Acer Not Releasing a Chrome OS Notebook at Computex After All

Posted 05/18/2010 at 5:02am | by Paul Lilly

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There has been plenty of speculation about Acer being the first to release a netbook built around Google's Chrome OS platform, but contrary to earlier reports, there will be no such device today, tomorrow, or any time soon, it appears.

"Despite recent rumors in the press regarding the launch of Chrome OS based netbooks at Computex, Acer today confirms that it has no plans for such a product," Acer said in a statement. "Acer believes that Google Chrome OS is without a doubt an exciting product announcement and deserves its full attention as well as an in-depth study of its potential from a consumer's perspective."

Acer went on to say that it will be "following the development and progress of Google Chrome and the evolution of Google's overall product strategy very closely," but didn't offer any other details. So in other words, it looks like Acer is having serious second thoughts about a netbook built almost entirely on a cloud computing platform and perhaps wants to gauge how consumers react to competitors' upcoming Chrome OS products.