Netbook Review UK

Google Chrome Netbook OS

With Windows netbooks already breaching the $200 mark in the States, and the relatively low power requirements for Google’s new CHrome OS (8gb SSD, 1GB RAM, ARM Processor) some are predicting that Google may roll out a program offering free netbooks. How would that work? Well, consider many other Google products like GMail, Google Docs, and even Google Search at Google.com. You don’t pay for them, yet Google still makes plenty of money by serving advertisements mixed with the product.

The same concept could be applied to a cheap Google Chrome OS netbook. Google would build in some sort of ad delivery mechanism – perhaps an unbotrusive toolbar with targeted ads. If Google scaled the offer to a significant number of netbooks, they could push the per unit cost below $100 and perhaps make a return on their investment after a year’s worth of use.

It’s certainly an interesting concept, let’s cross our fingers…

Source: Fudzilla