Man, the power of old media. A purely speculative prediction article in the L.A. Times,
wondering if Larry Page's CES keynote on Friday might be used to announce a Google PC, was splashed around on the Digg front page as if it were reported fact. The
rumor pipeline is red hot. This is not the first time the idea of a Google PC has surfaced and caught everyone's
imagination. Perhaps it speaks to the blood lust of Microsoft haters that speculation gets more insistent each time.
The only hardware Google has ever produced is the Google Appliance, and enterprise search server. It is hard to imagine
any company ramping up mass production of computers out of the blue. If the manufacturing is outsourced, it's difficult
to see how it could meet the ultra-low price points being tossed around. the proposed scenario is that Google would
distribute its machines through Wal-Mart.
Remember the build-up to Google's announcement
with Sun Microsystems? That turned into a pretty wispy deal, and it's hard not to look at the present build-up in
that light. Still, I won't be ignoring word of Friday's keynote.
Google PC Rumors Out of Hand
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I am not saying I believe any of the hype around this google pc rumor, but what if the google pc is part of the google/sun alliance? I could see that, a barebones sun workstation running either solaris or red hat with google apps all over the place.
...just saying..its possible..
Posted at 12:55PM on Jan 4th 2006 by Keith Mancuso
3. October 4, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Google Inc. today announced an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies to millions of users around the world. The agreement aims to make it easier for users to freely obtain Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE), the Google Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, helping millions of users worldwide to participate in the next wave of Internet growth.
4. Google and Wal Mart? Hopefully the wal mart connection is not true. Google does not need Wal Mart to help them roll out a new line of super cheap desktop computers. Google does need a platform to roll out their new GBrowser though. Microsoft and Google Browser wars rapidly approach. Who will Yahoo support?
Posted at 1:56PM on Jan 5th 2006 by Jack Roberts
1. I would hope that Google's Do No Evil mantra would put the kibosh on any Wal-mart collaboration. Duh.
Posted at 12:38PM on Jan 4th 2006 by Mark