I’m pretty divided right now on Google’s first take at the Chrome notebook. It’s both brilliant and bewildering. It’s both the future and a nightmare. But it’s definitely not boring, which is more than you can say for a lot of “new” technology these days. Watching it mature will be fun. But first the hardware needs to grow up.
If I could buy the Cr-48 right now, would I? No. But I’d download Chrome OS and install it on some cheap netbook.
It’s understandable that a product labeled as a “prototype” wouldn’t be awesome. However, looking at the OS itself, this seems like it may actually be worthwhile, if cloud-based computing is your thing.