Originally Posted by
rodan01 Hard drives are so slow. With SSD PCs start faster, apps run faster, the battery last longer, there is less heat and noise.
I'd like to see PCs with SSD at lower prices, maybe something like Chromebooks but running Windows 8:
13-inch touchscreen
2gb ram
32gb storage
CPU Celeron
7 hours battery life.
$300
Chrome OS is a much, much lighter/thinner OS than Windows 8 is. Most of the power in Chrome OS devices is on remote servers; Chrome OS is a browser/cloud-based operating system. (By contrast, Windows 8, WP8, and for that matter most other current operating systems, including MacOS, iOS, and Android, are device-based operating systems.) The minimal device requirements are why chromebooks can have such low specs and still run very well.
To be honest, among my laptops and tablets (and I have a few of each), my chromebook is my favorite to use device. The only devices I use more than my chromebook are my smartphones and possibly my desktop computer.