According to Google Chief Eric Schmidt, netbooks running on Google's new Chromium operating system that are expected to be on sale in retail stores by the end of this year or early next year will be priced in the $300-$400 range. "Those prices are completely determined by the costs of the glass, the costs of the processor and things like that, but in our case Chrome OS and Android are free so there is no software tax associated with all of this," Schmidt says.
Google introduced the Chrome operating system two months ago and boasted it as a lightweight, browser-based OS that could boot up in seven seconds or less. The company has not yet revealed who they will be partnering with to manufacture their new netbooks, but Acer has said that it expects to offer about a million of these devices this year.
Google's trying hard to get into the netbook market and is up for a fight against its competitors, namely Windows-based devices. Guess we'll just have to wait to see Google's latest creation.
Via Wired.
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