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Re: Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 12:43 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #100

[deleted] wrote: post #92

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I agree that it shouldn't, which is why I described it as "murder", but police in most countries enjoy a strong public-opinion presumption in their favor, since they most often fight against criminals, not innocent people. This means that they almost always get away with murder when they commit it, which attracts thugs to the police force and stabilizes police corruption. Keeping the police accountable is a very diff…

Yes people do die in jail here. The causes are, in descending order of frequency: suicide (hangings), natural causes, inattention (probably some of the suicides fall in to this category as well and it is very bad for your career as an officer here to have that happen on your watch) and finally police brutality.

The latter is but a very small fraction of the total.

Re: Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?

#102

Post by kogir » Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 2:44 AM UTC

kogir wrote: post #54

I just got mine too. Sadly, as expected, flash brings it to its knees and fonts look like Linux :( Otherwise pretty sweet. Think I'll try and sneak some better fonts on somehow and then use it for everything save Hulu and development.

Wow. I'm sorry if my tone was off-putting, but what I said is true. End users won't get their devices for free and won't be forgiving. Sugar coating doesn't help the product succeed, which is what I want.

Flash performance matters. Right now it's not possible to watch web video (save for sparse HTML5 video content which works), or video chat in Gmail. I want to get a ChromeOS device for my grandparents, for video chat, and if it ships like this I can't.

Fonts might just be my personal weirdness, but I notice them and care a lot about them. I even installed Calibri on my Nexus One, and have replaced most of the fonts on my Ubuntu Maverick installation too. Linux font rendering has never been fantastic, but it's OK now. My issue is that no open source fonts I've seen shipped with any Linux distribution can compete with OS X's or Windows 7's shipping fonts.

I've been using the device and I like it a lot. I've even filed a few bugs to try and help out. I won't pretend their aren't problems, and I won't be useful to Google as a tester unless I'm honest with myself, them and others.

Re: Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?

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Post by martingordon » Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 5:00 AM UTC

shadowpwner wrote: post #69

martingordon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I got the same page after scanning the QC code they showed during their presentation. All it asked for was name address and email. Crossing my fingers and hoping that it was some sort of shortcut that guaranteed entry into the program.

do you mind linking to the QR code?

http://goo.gl/ocJBw

Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?

#104

Post by johnrdavisjr » Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 3:12 PM UTC

Griever wrote: post #80

johnrdavisjr wrote: post #24

I applied as a developer as soon as the link was posted on engadget during the live show. I hope mine comes tonight, UPS usually runs around 5. Questions: Does it have an SD card slot? Do you have any idea size of SSD? Do you know what CPU it has?

To answer your questions, yes it has an SD slot on the right-hand side. I've been looking around but can't determine the exact size of the SSD. No idea on the specifics but I am aware that the CPU is an Intel Atom chip.

Just found out via Engadget teardown: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/google-cr-48-laptop-torn-...

16 gig Sandisk SATA ssd 1 gb hynix memory module

So I just answered my own question. But now here comes the real question: Will I receive mine? I have already created 3 Chrome apps.... Would love to run it natively! :)