The forgotten Chromebook that started it all

Google didn't adjacent telephone the archetypal Chromebook a "Chromebook." The Cr-48 had nary absorbing plan and nary agleam logos - it wasn't adjacent designed to beryllium a merchandise you could buy. Instead, it was a portal to a large caller thought astir computers.

In this week's occurrence of Version History, The Verge's Nilay Patel and MKBHD's Marques Brownlee articulation David Pierce to assistance explicate the past of ChromeOS and Chromebooks, and sermon whether Google's attack to machine hardware was the close one.

This has been an breathtaking play of Version History, arsenic we've been exploring the astir iconic schoolhouse tech. Last week's occurrence explored Nicholas Negroponte …

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