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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/05/11 08:41, Roland Tarver wrote: >> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kind-of-computer-chromebook.html >> >> What do folks think about this? (or are you trying not too ;-) ). >> >> Perhaps consider this from your perspective and that of a non-geek? > > Not off topic if it runs Free Software, and even in this case GNU/Linux. I was not *absolutely* sure it did. Hence OT. > I think any attempt to: > Break the monopoly > Make life easier > > Is to be welcomed. Agreed. > It'll certainly be on my list next time my sister says "I want a > computer, I want to do online banking and I'm considering Microsoft > Windows...." (she got a Mac Mini last time she said something list this > and it is still working fine). I know quite a few folks (my mum! would be a prime candidate) that it could be very handy for. It all sounds lovely, but - everything in "the cloud" :-s ??? Really? Although I have no evidence or experience to prove it (except the recent amazon outage) I just don't have a good gut "feeling" about all my data (or mums, etc) in "the cloud"? Do you? Do others? Best wishes roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq