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		UnoriginalGuy on Nov 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The new Acer Chromebook It isn't "general purpose."

cryptoz on Nov 12, 2012 [–]

Sure it is. What makes it not general purpose? You can write and execute programs on it. How much more general purpose can you get?

UnoriginalGuy on Nov 12, 2012 | [–]

You can? From all the reviews I've read it runs web-"apps" things. I've never read that it can run software developed for the platform specifically.

BHSPitMonkey on Nov 12, 2012 | | [–]

You can run Native Client code on it, just as you can in Chrome the Browser.

https://developers.google.com/native-client/

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