Samsung releases chrome desktop computer *new!

SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung on Tuesday released the first Chrome desktop computer that in substance shifts work into Internet “cloud” using a version of the Google Web browser as its operating system.

“This is the straightway step in our journey toward an always-new computing experience focused on speed, simplicity and security,” said Google director of product management Caesar Sengupta.

The new Chromebook

The new Chromebook and the Chromebox feature dual-core Intel processors, 16-gigabyte solid state drives, and built-in wireless internet connectivity.

“The new Samsung Series 5 Chromebook and Series 3 Chromebox provide the rapid, convenient and ever-improving computing experience that was so then-received in our first Chromebook,” said Samsung marketing vice president Todd Bouman.

The computing model shifts operating software into the Internet letting data centers store data and tend to tough tasks.

Shifting operating software to banks of servers on the Internet means that Google tends to matters just as updating programs and fending off hackers and malicious software.

Advantages include quick start-ups from disk-drive free machines, long battery life, and in substance being able to dive into one’s desktop data from anywhere on the Internet.