Acer aims to launch first Chrome OS netbook next year
 

We've known since the beginning that Google aims to release Chrome OS for public consumption in the latter part of next year. What we didn't know is that, according to DigiTimes, Acer aims to be the first netbook vendor to have a Chrome OS-based system out the door in 2010.

DigiTimes received word from "industry sources" that such a netbook has been brewing in Acer's labs since the middle of this year. Also, the site says Acer Chairman JT Wang "expressed his confidence that the company will be the first vendor to launch Chrome-based netbook in the market."

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/18062

really not waiting for Chrome OS netbooks unless they boost battery life exponentially