The Google Chrome OS Netbook – What's the Big Deal?

According to Google, netbooks sporting the new Google Chrome OS are supposed to hit the shelves at major stores before the end of the first quarter of 2011. It sounds quite ho-hum to me, considering the plethora of netbooks already available.

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Laptop Operating Systems – Are All Netbooks Different than Notebooks?

Linux Tux How are netbooks and notebooks different? Does the operating system determine what classification the laptop belongs to, more so than the size?

When you take all aspects of a particular laptop into consideration, what identifies a laptop as a netbook as opposed to a mini laptop? Are those pink netbooks really netbooks or are they mini laptops being marketed as netbooks?

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