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I love the idea of this. I'm tempted to get one to replace my eee pc 701.

I am gently curious how Google avoids the trouble that MS ran into when they tied IE into the OS and pre-installed it on the desktop. How is it okay for Google to ship product that uses all their services? Especially when Google trawls for ad relevant data to make money?

(Note: I'm not saying it's wrong. I'm just wondering what the difference is.)



The same way Microsoft can bundle Office and all their other services with Windows RT. These markets are very niche right now. However, I do hope Google is able to bundle Quick Office with Android next year, at least on tablets.

I'd like to see a regulator try and say that it's not fair for Google to bundle their very little known Office suite (relative to MS Office), while Microsoft can bundle their very known Office suite with Windows.


As long as Google doesn't prevent other companies to develop software for Chrome OS, it should be fine.


my guess is the fact that MS had dominating market share with Windows, while Chromebooks are but a small fraction of the overall PC market.




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