When I was stuck in Las Vegas, Nevada without my trusty Windows laptop (my display went out), the only feasible alternative after blowing all of my money at the casino tables was the CR-48 Chrome Notebook that Rob happened to bring along. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do any heavy-lifting with this thing like uploading video, but I thought I’d be able to get by if I didn’t need to edit anything.<\/p>\n
A lack of photoshop and Sony Vegas didn’t bother me as long as I shot video or shot a photo at the perfect angle. The first time I went to upload these images and video, though, I was shattered – I couldn’t. I couldn’t navigate to my SD card when using YouTube’s uploader or WordPress’ image uploader. I had no way to access any files on my external storage devices. At that point, I denounced the thing quite useless even for light use.<\/p>\n
I shared my thoughts that week during a CES keynote with a Googler. I told her the truth – Chrome OS stunk. I loved the idea and I know it’s not meant to be a full-blown computer, but leaving no way for users to access their personal content was probably the biggest oversight Google has ever made.<\/p>\n