In a quick chat with Eric Schmidt recently at the Atmosphere Cloud Computing Summit, the Google CEO revealed that more about Chrome OS’s hardware, including the fact that the hardware will be “completely disposable”. Users can simply toss their device down the trash once they are tired with it, although we couldn’t imagine why. Schmidt also revealed that most devices running the Google operating system will be priced similar to what a netbook is now – roughly $300 to $400, which is something most companies can pay for disposable. Schmidt also discussed the potential of subsidized devices, saying “sure” but then stating that although Google itself won’t sell any Chrome OS devices on contract, but others are free to do so. Click past the break for the full 41 minute discussion with Schmidt, questions begin at 13 minutes into the talk.
Source: Events@Google
