Thread: Google Releases $1299 Chromebook
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Old 02-22-2013, 11:01 PM   #60
JD Gumby
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Originally Posted by Dylrob View Post
Is a glorified web browser. The only real advantage it has is a fast boot up time, which hardly seems to matter given that most people just put their devices in sleep mode.
How fast does it need to be, really? My Win7 desktop, using a bog-standard 7200rpm HD, boots to a usable desktop in under 30 seconds (about the same time as my Kobo Arc, actually) from powered off.

EDIT: Bleh. Didn't notice the forum wasn't automatically merging consecutive responses.
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