2010-12-08
Some Thoughts On Cr-48
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Yesterday Google previewed its “pilot program” test notebook, the Cr-48.
Some quick thoughts, mainly on seeing the pictures.
- Crumbs, doesn’t it look like a black 13” MacBook circa 2008?
- A VGA port? Upside: compatibility, no dongles. Downside: huge, analogue
- The mousepad appears to be buttonless, like newish MacBooks
- No function keys
- No caps lock (replaced, naturally, with a Search key)
- Only two meta keys (Ctrl and Alt). No Windows key, but no replacement either
- The cursor keys fill the space, so left/right are bigger than up/down
I’m not sure if I’d use one, but I’m sure people in the office have put their names down for the lottery and if there’s one place in the world where I can pretty much seeing one in the next few months, it’s here. It’ll be interesting to watch.
