Via Google Blogoscoped: "Welcome to your new Dell PC - in partnership with Google". Dell machines now come with Google Desktop and Google Toolbar preinstalled. My first reaction was, watch this space for Google Domains, Google Apps and Google Docs. Jason Calacanis has much grander ideas:
"I predict that in 2007 Google will release an Operating System and a super discount PC. Think, a $300-400 PC that's sold at cost in order to make money off of their services. Think about being Dell or Gateway and being offered a free OS and 1-5% of the revenue from Adsense on the computer? How can you turn that down when it's going to be double or triple your margin on a PC?!"
Microsoft, by the way, is bundling Office Live with Sony and Toshiba computers. When the news came out last month, Paul Engels from Hostopia questioned the effectiveness of preinstalled bloatware. But if the bloatware were subsidizing your PC, might that change the picture?
PS - In addition to GoogleOS and GooglePC, GigaOm say Google Mobile Phone might be on its way as well.
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