trapical Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Article: Speculation is mounting that Google will this week unveil a no-frills personal computer costing as little as $200 Tuesday January 3, 2006 They built a $123bn business around online text search then diversified into video, email and, more controversially, book publishing. Now Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have set their sights firmly on Microsoft with the expected arrival of a cut-down Google personal computer. Speculation is mounting that Page will use a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday to unveil details of a low-cost computer or internet-enabled device that will run on a new operating system developed by Google. Because the device - similar in concept to the Mac Mini unveiled last year by Apple's Steve Jobs - doesn't use Microsoft's Windows, it could cost as little as $200. Despite its low price it would enable users to collect and store internet-delivered content such as films, music and photos then show it on TV. According to the LA Times, Google will announce details of the new device at CES, where it could also unveil its partnership with Wal Mart to sell the machines. The report follows comments made by US analysts just before Christmas, suggesting Google would expand into hardware. In a briefing note, Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck said the US online giant would launch Google Cubes - simple network-based boxes that could link and control home entertainment, computer and automation systems. "In fact, Google could over time become more of a hardware company than anything else," Mr Peck said. The idea of network computing - where dumb terminals connect to a network pulling down applications where necessary - has been around since the early days of the PC, but attempts to successfully pull it off have been stymied by costs and bandwidth limitations. But now that broadband connections are a reality for an increasing number of homes and computer manufacturing costs have fallen, the prospects for a Google-branded device look rosier. While building a low-cost PC is now relatively straightforward - the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project recently secured a manufacturer for its planned $100 laptop - the question buzzing across blogs today was how Google, in the highly competitive low-margin PC building business, will make any money. One possible scenario is that it will use the device to deliver video and other content accompanied by search-based ads. But with Google shares trading at $415, valuing the company northwards of $123bn, short-term returns are likely to be low down a list of priorities should the predictions turn out to be true. Google declined to discuss the existence or otherwise of the new device, saying only: "We don't comment on rumour and speculation." Come Friday, however, we should all be the wiser. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/ ... ?gusrc=rss :0 The awesomeness that is Google allied with the not-so-awesomeness that is WalMart? A Google OS? Crazy crazies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodkilla87 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 How did you get that gmail thing thats in your signature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 i found the thing about 100$ labtop interesting for school... ? possibilites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjlhdevil Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Google is skynet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 It's all speculation and I wouldn't trust a bit of it ;) I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I'm doubting this, but if it's true, props to Google. Google > MS. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk12 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/0 ... 90&tid=137 Fahrvergnuugen writes "According to latimes.com Google is set to launch the Google PC which will run Google's own operating system. From the article: 'Sources say Google has been in negotiations with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., among other retailers, to sell a Google PC. The machine would run an operating system created by Google, not Microsoft's Windows, which is one reason it would be so cheap -- perhaps as little as a couple of hundred dollars.'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 yeah, i read the article on digg earlier. kinda cool, but it cant be out this year. next year at the earliest. ill have already bought a new computer by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjbj1991 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 So it has begun Google will now atack Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevester77 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Is google's stock really a bubble? Well we'll see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 im betting that that computers wont be out for a while. and that the computers will be usless for most household user cause it wouldnt support most fuctions that you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 So it has begun Google will now atack Microsoft. Actually, I would say Google is defending itself. Gates has been on record talking in contempt of Google and "restrategizing" so that they can beat them. Gates has been after Google for a couple of years now. :P Google ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despaxes Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 google just doesnt have the experience old billy has.... they have come with with very few (and mediocre imo) software... and wouldnt be able to continuousely release new patches/updates/software needed to compete... im think this would be more of a little thing have on the side for fun,like a mini pc, might be useful every now and then but with laptops,phones. etc. its basicly pointless thanks everyone for the sigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Here's a picture of the computer: :mamoru: :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I just dont think its possible to have a sub $200 pc. It would be so rubbish at anyhting it would hardly be worth even thinking about for anyone except the most basic of users. What software will come with it? Will any of it be compatable?... Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despaxes Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Here's a picture of the computer: :mamoru: thank you for that, it so useful now that pictures dont work lol *jk* thanks everyone for the sigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well...maybe not a fully functional PC... Google is almost denying that it is planning to build a cut price PC with Wal-Mart stores. The story, which first appeared in the LA Times, claimed that Google intends to market a "fully functional" PC running a Google operating system and costing $200. There was some belief that Google co-founder Larry Page will unveil the "Google PC" during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this Friday. But yesterday Google told Lightreading that it had many PC partners who served their markets exceedingly well and it saw no need to enter that market. A spokesGooglette said that Google would rather partner with such great companies. While Lightreading saw that as a denial, we are not so sure. There are tremors in the force suggesting that Google is building some form of hardware, with someone, that will get punters cheaply onto the Internet. One device being suggested is a dumb network computer, or Google 'cube' which will deliver music, video and even VOIP calls from the PC to the televisions, stereos and phones in the home. This would be a long way from the "fully functional" PC suggested by the LA Times, but a fair way towards what its hacks were suggesting. It could be one of those that we will see at the Consumer Electronics Show on Friday. One thing the LA Times did get wrong was Google was working with Wal-Mart on the deal. Wal-Mart has said that there was "absolutely no truth to the rumor" which is about as categorical denial as you can get. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 As I said before, too much speculation. Don't click it! I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullmetaboy Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Article: Speculation is mounting that Google will this week unveil a no-frills personal computer costing as little as $200 Tuesday January 3, 2006 They built a $123bn business around online text search then diversified into video, email and, more controversially, book publishing. Now Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have set their sights firmly on Microsoft with the expected arrival of a cut-down Google personal computer. Speculation is mounting that Page will use a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday to unveil details of a low-cost computer or internet-enabled device that will run on a new operating system developed by Google. Because the device - similar in concept to the Mac Mini unveiled last year by Apple's Steve Jobs - doesn't use Microsoft's Windows, it could cost as little as $200. Despite its low price it would enable users to collect and store internet-delivered content such as films, music and photos then show it on TV. According to the LA Times, Google will announce details of the new device at CES, where it could also unveil its partnership with Wal Mart to sell the machines. The report follows comments made by US analysts just before Christmas, suggesting Google would expand into hardware. In a briefing note, Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck said the US online giant would launch Google Cubes - simple network-based boxes that could link and control home entertainment, computer and automation systems. "In fact, Google could over time become more of a hardware company than anything else," Mr Peck said. The idea of network computing - where dumb terminals connect to a network pulling down applications where necessary - has been around since the early days of the PC, but attempts to successfully pull it off have been stymied by costs and bandwidth limitations. But now that broadband connections are a reality for an increasing number of homes and computer manufacturing costs have fallen, the prospects for a Google-branded device look rosier. While building a low-cost PC is now relatively straightforward - the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project recently secured a manufacturer for its planned $100 laptop - the question buzzing across blogs today was how Google, in the highly competitive low-margin PC building business, will make any money. One possible scenario is that it will use the device to deliver video and other content accompanied by search-based ads. But with Google shares trading at $415, valuing the company northwards of $123bn, short-term returns are likely to be low down a list of priorities should the predictions turn out to be true. Google declined to discuss the existence or otherwise of the new device, saying only: "We don't comment on rumour and speculation." Come Friday, however, we should all be the wiser. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/ ... ?gusrc=rss :0 The awesomeness that is Google allied with the not-so-awesomeness that is WalMart? A Google OS? Crazy crazies!! Don't believe google, Even though Google brings in over 123 billion dollars, a Google OS is going to be a big mistake. They may have C+ Programmers, but they don't have any idea what there getting into.... Honestly, Just stay with Linux or Solaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despaxes Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 linux and solaris are mediocre for personal use, business use yes theyre great! windows is the best for personal use... then macintosh, THEN linux and solaris why? because they have so much that is pointless and easier to do in mac and windows... again as i said, i figured it was something to help you everynow and then.. i knew it wasnt a cpu thanks everyone for the sigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Don't believe google, Even though Google brings in over 123 billion dollars, a Google OS is going to be a big mistake. They may have C+ Programmers, but they don't have any idea what there getting into.... Honestly, Just stay with Linux or Solaris Even though Google has already squashed the rumor about the PC...I would have to disagree with you. Frankly...we don't know what Google is capable of. Who is to say they can't put out a new OS? linux and solaris are mediocre for personal use, business use yes theyre great! windows is the best for personal use... then macintosh, THEN linux and solaris I agree...except I prefer Mac over Windows. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullmetaboy Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Don't believe google, Even though Google brings in over 123 billion dollars, a Google OS is going to be a big mistake. They may have C+ Programmers, but they don't have any idea what there getting into.... Honestly, Just stay with Linux or Solaris Even though Google has already squashed the rumor about the PC...I would have to disagree with you. Frankly...we don't know what Google is capable of. Who is to say they can't put out a new OS? linux and solaris are mediocre for personal use, business use yes theyre great! windows is the best for personal use... then macintosh, THEN linux and solaris I agree...except I prefer Mac over Windows. :P I'm actually in my 30's, been working with computers since forever... Google is capable i suppose, and i'm all for a Attack on Microsoft, i just don't believe that after all this time, Google is going to create a OS. It's shocking, i've gone through almost every Operating system you can think of, Currently All my Computers Us rockLinux. i use google everyday, google infact is my homepage. I am just a confused little girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I'm actually in my 30's, been working with computers since forever... Google is capable i suppose, and i'm all for a Attack on Microsoft, i just don't believe that after all this time, Google is going to create a OS. It's shocking, i've gone through almost every Operating system you can think of, Currently All my Computers Us rockLinux. i use google everyday, google infact is my homepage. I am just a confused little girl Well I'd say your right about believing Google won't do it - especially since they have completely shot down the rumor about making a PC. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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