The Verge - Apple October 9, 2026

A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far

Software, software, software. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Google's new operating system is off to a rocky start. The five newly launched Googlebook laptops have hardware that ranges from great to excellent, but the software in its current state is the weak point. There are four of u…

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A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far

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