PC Advisor have published a review of the Google CR-48 Chrome laptop. 'The Google CR-48's minimalism isn't necessarily a bad thing and some people may quite like it. The same could be said for Google Chrome OS. But this does raise the question: What's taking so long? If Chrome OS is really just a stripped-down version of Linux (as it appears to be) whose main responsibility is simply to run a browser, why should it take about two years between the announcement of the OS and the appearance of commercial laptops that run it? It's hard to believe that the holdup of the Google CR-48 is down to the complexity of Chrome Apps. Many that I've used are simply smart bookmarks that deliver you to a web page; in some cases, they deliver you to a service like Gmail without having to log in. That's useful, but doesn't seem like a major coding achievement.'
