Why don't you let people install ChromeOS on existing netbook? It's linux based, it should work on any netbook. Also, most of those machines have the same hardware anyway.
Thank you. That's interesting. However, mine was more a policy question. ChromeOS is not thought to be just another OS you can download and install. It will be mainly bound to new devices.
I don't understand why.
Absolutely. Also, there are plenty of great open source developers contributing to the Chromium project to help get the OS working on multiple platforms. If you have an Eee or Dell Mini, for example, there are builds for those freely available.
Do you at least know if whether or not you signed up using the "basic" form or advanced form matters for the early shipments? I signed up about half an hour after the form was live and then found the advanced form and signed up using that instead. Judging by reports from other Cr-48 recipients, I should have signed up using the "basic" form. Can you confirm this?
I’m a Chrome team member and saw this going around Twitter.
Just wanted to say, you can right-click on the Cr-48 by tapping with two fingers (or holding Alt and single clicking).
You can also flip the developer mode switch under the device and get full access to a shell: http://www.chromium.org/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device
hope this resolves some of the comments!