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Ken Lang
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 8:14 am |
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Chrome OS. The operating system from google. Due to be out in a couple of days.
Sure, right now the goal is netbook, the tiny laptop that can't do much by itself. Chrome will have all the apps that it currently can't do, based in the internet. No buying programs like from MS. They all will be free. It's just everything will be stored on the net, not in your computer.
Is there a possibility everyone will be able to see what you are doing or saving? Maybe. Is it worth the risk if what your saving is not what anyone would want?
This could be a big fight between MS and Google. Probably will be. We could be hearing about the Google Chorme Operating System for a long time.
What do you think? Gonna try it?
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Jack Stoner
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 10:35 am
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| From what I read it's not going to be anything more, basically, than another flavor of Linux. |
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Leroy Riggs
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Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 1:34 pm
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I wonder if it will allow for a double boot? I'd like to look at it if it does.
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John Cipriano
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 11:29 am
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Some random thoughts:
The Walmart Linux PCs had something similar I think, called gOS. But I guess this will be official.
I'd be very surprised if it catches on the way that Ubuntu did. But according to the Google Blog they designed their own windowing system, which could be pretty interesting.
Gnome is working on a system designed around small screens as well.
Anything that reduces Microsoft's near-monopoly in the OS space is a good thing, as it points to vendors relying on de jure standards rather than de facto standards. More choice for everybody, and a healthy tech market to spur innovation and drive down prices. And if Chrome OS helps the adoption of ARM netbooks, we're going to see some nice improvements like netbooks that last 10 hours on a charge instead of 2.
But netbooks don't represent the whole market. There's a balance that needs to be struck between "incredibly cheap" and "does what I need it to do." Even if we start to see $150 netbooks with Chrome OS, why am I paying $150 just to check email? I can do that on my phone. |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 12:04 pm
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| Even if we start to see $150 netbooks with Chrome OS, why am I paying $150 just to check email? I can do that on my phone. |
Assuming a 2-year life, the phone probably costs more than $2000, maybe much more. Your hypothetical netbook costs $150. Mine was $239. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 3:08 pm
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If anybody can make such a thing successful it is Google or Microsoft. Both have the brains, marketing channels and clout. I believe that Google Chrome OS when shipped will come bundled with some productivity applications, like Open Office.
However, the laptops that it will reside on are being marketed as Netbooks, not Notebooks. They will not have the processing power or RAM needed to run Windows productivity applications (at first). These are dumbed down laptops for students and travelers needing to just browse websites and send/receive email.
Any applications used by the Google OS will probably be written by Google. It is being developed as a more secure OS than any currently in distribution. Security settings will be at the strongest by default. Users will have to trim them if they feel they know what they are doing. The majority of recipients of Netbooks will use them with the default security settings intact.
Surely there will be vulnerabilities discovered along the way, but they will be addressed by Google engineers. Google will make money from selling this OS to OEM builders and from AdSense ads on search results pages. This money will pay for updates and developments. They have clout! This is not going to be another Linspire!
I think we should watch the Google Chrome OS developments and see how it fares in the marketplace. This OS is designed for Netbooks, not desktops, or corporate laptops - yet. Time will tell if it can penetrate that far.
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 10 Jul 2009 3:17 pm The Google Chrome Blog
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Google has started a new Google Chrome OS Blog, where you can keep up to date with developments of this new OS. Initially, it is targeted at Netbooks OEM builders, but plans are being developed to build desktop PCs running on a more advanced version of Chrome (to deal with more hardware options).
Chrome OS is being developed by a collaboration of Google engineers and the open source Linux community.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 9:34 am
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| I don't think it's a serious challenge to Windows, and is not intended to be. It's just a bargaining tool with Microsoft. |
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John Cipriano
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 4:29 pm
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You're absolutely right, Earnest.
I suppose that with Skype or similar you could take and receive calls on your netbook...but if you want to be able to call regular phone numbers you have to pay somebody eventually.
So in this case I'm looking at the phone as a sunk cost...I need one no matter what. And since I can check email and go to websites on mine while I'm away from my desk, the netbook doesn't help me much.
But it was hypothetical anyway...I actually did order a device similar to an ARM netbook and waiting for it to come in. It's similar to a Nokia 810 but a little larger and folds shut. |
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