If you want to get a Google Chrome OS powered netbook NOW then you have to look no further than the live list of supporting hardware at The Chromium Projects site.

The list is compiled and updated by folk who are using the OS everyday and it supplies information on which netbooks, notebooks and laptops support the Chrome OS and to what degree. They give details on how the hardware supports various key features including WiFi, Ethernet and Suspend/Resume. They also leave caveats and descriptive comments to help people wanting to get their hands on Chrome right now.

The list includes proving heavyweights in the netbook world such as the Asus Eee 100x series which sport  10.1 inch displays and the Dell Mini 10v.

The Asus Smartbook (we’re not sure of it’s real name just yet, perhaps a sibling to the Eee) which will be ARM powered with a Snapdragon chipset and was due to be launched Q1 2010 has had it’s launch date slip to Q2.

Our initial thoughts were that this could be so that the little piece of kit could be released with the Google Chrome OS on it as the operating system of choice. According to Judy Wu – one of Asus’ market specialists and an interview with the RegHardware, this delay was not to do with the OS of choice and in fact hinted that accommodating Chrome as the OS may even have more detrimental affects on the date that the Smartbook could be released to the wild.

Early demonstrations of the Smartbook have shown it running the Google Android operating system as used in the T-Mobile G1/G2.