We are certainly living in interesting times. It was less than a week ago that a rumor appeared that Apple is going to switch to ARM processors for its next generation of laptops.
Obviously, this has very interesting implications for the future of computing and seems to indicate the increasing need for a computing platform that uses less power and that can be used for a day without the need for charging.
Earlier today, Google surprised the world by announcing the Google Chromebook - a netbook (huh, aren’t netbooks dead?) computer concept, built for now by Samsung and Acer around the Atom N750 CPUs. With 2GB of RAM and 16GB of SSD storage, the specifications are somehow low-end, however, this might not be a problem because as Google says in their promo, the web has more storage space than any computer. The price, when these will be available, is believed to be in the range of $400-$500.
When I saw the announcement, I thought to myself - why would anybody ever buy something like this?
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