered the industrial looking matte finish.

Just as the door screen and a laptop on the bottom of the corresponding proportion of black rubber coating, which takes fingerprints and is very easy to clean. A quick look at the bottom of the CR-48 does not reveal the dishes of access, it is enough to get a package of mass of the battery and a small air intake fan. Chassis feels very durable and does not flex or creak when you try to solve a laptop in his hands. It 'clear that the design team responsible for the CR-48 wanted this laptop to look like you mean it. This could be good or bad depending on who you ask.

Although I personally love the retro style of Cr-48, is a bit 'hard sell when you consider what the CR-48 is really. This "portable" is really just a netbook Atom powered with a new operating system (which is basically just a web browser) and a giant battery. I do not know how many people queuing up to buy a laptop that is less functional than the current Atom-powered netbook laptop if it is bulkier and weighs more pounds or more.

Ports and Features

The outside of the simplistic Cr-48 extends to the port selection on the side of the laptop. Google offers a VGA port for connecting an external monitor, USB 2.0 port, a built-in SD / SDHC memory card reader, and a single audio jack. Before you get too excited, it is important to know that only a small number of ports that work (more on this in the results section of this review).

Google Cr-48 Technical Specifications:

* Google Chrome OS

* Kill a 12.1 inch display (1280 x 800) LED backlit

* Intel Atom N455 (1.66 GHz)

* Intel Integrated Graphics

* 2GB of DDR3 RAM

* 16 GB SSD (SDSA4DH SanDisk NAND flash-016G)

* Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n

* Mobile Broadband (3G) CDMA-based wireless WAN (Qualcomm Gobi2000)

* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Atheros AR5BBU12)

* A USB 2.0 port and SD / SDHC card reader

* Li-ion battery (63 Wh capacity)

* Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches

Weight: 3.8 pounds

* Price: Free ... if you can get a list of Google pilot program

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