Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook

15 reviews

Dec, 2024

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performance (3)
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reliability (2)
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touchpad (1)
usability (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 15 reviews of Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the price and battery. The design and reliability are also mentioned favorably, whereas views are divided on the keyboard. Many are less positive about the touchpad and usability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Lydia Leavitt (pocket-lint.com)

First Look: Google Cr-48

Chrome operated notebooks aren't available for purchase yet but Pocket-lint was lucky enough to get our hands on the unbranded Chrome OS test notebook before the real deal hits store shelves in mid-2011. The Cr-48 is Google's test notebook running on...

Great performance and battery life, fast starting

You need an internet connection almost constantly, limited local storage, not compatible with things like iPods

Feb, 2011

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Expert review by : Edward N Albro, PC World US (techadvisor.co.uk)

Google CR-48 review

What's most striking about the Google CR-48, the company's proof-of-concept Chrome laptop, is just how little there is to it. It's really just the Google Chrome web browser in a flat black box. There's no desktop, a rudimentary file system that you...

It may be that once cloud apps gain a little more polish and wireless net access is reliable everywhere, a Chrome OS machine will be just right for lots of people. But based on my experience with the Google CR-48, I don't expect using the Chrome OS to...

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Techworld (techworld.com)

Google Chrome CR-48 laptop review

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Edward N. Albro (goodgearguide.com.au)

Google CR-48 Chrome netbook

What's most striking about Google's CR-48, the company's proof-of-concept Chrome laptop, is just how little there is to it. Here's our Google Chrome n...

Google CR-48's minimalism isn't necessarily a bad thing

You're at the mercy of your 3G provider

Try this: shut down every application on your PC except for Google Chrome. Maximise the Chrome window. Voila! You're now looking at an amazing facsimile of Chrome OS. Add a few apps from the Chrome App Store and the resemblance will be exact.

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Christopher Null (wired.com)

Review: Google Cr-48 Notebook With Chrome

The new Google Chrome OS is an operating system routed through a browser. Are you ready to live life in the cloud?

Caps-lock key re-imagined as a search button. Nifty instant-on capabilities. Beautiful, bright display. Epic battery life

Useless without wireless connection; only moderately useful with one. Requires massive buy-in to the Googleverse. Printing via cloud connection to another PC is erratic at best. Touchpad — “it’s all one big button” — requires lots of retraining....

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Jerry Jackson (NotebookReview.com)

Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook Review

The Google Cr-48 is a prototype notebook currently being tested in Google's pilot program for the Chrome operating system. Google hopes consumers and businesses will abandon traditional notebooks in favor of what is essentially "a web browser in a...

Jan, 2011

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Expert review by : Vincent Nguyen (slashgear.com)

Google Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook review

Google's first Chrome OS notebook, the Cr-48, has landed on the SlashGear test bench, and to say it's an interesting machine would be an understatement. The stealth-black 12.1-inch ultraportable is, like the color-scheme suggests, intended to fall into...

It’s going to take time to get used to seeing the notebook as merely a window to the cloud, but the Cr-48 certainly has us curious. The hardware itself isn’t the story here – after all, it’ll never actually go on sale, only be used to bring developers...

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Edward N. Albro (pcworld.idg.com.au)

Google CR-48 Chrome netbook (preview)

Google CR-48 Chrome review: Google's prototype Chrome OS computer delivers little more than the company's browser in a box.

Google CR-48's minimalism isn't necessarily a bad thing

You're at the mercy of your 3G provider

Dec, 2010

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Expert review by : Austin Downing (benchmarkreviews.com)

Google Cr-48 Chrome OS Notebook

Cloud computing has been the big word for the last two years, and has quickly become a part of everyone's daily lives. Photos going up on the web to be edited, music and video being streamed, and documents stored online are becoming the norm. Google's...

Mar, 2011

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Expert review by : Edward N. Albro & Zara Baxter (pcworld.co.nz)

Preview: Google CR-48

Curious about Chrome OS? Shut down every app on your PC except Google Chrome (the browser), and maximize that window. Voil?! It looks like Chrome OS. Add a few apps from the Chrome App Store, and you'll have an exact replica.

Mar, 2011

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