"Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. This is a demo video to give you a feel for the Google Chrome OS user experience. "
provost
2009-11-24 05:39:48
You don't use a screwdriver to cut a tree.
It's all about using the right tool, every tools has pros and cons, it's about when and how you use em.
When it comes to solely browsing, windows sucks, for many reason, slow boot time, countless junk installed on the OS by design, most virus and bs are develop to attack windows user as it's the most popular platform, leaving linux, mac, and now ChromeOS, better when it comes to - SIMPLY - browsing.
If you want to game you take windows over everything else.. bla bla.. and so on.
Jelly Fox
2009-11-24 20:43:25
I think it's an awesome concept and would be prefect for netbooks, but not for general usage...well not yet. I like the whole idea of cloud computing and the ability to have your files and favourites where ever you go, however I'm still a bit uneasy about how secure that information is and it only being 1 password away for being in the hands of someone else.
But in saying that I do trust Google to a certain extent and I do have a strong password and as an Android user I already use Google Contacts, Calender, Docs, Maps/Latitude, Talk, Mail all from my phone so if I had the opportunity to have a netbook running Chrome OS I'd take it over one running windows...All I'd have to do is sign in and boooom there's all my shit, no installing, no waiting, no fucking around, just easy peasy!
The Argumentalizer
2009-11-24 20:51:02
Looks like a decent little OS that has one great benefit: Not MicroSoft.
Ibscotty
2009-11-26 22:04:58
available for ssd drives only, so its aimed at netbooks.
Fearsome*
2009-11-30 04:40:43
I get where they are going with this but it is far to early in the game for it. Making the right product is not just about making it most people half a brain know where the future is headed, but it is about pulling it off at the right time. It was way to early when apple dropped the floppy drive and it is to early to have google OS which is basically a thin client. I also kinda think this is bad for another reason. Lots of people think that computers can and cannot do certain things simply because their computer sucks hardware wise, or sucks OS wise. In this case it would be because it sucks OS wise. What we really need is the OS to feature more not less and do more so people can stop wasting money on hundreds of products which all do things the computer can already do. (gamine consoles, ereaders, and so on). You could easily imagine this getting big with netbooks because after all with google docs the basic things a nieve unskilled computer user does can all be covered. So then you have people who think that computers are not capable of more advanced tasks. They may also think they are slow since it is mostly web based.
whitewolf
2009-12-03 18:43:38
seems to me running something that is Open Source would make it quite a bit easier for botnets and hackers to create new attacks in a much more timely fashion. All the newbies will most likley be learning their destructive internet skills playing with these open source programs.
As for apple/mac/linux/unix/googlechrome --- Its been common knowledge for awhile now that MS is a target by everyone --- so many use the FIREFOX and the OPERA browsers and wut nots. Their time is coming, if anything, since they havent been 'targeted' as much. Perhaps their built in phising and antivirus arent detecting like they should, since theres never been any real targeting against them, how could they know what to look for- for that specific app, and if it's open source, the possibities seem pretty endless to me.
Heuristic analysis for finding new threats ---- I have no faith in that crap.
just a personel and rather uneducated opinion.
then again, common sense is usually the best defence.
