Comments on: Why Is Acer Still Launching a Netbook With XP and Android?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:21:33 +0000

Definitely a good reason Doug, but those solutions already exist in Phoenix Hyperspace and DeviceVM Splashtop. In fact, Acer already has a deal to put Splashtop on Acer devices, although it will be rebranded "RevoBoot"

By: Doug Mohney

Doug Mohney — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:09:48 +0000

Uh, faster boot time than XP, so you can go do a quickie web page or Tweet?

By: Fyrewerx

Fyrewerx — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:07:11 +0000

I seem to be missing something. I thought ChromeOS was not even going to be released until the second half of NEXT year. As far as I’m concerned (and probably non-techies, too), ChromeOS is “vaporware”.
Would have Acer (and the other netbook vendors) shut down their operations until ChromeOS comes out???

We use netbooks extensively for some of our specialized field operations. We use XP on them to be able to run apps that were developed for, and used by our office desktops. As I see it, ChromeOS will just about be totally “useless” to us, when we are at a powerstation in East BF Egypt, and there’s NO Internet connectivity to be had for over 200 miles in any direction (for some reason, most peeps don’t want powerstations in there back yards). Unless Google has some miracle formula, without the Internet, ChromeOS isn’t much use.

If Acer, et al, stop making netbooks until late next year, it means lugging bigger iron to remote places, instead of food and water.

By: HereAndNow

HereAndNow — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:42:38 +0000

I can see Acer continuing to offer Android on their netbooks, even after ChromeOS begins to ship.

Why not?

Acer would have a netbook perfectly suited for mobile operators, because:

1. Android enables the support of cell phone calls, SMS/MMS, LBS, etc., from which mobile operators can generate additional revenue.

2. Operators will already have Android smartphone experience & apps that can be utilized on other Android-based devices.

As much as I like ChromeOS, I think Android also has a great future in smartbook/netbooks/MID/eReader/etc. devices (especially with Android 2.0 supporting a broader range of display resolutions). I guess it will be up to the device vendors to decide which one makes more sense for the type of device they are trying to build.

By: John D.

John D. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:38:43 +0000

Because your lame arguments s.u.c.k big times! For most users it simply ‘wayne’ = /dev/null what you wanna-be-geeks want to play with. Get a life and be happy – even with XP and Android! Peace!