Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:09:13 +0000

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. When I first started playing with ChromeOS betas a few months ago I came to the realization that this was not for me. Two things were apparent:

This machine is to provide a cloud-based Thin Client. I live off servers around the world, not necessarily in the cloud.
As a geek, the Walled Garden drives me crazy. “What do you mean I can’t install a SSH server?!?!?”

My girlfriend on the other hand could care less about a SSH server. She finds the Mac Mini a little overwhelming at times and really just wants the internet. “Show me where the Safari icon is.” For that reason alone I found ChromeOS to be built for her. Instant On and just a web browser.

Private Browser Cleaner

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:09:18 +0000

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the extensions I use to keep the browser private ALWAYS:

Chrome – Click&Clean

Firefox – Click&Clean

Internet Explorer – CCleaner plugin since IE is the suckage

Chrome on Geeky Schmidt

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

Private Browser Cleaner