Google's unbranded notebook, the Cr-48 (someone please tell me what that actually stands for, apart from a strange abbreviation for Chrome) for their Chrome OS operating system (yeah I know what I did just there), is actually a very slick looking thing. It's interesting because they honestly have taken their visual cue's from Apple. Strip the thing to the very basics, regarding the looks.

If this was available years ago before I made the jump from PC/Linux to the Mac, maybe I would have tried this out first, alas it’s too late I think as the next computing device I get will probably be an iPad. I love the concept behind this but I think Google will find it difficult to find traction with the kind of end user that I am. By that I mean the mac-o-phile who has invested himself in all things Apple and have sorted myself out in both my home computing and general mobile computing. Hell even a Windows guy will probably not jump ship just yet. There is definitely a market for this kind of thing, it’s just that I don’t fall into that market, and I presume neither do those with an iPad, an iPhone or other smart device and a decent laptop setup. Everyone else is pretty fair game, and I suspect that’s a large number.

That said, I couldn’t help but love the box it’s all meant to come in…like a kid that enjoys the box more than the actual toy itself. Wonder who drew those doodles on the box?