I’ve always found that to be quite annoying, the reported volume of the drive is different from it’s actual maximum. This is due to the way manufactures do math. No really, I’m not kidding, manufactures are allowed to do math in any way they want as long as the post their work on the box. In the case of most they consider 1 Byte to be 8 Bits (And it is, everywhere) so good on them for getting that right. But then when it comes to 1 Kilobyte, they go a little wrong. Instead of reporting 1 Kilobyte ...

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Microsoft has started a website, that's basically the IE6 death clock. They are trying to get IE6 usage across the world down to 1% total. It shows the US has lowest percent of IE6 users at 2.9% and China has the highest percent of users at 34.5%, with the global average being 12.0%. Microsoft also on the site has put up slogans such as "Friends Don't Let Friends Use Internet Explorer 6." under the "Educate Others" section. You too can join the cause to get IE6 down to less then 1% by clicking here. ...

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That's how the story goes anyway. The user, delighted to get his new Chromebook found out that there was no chrome running on it at all, but a Japanese version of Windows 7. People in the thread are thinking that Google might of used refurbished SSDs to keep cost down.

Google Groups: Chromium OS Discussion Thread

Pictures used took after un-boxing the Cr-48.

YouTube Video of Cr-48 booting to Windows 7

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