谷歌寄望新款Chromebook电脑

    森谷普塔称：“Chrome操作系统对我们来说是非常重要的战略举措。这是我们开发应用和Chrome的方向所在。这是一种全新的计算机系统，它既简洁，速度又快。”

    现在，不管到底卖出了多少台，谷歌可能都能继续运作Chromebook项目。公司表示，今年年底会有更多厂商推出Chromebook，这一升级版电脑将在百思买（Best Buy）这些零售店销售（到目前为止Chromebook还只能在线销售）。同时，Chromebook很可能还会获得思思维前瞻的教育机构的青睐，而像非盈利组织这样对价格敏感的机构也会感兴趣。但不能指望这些最新功能会对企业用户的销售产生重大影响——这一天的到来可能还得等上数年，也有可能这一幕永远不会出现。不过对谷歌来说，它手里幸而还有安卓（Android）可以撑场面。

    译者：清远

    "Chrome OS is a very important and strategic effort for us," says Sengupta. "It's the direction we've been going with apps and Chrome. It's a new kind of computing system that's simple and is super fast."

    For now, Google can probably afford to keep its Chromebooks project running regardless of how many computers actually get sold. The company says more manufacturers will unveil Chromebooks by end of this year, and that the updated computers will sell in retail locations like Best Buy (up until now Chromebooks were only available online). In the meantime, it's likely Chromebooks will continue to gain traction with forward-thinking educational institutions and maybe other price-sensitive organizations like the non-profit sector. But don't expect these latest features to have a profound effect on enterprise sales--that may be years away. Or it may never happen. Lucky for Google, it's also got Android.