* Linux gains from having many people using it, what is effectively happening when a lot of people are buying Chrome Books. So ARM support is likely to become even better, and hardware manufacturers are going to build something more "linux"-friendly
* You can do whatever you want with it if you turn on the developer switch, so that's a plus
* You don't actually pay for a license for windows 7 if you buy this chromebook, so you are not supporting "closed source software" with money
* Google as a company has done considerably more for open source software than Microsoft (or so I think)
These would be my points, why I think of the chromebook in better regards as Microsoft Surface. However, it would be kind of awesome if you'd have an open, touch-enabled platform (like the surface) and could use it however you want i.e. installing Ubuntu on it. In that case I'd probably be really tempted to even buy one, though it'd come from Micro$oft.
* Linux gains from having many people using it, what is effectively happening when a lot of people are buying Chrome Books. So ARM support is likely to become even better, and hardware manufacturers are going to build something more "linux"-friendly
* You can do whatever you want with it if you turn on the developer switch, so that's a plus
* You don't actually pay for a license for windows 7 if you buy this chromebook, so you are not supporting "closed source software" with money
* Google as a company has done considerably more for open source software than Microsoft (or so I think)
These would be my points, why I think of the chromebook in better regards as Microsoft Surface. However, it would be kind of awesome if you'd have an open, touch-enabled platform (like the surface) and could use it however you want i.e. installing Ubuntu on it. In that case I'd probably be really tempted to even buy one, though it'd come from Micro$oft.