Chrome OS

I received the laptop CR-48 from Google since April of this year. At first, I was happy since I was one of the thousand people that Google pick to test out their Google Chrome OS on CR-48. The best thing is just fill in a form and get a free laptop. There is no question in my mind that I shouldn't do it. It was fun to try something new beside Window. I tried couple version of Linux and I find it kind of confusing to use. I also tried to use Mac OS, it is okay, I never get use to it because mainly it is too expensive to buy a Mac and in Window, it is for me to get free software. In another word, I am a PC. (just like the commercial) Window might not be perfect but at least I feel comfortable enough to use it and to reformat it.

As I use more Chrome OS, I find it, it is very unstable. It is fine, if you have WiFi in your house to check email and stuff. However, I tried to use it in Baruch and take note with it. I find it very troublesome. This laptop gave me couple problem, the WiFi was unstable and very slow. I fixed the WiFi problem. I thought it was the Chrome OS software that wasn't polish enough to stabilize the WiFi adapter in my CR-48 but I found out, it was internal problem. Before I fixed it, I do what anybody else would do which is Google my way out. I found out, it wasn't just me that had this WiFi problem. I read some post that if I take apart of the laptop and remove the WiFi adapter and pull it back in again, it would fix it. Guess what, since I didn't see any screw under the laptop, I once again had to Google my way to how to take apart of this laptop. It took me two tries to finally stabilize my WiFi. I fixed the WiFi problem but there is slowness on the web page loading. Which I know I can't fix that. Good thing is Google is continue to update Chrome OS and improve it hopefully. That put another question in my head, I wonder is the slowness of page loading has to due with CR-48 or is the Chrome OS laptops (Google called it Chromebook) that on sale now have same problem? The other two Chromebook is made by Samsung and Acer.

The wonderful thing about Chrome is I can sync all my data between Chrome browser and Chrome OS which is basically a browser anyway. So no matter where do I go or which computer I use, as long as there is Chrome browser. I can enter my Google account to Chrome to sync all my bookmark, password and other stuff. I will never have to worry about important my bookmark from one computer to another computer ever again. That will save me time to switch between computer.

In end of the day, I sometimes wish there is a 10 inch laptop that run window and last about 8 hours but since there is none and I don't to buy a Mac. All I have is this CR-48 that I am using and you can read more about it in here.