Sony to ship computers with Google Chrome as default browser
But it turns out there was a method to the madness. Google was working behind the scenes to convince hardware manufacturers to bundle the web browser with their computers. And it's kind of tricky to do that when your software is in beta, implying that it's unfinished or unstable.
Now about 9 months after Chrome emerged from beta, the Financial Times is reporting that Sony and Google have reached a deal to bundle the browser with Sony computers. Sony Vaio computers are already shipping with Chrome loaded as the default web browser, and Google says it's working on similar deals with other PC vendors.
The deal could help boost the number of people using the web browser. After all, if we've learned one thing by the success of Internet Explorer, it's that most people will probably just use whatever web browser comes with their computer. Google also produced a video earlier this year (shown above) that shows that a heck of a lot of people don't really understand what exactly a browser is, which kind of suggests that there are a lot of people who aren't going to be changing the default browser on their computers anytime soon.
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