Comments on: New Chromebook brings a little fragmentation to Chrome OS (Updated)

By: Suzy Limon

Suzy Limon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:02:33 +0000

Farmville 2 doesnt work either, along with Netflix, that is two strikes!

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:59:56 +0000

Yes, because it uses an x86 chip similar to nearly all other personal computers; no need for Netflix to make any changes.

By: gregorydillon

gregorydillon — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:37:18 +0000

So Netflix is working on the @199 Acer version.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:52:24 +0000

Kevin, I’m thinking about getting this as a Christmas present for someone. Any word on whether Netflix works on the samsung chromebook yet and if not, when can we expect it to work? Thanks,

By: Magnet Man

Magnet Man — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:50:50 +0000

Hi Kevin, what is the current chrome version for the ARM Exynos Chromebook? This would provide a very valuable insight into the actual capabilities of the CPU and give us a good idea of what to expect from things like Native Client applications.

By: Magnet Man

Magnet Man — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:49:21 +0000

NaCl works on ARM, the problem is that there was no hardware until this latest chromebook. It may be turned off by default, but in wake of a quickly ensuing PNaCl this is a very smart move.

And porting is not always as easy as a recompile. Consider that many apps that use NaCl (or presumably will use PNaCl) are games. Even if you have very portable code that stays the same, you have different GPUs with different extensions and texture formats.

Eventually (er.. hopefully) PNaCl will become the primary target in the future, so that architectures become less relevant in software design. But the challenge of developing the infrastructure is far larger than picking a date and releasing it then.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:46:18 +0000

That’s fine; I’ve always said use the right tool for your tasks. If that’s a netbook for you, great!

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:28:23 +0000

x86 netbook 1 – Chromebook 0

You would have to pry my HP 210 Mini from my cold dead hands. As compelling as the price of the chromebook is, the device is more of a gimmick than proper content creation or even consumption tool. I know the reasons why you’re liking yours Kevin, but they just don’t work for what I do.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:24:55 +0000

It all depends on what she plans to do with the device, IMO. I’ve been using it full time since it arrived and these are the only two app issues I’ve seen yet. For email, browsing, FB, YouTube, Google+ hangout video chats, etc…. it’s been perfectly fine.

By: Akbar

Akbar — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:07:39 +0000

I was thinking about buying one today for my daughter , I should hold of a few weeks , wise?