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Nvidia's Tegra is due to make an appearance sometime soon according to reports, and at least seems to have landed a regular gig with Microsoft's Zune. So it perhaps makes sense that in the same week we find pics of Google's first true OS we also hear that two major OEMs, who are Google Chrome OS compatriots, are ready to pounce with devices that combine them both.

These are the Google Chrome OS images that have surfaced recently.

You'll notice Lenovo and Acer featured here in this image showing Google's partners.

But where does this leave the gruesome twosome who have dominated this industry for decades? The Wintel duopoly will have no doubt been watching very carefully, scheming and hatching a counter-offensive of their own. Will the Shanzai care? They've been using ARM processors for years in cell phones and smart phones and (unlike most Taiwanese manufacturers) they have no loyalty or affinity to a specific platform or OS. If the consumer wants ARM-based smartbooks running a free Chrome OS, then that is what they'll have. By mid-2010 we'll have them in a myriad of designs and colors. Perhaps even sooner.