Google Introducing Chrome OS Netbook Next Week? [Unconfirmed]

Rumors of a Chrome OS netbook first cropped up last December , however it seems as though the wait may well be over soon: according to Engadget , Google’s going to make the laptop official Dec. 7th. Though maybe challenging to get.

There aren’t many details available for now, and it does seem a bit odd that there’s been no media event scheduled yet. But even that makes a bit of more sense given the rumored scope of the rollout: supposedly only 65,000 units can be made available on a friends and family basis. In other words: they’re not able to sell it yet, and hyping a new product too early could create some confusion around the holiday shopping season.

What do we expect from a Chrome netbook , aside from a cloud-based operating system and web apps aplenty? Previously rumored hardware specs had been all over, but recent reports have indicated that it’ll house an identical Atom processor found in most netbooks at the moment. Hopefully we won’t must wait long to look what else is in store. [ Engadget ]

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