Review: Internet-focused alternative in Chrome PCs

Published July 19, 2012 7:01pm ET



ATLANTA (AP) — Two new computers running Google’s Chrome operating system are looking to lure people to a browser-based environment. Both target light-duty computer users who don’t need the full range of capabilities that traditional Windows and Mac computers provide.

The first thing to know about these machines is they lack regular hard drives for storage. There’s a small amount of flash memory available, the kind you’d find on a camera memory card, but Chrome OS machines are designed for the cloud. That means documents are stored over the Internet, and programs are run over the Internet through a Web browser.

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