According to a digitimes article Asus plans on having one of the first netbooks that runs exclusively on Google Chrome as its OS. This isn’t surprising as Asus is usually one of the first adopters of new technology, remember the recent Android/Windows dual boot netbook from Asus?
A netbook running on Chrome will require a couple of things including an SSD drive. The question is will Asus go with a 64GB SSD drive and only Google Chrome, or will they employ a hybrid drive with both SSD and HD and do a Chrome/Windows dual boot option. We’ll have to wait and see but will really be exciting is if they go with the first option and price the netbook at $99 or less (including subsidies from Google).
The netbook will be launched in the second half of 2010 which coincides with the timeframe Google has given for the launch of their OS, so the two add up.
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