to folks in the US.
You have to qualify by filling in a survey, but if you're interested, here's the link.
http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-quiz.html
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to folks in the US.
You have to qualify by filling in a survey, but if you're interested, here's the link.
http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-quiz.html
Why US only? :(
Easy to sue people who misuse the notebook, I suppose. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by TheBigB
Like nothing's stopping you from overwriting the operating system with another one, is there?
hmh...
Good point
Yes and you can't get to the survey using IE8. Says you need a modern browser like Chrome.
That's just crap. Like a lot of apple services requiring you to access through Safari. Everyone's pushing their own junk on you.
Regarding the installation of your own OS... it would certainly be within Google's deviousness bracket to install a firmware hack (pre bootloader) that scans the partition table of the HDD and refuse to boot if it detects something other than Chrome OS on there.
Circumventing such a thing would take more ingenuity than the average netbook user would possess. However it is (as you implied) unlikely that such a provision would be present on the netbooks.
Who knows though?
One way to find out, hopefully they pick me as one of the people to send a laptop too...Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Just FYI, rings a cautious bell
I didn't take the 'quiz'. Beware and ensure the page you go to to provide personal info is secure and a valid URL. Been a rash of hacks/viruses on facebook that follow similar a scenario.... Take quiz, ask for personal info, personal info used for spamming or worse
*Tinfoil hat on* They could do that...*tinfoil hat off*Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Or they could just use a bit of Javascript to find the OS from the browser's userstring, and reject it if it does not match Chromium OS's userstring...
Right, for some reason, I assumed wossname was talking about downloading Google Chrome OS, not actually installing it. My bad.
Won't happen again wossname. xoxoxo
US only and age limits. That's discriminatory. :(
Why are age limits discriminatory?
Because it separates people into different categories without a really concrete reason.
No concrete reasons? Would you prefer to have your products tested by kids? Other than common sense reasons, I'm sure there's a bundle of legal ones too.
You should see Google Chrome Web Store. Essentially it is a glorified place to get glorified bookmarks. Only now you can buy some of these bookmarks/services directly.Quote:
Originally Posted by baja_yu
Seriously, what happened to just using Google for alternatives?... Oh wait...
i'm starting to wonder.. soon "websites" wont exist, its all gonna be "apps" lol..
Could you buy a couple keep one and sell the rest on E-Bay for us people who don't live in the US?
A colleague of mine got one today.
He's going to bring it in later during the week.