When Google's Chrome OS arrives later this year, Dell may create a netbook based on the system, according to a report.
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Dell's Amit Midha, president for greater China and South Asia, said the PC company "wants to be one of the leaders" when it comes to adopting new technologies like Google's Android and Chrome operating systems, according to Reuters on Monday. Dell has produced an Android-based tablet device — the Dell Streak — but it has to this point only played around with Chrome OS, stopping short of announcing plans to release a product based on the software.
Midha did not exactly announce such plans with his comments, of course, but his words are the strongest suggestion yet that Dell would like to build a Chrome OS netbook. The company is not listed among the official Chrome OS supporters on Google's Chrome OS pages, which include Dell competitors such as Acer, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba.
For more on this story, see Dell pondering Chrome OS Netbook on CNET News.
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dell cannot be bothered to ship a workstation without an OS
why?
no way to load it with crapware that pays dell
chrome OS is fundamentally CREEPY
no thanks