Chrome isn't due to be official until Dec. While this is rumored to be a summer release. That said HP has plans for Android slates so I'd assume ChromeOS is also a possibility (http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/video-of-hps-android-power...)

Because MS gave HP a fair amount of free PR by promoting the Slate on stage at CES? By doing this, MS has helped make the Slate one of the 2 or 3 tablets, out of 50 or so, that anyone mentions by name.

have you used windows 7? also, this thing can run chrome, so close enough, maybe?

what about the ability to multi-task, install hulu desktop, etc?

also, if one needs more than 5 hours of battery life, it's probably a good sign that one should get a laptop or, dare I say, a netbook. why? because you're probably going to end up buying the docks anyway. no one can sit through 10 hrs of facing down and typing on a screen. i promise you that.

It's a strange world where this is the case, but Windows 7 is a lot more open than either ChromeOS or the iPad.7. hromeOS is similar to the iPad in that you're limited in your ability to install the software of your choice - does it even have native programs that you can install?. Isn't that like the complaint so many of us have about the iPad, that it doesn't have a full featured OS?