Ok, it’s not late May, early June as we thought earlier, but now there’s more definite news that Acer is working on a netbook that will run Google’s Chrome OS. The sleuths at Macles spotted a few details and posted them.

Check out the  full details at Macles, but basically someone has been filing some Linux and Google Chrome bug reports related to a previously unannounced Acer laptop.From the reports, it can be determined that the hardware for the upcoming Chrome OS netbook will be:

• 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 CPU
• 1GB of memory
• 8GB SanDisk pSSD (solid state disk)
• Ambient light sensor
• WiFi, Bluetooth wireless connectivity

There’s still no word on the pricing or release date, but Macles suspects we could see a release pretty soon, based on the progress of the reports.

Since the very beginning Google has hinted that Acer, HP and Dell would be the first manufacturers to get access to their new custom, browser-based operating system for netbooks.  Although that news is from about a year ago, it seems the trio are still in line to debut Chrome OS later this year as Blogger Lee Matthews discovered.

While digging around in the Chrome OS repositories, and he spotted files labeled Acer, Dell, and HP. The files are used to configure hardware support for Chrome OS, so it seems likely that Chrome OS will support devices from each of these companies at launch.

Previously we’ve written than Acer would introduce Chrome OS device mid-year and launch Chrome OS device by Q3 2010. It’s been some time since we received any new details on Chrome OS, Google’s web-focused operating system for netbooks.  Now, Venturebeat has learned from multiple sources that Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show, which will be held from June 1 to June 5.

It’ll be interesting to see how these upcoming Chrome OS-equipped netbooks will coexist with those running Google’s Android mobile operating system. Google has also stated that Android netbooks would begin popping up this year, and even Acer announced its intention to sell them.

Google’s Chrome OS open source netbook operating system is due to be launched later this year. Chrome OS is built around a web browser, and the idea behind the browser is to be a lean, quick and snappy internet consumption OS.  None of that is new, but at an event recently, Google CEO Eric Schmidt let a few more details drop.   Schmidt says he expects netbooks running Chrome OS to sell for about $300 to $400, which is on the lower end of what current Windows netbooks sell for in the US market.

The real question, we think, is whether or not Google will build any hardware themselves.   They’ve already proven capable and willing to produce (or at least partner to produce) hardware with the Nexus One smartphone.  And then, if they do produce a device, will it be a netbook or a tablet?   I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

via Netbook Choice

Google’s Chrome OS is scheduled to officially launch at the end of this year, but according to Digitimes, we could be seeing netbooks with Google Chrome much earlier than that.  They report that Acer is planning to launch devices running Google’s Chrome OS in the middle of 2010.   Sound familiar?   Yup, we heard the same news late last year, and also earlier this year with Samsung’s plans to launch a Google Chrome OS netbook later this year.

Google’s Chrome OS is due out late this year, but the open source project, called Chromium is there for anyone to work on and that means we get development all year long.  Anyone with enough skill can modify & work on the operating system should they wish.

One such man, Hexxeh, has been providing popular builds of Chromium OS and his latest release,called Flow, supports Nvidia ION support, improves battery life, supports additional hardware support, browser fixes and introduces an automatic update system.  Pretty impressive eh?  We though so.  Check out the link below to give it a whirl.

Download Chromium OS “Flow”

Instructions on how to install, and netbook compatibility list for Flow here.

Samsung let slip during the launch of Samsung’s newest Pinetrail netbooks in Australia that they’ll be releasing a netbook with Google Chrome OS later this year. They say it will be similar to the current Samsung N210, so perhaps the same chassis with a 10.1 inch screen. It’ll come with 2GB RAM, at least 64GB of storage, built-in 3G and a 12 hour battery. No word on processor but we’re thinking perhaps Samsung’s new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (1.5GHz).

Source: Channelnews via Netbooknews.de

Engadget reprorts that Acer, the netbook manfucaturing giant, will release a netbook running Google’s upcoming, and eagerly awaited Chrome OS, late this year.  No comment was given on whether it will use an Intel or RM hardware, or possibly both in a dual-boot configuration.  Any guesses?

Dell Netbooks running Chrome OS

Dell has really stood out as being the first manufacturer to really stand behind Chrome OS.  A few days ago they provided a Chromium (the Chrome OS open source project) build for the Dell Mini 10v, and now they’ve added support for the Dell Mini 9 and Latitude 2100 netbooks. The Dell engineer has Chromium up and running on a spinning hard drives of the latitude 2100 and the 10v, despite news early on that Chrome OS was to be SSD only.

Wifi and flash are also both supported, and in the video after the break you can also see the impressive 15.2 second boot time on the Latitude 2100 booting off of a 250GB rotational drive.

The Dell Mini 10v is currently available directly from Dell UK for £229.

Check out the video after the break.

Acer Chrome OS Netbook

Digitmes reports that Acer already has a Chrome OS netbook ready to go, and is just waiting for Google’s Chrome OS to launch their Chrome OS netbook.   Word on the street is that Google is expecting Chrome OS to launch in the second half of 2010 (maybe around June).

Acer Chairman JT Wang was pretty confident they’d be the first out with a Google Chrome OS netbook, although we’re thinking there will be a flood of Chrome OS netbooks in late 2010.

We’ll have to see what Acer has in store for the Chrome OS netbook, but it will certainly have an SSD (Chrome OS requirement) and probably a Pine Trail procecessor.