Image via WikipediaApple’s iPad proved consumers will buy computers that don’t rely on Microsoft’s operating system, or Intel’s processors. Now Google appears ready follow up in November, launching a new operating system on a series of machines powered by ARM-based processors, Taiwan’s Digitimes reported Tuesday.
Google’s Chrome notebook is expected to be manufactured by Inventec with initial shipments to reach 60,000-70,000 units. The Google Chrome notebook will feature an ARM-based platform and will not be selling through retail channels.
The sources pointed out that after Google announced its Chrome notebook, Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) will follow suit and launch their products in December, at the earliest, to test the water. Both vendors’ products will be manufactured by Quanta Computer…
If the computers sell well Microsoft and Intel — both scrambling to crack the smart phone market — will face yet another challenge, this time from upstarts doing what they have long done best.
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