14 DAY TRIAL // That Acer has been working on a netbook set to run Chrome OS is not exactly that big a piece of news in itself, but it looks as though some actual hardware details on the so-called ZGB have now been spotted.
By now, many end-users will no doubt at least have heard about the Chrome Operating System.
Made in the style of a browser, the OS is developed by Google, which is the same company behind the Android OS used in smartphones and tablets.
The main premise of Chrome OS is to allow netbook owners to perform the majority, if not all, operations in the cloud, online as it were.
As such, the OS is actually a browser that instantly grants access to online applications for document editing, photo editing and many other things.
This will allow the netbook itself to be lighter and make do with far less built-in storage, while also bringing the benefit that all file progress will be saved and accessible from anywhere and at any time, and even other machines.
Some demos of the OS were made, but only now have some hardware details on the Acer ZGB surfaced.
Apparently, the 10.-inch (probably) display has a native resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels, while the other hardware elements include an HDMI output and the LVDS to HDMI encoder.
The encoder might not ring many bells to the average user, but it is developed by Chrontel and used to add support to HDMI on netbooks based on Intel Atom CPUs.
As such, while no confirmation exists, one can guess that it is at least possible for Acer to have decided to use either an older-generation chip or the new, Oak Trail Z670.
All in all, it is very possible that the upcoming device is similar to all other netbooks out there, save when it comes to the operating system.