See Chrome Laptop Get Destroyed Repeatedly
I would have eaten that ice cream right off the keyboard.
One of the huge advantages of the Chrome OS is that it puts almost everything on the cloud. This gives you the flexibility to access your data from almost anywhere that has an internet connection, as well as a safer place to leave your data in case of some kind of individual accident.
What kind of accidents? Well, anything could happen. The Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook appears to be very much a notebook like many others, and it can be destroyed just like all the notebooks before it. The key difference is that the physical destruction of the Chrome OS Notebook won't affect your data.
Your Chrome OS laptop could get destroyed in any number of ways – and it's fun to see what are some of those ways:
Check out our in-depth, hands-on review of the Chrome OS Notebook here.
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I wouldn't call that a flexibility..Without a cloud, I can access my data anywhere i do or do nothave internet..
great video though
Is it me or there's a lot of articles about destroying things on Tom's lately?
i suddenly feel like having ice cream marshmallow ....
Yeah, There is a major flaw in "The Cloud" that has already been addressed, fixed, and has been around forever... FLASH DRIVES!
What happens when your computer gets destroyed? Well, If you were intelligent you'd had at least most of your precious data on some sort of removable device, or already saved somewhere else. You never need internet, and you don't have to worry about losing it. "The Cloud?" No internet... No data.
Revolutionary, but not at all practical.
I hope they're locking people's personal docs and correspondence behind something more than a password. That guy's personal files would be equally available to anyone who guesses/knows his password. I hope he has a PC at home for security.
woo! @2:52 An iphone escaped the keyboard!:-)
woo! @2:52 An iphone escaped the keyboard!:-)
sorry, 2:48
I wouldn't call that a flexibility..Without a cloud, I can access my data anywhere i do or do nothave internet..great video though
However instead of an internet connection you would then need whatever storage medium you put your data on (usb drive, CD/DVD, hard disk, etc). And if you leave it somewhere then you cannot access it elsewhere unless you have another copy.
I wouldn't call that a flexibility..Without a cloud, I can access my data anywhere i do or do nothave internet..great video though
good point, but now adays how many places or people don't have internet?(or internet close bye) however i would agree with you this is better for the city and won't allow you to do anything while traveling without an expensive mobile hotspot.
lol thanks tom's hardware. that was funny.
Well, If you were intelligent you'd had at least most of your precious data on some sort of removable device, or already saved somewhere else.
Better hope you don't forget to take it with you
Personally I'd prefer not to have access to my data from everywhere. I don't want to be expected to be working 24/7.
Hold on i just went on the website. aparently it has built in 3g. guess they are smart. but it also said verizon, not as smart. guess you don't want to be using 3g unless you want to pay a fortune and your back to sqaure one of not being able to access your data.
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Watching the photo editing awakens nightmares of The GIMP. Ugh, I hate that program.
Who wants to see a computer destroyed if it's not a mac. Can't get enough of people smashing macs! These things might actually be useful.
Not impressed....
Why can't the just send all these things to me instead? I could upload me using it on youtube for years. Bore you to death, instead of giving Chinese workers heart attacks... ;-)
This may be one of my favorite advertising campaigns to date.
Would be nice if they showed a montage of the other 20 laptops at the end.
pretty entertaining video
Cloud computing is a form of control. Your data is available for big brother to check anytime they want.
Unlike an offline pc.
I think cloud based computing is good only to a certain extend.
Hope to God that it doesn't become the mainstream THING.
Great idea...except now all your information is in the hands of Google. They could access everything if they wanted to.
How is this any different than what is currently possible through Google Docs? This video makes the "OS" look like nothing more than a glorified browser.
@refsius - What else did you think Chromium OS was supposed to be?
This video makes the "OS" look like nothing more than a glorified browser.
But the OS **IS** nothing more than a glorified browser in this case.
Sorry, but I don't think portable internet infrastructure is good enough yet for something like this to succeed on the go. Also, what about internet outages, they're annoying enough already (especially when I'm at school and trying to get some work done), but with this you wouldn't get anything done. Back to the old standard of pen and paper.
I prefer physical drives, and just protect yourself with daily backups. Windows has it built in so you don't even think about it.
A very unique advertisement - where on earth could a sink be drop on a laptop?
I want my 5:36 of my life back. This is the lamest advertisement I've ever seen.
Why the hell everyone's complaining about they're data security now and how it's not being flexible? It's almost the same thing with how you access your daily and everyday email (Yahoo!, GMail, etc)from a Blackberry thingy...
made me crave for ice cream
A very unique advertisement - where on earth could a sink be drop on a laptop?
it was expected ... upon seeing the coffee, I knew there was a sink on the line
It's almost the same thing with how you access your daily and everyday email (Yahoo!, GMail, etc)from a Blackberry thingy...
Except with those other services you have choice. Don't like the policies of one, then you can easily change to another, one that might treat your data as more than info to be mined for advertising purposes.. Google are using the chrome OS to lock people into their ecosystem, much like apple does with its iPhoneys etc.
Lock-in is NEVER good for the consumer.
Remember, Google is NOTHING more than an advertising company that leverages 'free' services to harvest as much data as possible from you and your online activities, to the end of making money from it. They cannot be trusted any further than any other ad company wanting to get its claws into you and your personal information for their own ends.
25 computers were harmed in making the video? i counted only 4.
what a waste! just to prove a point: making a Lost Cat ad takes
a lot of effort with Chrome OS.