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Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by bad_user on Friday May 13, 2011 @11:32AM (#2544971)
The NC was a thin-client, where apps would run over the network.

There have been lots of thin-clients around.

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Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by hernan7 on Friday May 13, 2011 @12:42PM (#2545210)
Yes, the NC (or at least the models I saw back in the day) was basically an X Windows station with a Java engine bolted on.
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