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Google Chromebook: Much to rave about at first look

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Enlarge By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Google Chromebook, the first notebook to run the much-anticipated Chrome OS, is an "instant-on" computer that comes with 3G wireless and Wi-Fi.

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      Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY
      Most people will never get their hands on the Google Chrome Cr-48 notebook that the search giant started distributing to a chosen few these past several days. The prototype computer is part of a Google pilot program and offered only to selected applicants — anyone can request one online — who Google feels will provide frequent feedback. The machine, however raw, is worth paying attention to for what it says about Google's vision of a mobile computer and, more specifically, the "cloud-based" Chrome operating system software at its core.

      The Cr-48 is the first real accessanyone outside of Google or the development community has had to examine Chrome OS. The software looks and behaves a lot like the Chrome Web browser you can download onto a Windows PC or Mac. The first true Chrome OS-based computers aren't expected to go on sale until the middle of 2011. Acer and Samsung will be the first to sell such machines. Final hardware may look quite different. Google says other PC makers will follow. No pricing has been announced.

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