Now that the Chrome OS pilot program has been in existence for about 6 months, news of Chromebook releases from Samsung and Acer were announced at Google I/O 2011, and the technical press has been filled with reviews and opinions about the necessity of such machines. As readers of my blog know, I'm a big fan of Chrome OS and my CR-48. I have 2 laptops, a netbook, a MacBook and my CR-48 in the house, in addition to 2 desktop machines, and I use my CR-48 almost exclusively. I think that the ability to use this machine as much as I do is a testament to the fact that most people use the internet primarily, and other, non-internet functions are secondary. There are those who claim that the Chromebook becomes a paper weight as soon as you loose internet connectivity, but by the time these machines hit the market, I believe that Google will have the off-line capabilities ready to go, or very nearly so. And what this means is that you can continue to work on your documents and email until you reconnect to the net, at which time the work you have done syncs to the cloud. Read the following article from JavaWorld to get their take on the Chromebooks fit in the enterprise.
Why Chromebooks do have a role in your enterprise - JavaWorld
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