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daringfireball.net - 11/23/2009

★ Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle

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One thing that strikes me about Chrome OS and Litl is that neither bother trying to do everything Windows or Mac OS X can do. Not even close. I don’t think either even bothers trying to serve as one’s primary computer. The idea that they’re designed to serve as secondary ...

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Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle http://daringfireball.net/2009/11/a_car_and_a_bicycle :D 12/3/2009

Excelente reflexão sobre o Chrome OS http://bit.ly/5pJXVC #google 11/25/2009

RT @pixpix: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle (via Daring Fireball) http://j.mp/5X3qgb - Chrome OS와 Litl에 대한 시선. 11/24/2009

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On iMacs, Chrome OS and Life in General…
www.ChristinaWarren.com — ... Gruber made a comment about how Chrome might be considered as a bicycle that replaces that second, rarely used car -- and you know, that would be a very Larry Ellison way of looking at stuff -- and maybe someday that will be true. However, right now, I don't see it as a bicycle replacing a car -- I don't think it's robust enough to be a bike. I think it's a VESPA you get to tool around in but that you don't ever seriously consider using for more than just certain things. It isn't going to give you the flexibility of a bike, in terms of where you can take it (subways, winding ...

Chrome OS And The Microsoft Squeeze
TechCrunch — ... And they potentially serve a different purpose. A couple days ago, Daring Fireball wondered if the real key for Chrome OS (and netbooks) may be to serve as your secondary computer. But there’s really no need to wonder, Google’s VP of Product Management, Sundar Pichai, said as much during the Q&A session. “This will be a secondary device. It may be a primary device in terms of time spent on it, but we expect people to have other computers too,” he said when asked about more powerful editing software not being able to run on Chrome OS. ...