If you think about it, Google’s Chromebook could pose a huge threat to Apple and their Macbook Air experience. Take a quick look at some of the specs comparing the Samsung Chromebook<\/a>, Acer Chromebook<\/a>, and 11-inch Macbook Air.<\/p>\n (click to enlarge<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Chromebooks are MUCH cheaper, you can get them with 3G connectivity, they last longer, and have mostly all the same multimedia\/connectivity options like webcams and HDMI out.\u00a0While the Macbook is little bit lighter and higher powered, Google is banking on two ideas:<\/p>\n Part of the lure for the Macbooks, even if you’re only using it as a web browsing tool, is the brand name. While perhaps Samsung or Acer couldn’t have pulled off an affordable web-only notebook as “cool”, adding the Google and Chrome branding and concept (Chromebook) brings it a long way in terms of perceived value. If Google has successfully pinned down this market of web-wanting computers who prefer keyboards and web access, Chromebooks could be pretty popular within the next year.<\/p>\n Visit our Chrome Forum<\/a> where we’ve got special sections for the Samsung Chromebook<\/a>, Acer Chromebook<\/a>, Chromebox<\/a> and more! And just to make you extra intrigued… check out this promo video we snagged from Google IO:<\/p>\n\n