TechCrunch: Google Chrome OS To Launch Within A Week

Hmm, TechCrunch has been getting a lot of exclusive stories lately.  The most recent of which is this article stating that Chrome OS is to be released within a week.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/google-chrome-os-to-launch-within-a-week/

Their previous exclusive story turned out to be true; Google posted about the Gizmo5 acquisition on one of their blogs and Gizmo5 stopped accepting new members.

If this is indeed true (and I have reason to believe it is) I'll be installing and testing it upon release.  Of course, the TechCrunch article mentions possible driver issues... but since Chrome OS is Linux-based, manufacturers don't necessarily have to create a completely new set of drivers.  We'll see what happens though - I don't have a netbook at my disposal, so hopefully this Compaq laptop will do.  It's fairly generic in terms of hardware.

We'll have to see what happens though.  All I can say is... if this is true, it's going to be a good week.