Acer to launch Chrome OS netbook in 2H10
Acer plans to launch a Google Chrome operating system-based netbook, which the company has been developing since mid-2009 in the second half of 2010, according to industry sources. While Google Chrome OS is based on an open-source Linux kernel as with other builds weve seen on netbooks, it differentiates itself by keeping all of the action in the browser.
Acer chairman JT Wang also expressed his confidence that the company will be the first vendor to launch Chrome-based netbook in the market during a recent interview with Digitimes. Acer was the first first-tier vendor to launch a Google Android-based netbook in the market. Although demand for the model was not as strong as expected, it did not dampen Acer’s willingness to develop netbooks with non-Microsoft operating systems.
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