The Ro.Me interactive video for chrome (using webGL) is now online.

VIEW VIDEO: http://www.ro.me/

It is quite something to witness! Short, but a really, really cool concept. You get to control the viewport and 'paint' in 3D on the landscape in scenes. It all meshes with the music quite nicely, and the scenes are pretty beautiful.

It's worth checking out, and a fine testament to something that you can do on the web that would be hard to do any way else by way of distrubtion.

Here is the official page of the Samsung chromebook:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/c...b2c_typ_cd=B2C

God this looks good. If I could justify it, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Oh goodness! How cool is this?

Cloud robotics:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDe.../5/FxXBUp-4800

This is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Seriously, bravo...

Here's a really cool IDE for a bunch of web technologies, and plain text:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...kpij?hl=en-US#

- It supports FTP/SFTP/Dropbox so that you can interact directly with your remote system (no idea if it supports x.509 certs).
- It has a distinctly app feel, and not just a web-page.
- It is very responsive and a joy to use

I think I personally would have trust issues giving a 3rd party my server credentials. If there was some sort of an assurance that it was a purely client-side application and that no info would be stored outside of your browser. I would instantly use this application if I had a EC2 service and the service was provided by Amazon.

I guess, in time I'll learn to trust these services!

Other than that it's an extremely competent tool for what it promises. It is really handy, and would work exceptionally well with an SSH web app, or if SSH were built into this app.

Having seen some benchmarks of the Atom 570's GPU performance, I cannot in good conscience recommend the Samsung Chromebook to anybody that wants to do some gaming or enjoy WegGL at reasonable framerates.

This is *so* disappointing. Everything else about the chromebook is stellar, but neglecting the GPU is a big no-no.

Intel integrated graphics needs to die a swift death, along with the underperforming Atom. While the notebook will still be great for individuals that do light productivity, the new wave of WebGL games will suffer largely by the restrictions of the crap-tacular NM10 chipset (aka GMA x3100) found in this thing.

I'm looking forward to ARM kicking the stuffing out of intel next year. I hope that Google is working feverishly to get ChromeOS functioning on ARM as a thinner, lighter, longer-lasting Cortex A15 chromebook with next gen graphics (eg. Mali T604) would be a terrific computer.

Basically you want to recommend someone:

1) a tablet (iPad/iPad2/PlayBook/Touchpad/Android Slates)

2) or you would want to recommend a "thin&light"/culv/"notbook" like the new Macbook Airs or Windows7 with:
a dedicated gpu (>ATi4330) and a cpu with SU3500>SU7300>i5-470UM>i7 2657M (Sandy Bridge has intel hd3000 which is comparable to Nvidia 320M/ATi 5450).

3) or you would recommend a cheap notebook like an internet special/refurbished/used one, or one which has AMD's new APU (which is only comparable to my SU7300+4330).

... markets just too crowded to take any netbook + Chrome seriously.

Markets too crowded to take chrome os seriously ---->totally agree..

Unless Google markets chromeOS with the same fire that Mr. Jobs has up his ***, I would doubt it would create a big fan base (esp. with the data plan requirements etc.)

Where are those prices for? Will they be that price everywhere in the world- or will other countries (eg; Australia) be stuck with the doubled price?

No, you're missing the point.

I would not recommend a mobile tablet, in place of a traditional laptop for productivity. Having seen a chromebook, I would not recommend a thin/light computer with a traditional OS, and I most certainly would not recommend a cheap netbook with Chrome installed by default.

I would, without a doubt, recommend a chromebook to my non-hacker colleagues.

Chrome eliminates the user-maintenance problem, and increases ease-of-use and general security to an unprecedented height. Moreover, the sophistication of web applications is certainly on par with most user-facing software currently found on traditional OSs save for niche markets.

If you think that the market will not take a chromebook seriously, you may be in for a shock.

This past weekend, I talked to both my Girlfriend, a friend, and a business colleague about chromebooks, and the level of interest was very high. My gf is pretty set on getting a chromebook as her next computer over the macbook that she has currently. My friend is giving it serious consideration and he has a macbook pro and a brand new iMac.

I am also thinking about integrating a chromebook into my general workflow.

Not sure... It would probably be wise to wait and see what Samsung officially offers.