[amon91]

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As posted on the official Google blog, Chrome OS is "all about the web." As such, it is web-based, and as Google states, "The entire experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with installing, managing and updating programs." Whilst this sounds handy, keep in mind that it won't run on any old hardware, but rather it will be given a specific hardware reference. This means, according to Engadget, that regular hard drives are out of the question; Chrome OS is an SSD only deal. It will also support both x86 and ARM hardware. While this sounds bad, keep in mind the project is open source as of this very moment, so it'll no doubt show up on a range of other computers.

So we've been waiting for this for months, but now that it came out it turns out to be just like what I expected: a minimalistic OS with just a browser, nothing else.



We'll see how it plays out but I believe there's stuff like video/audio editing you'll always do locally, or at least for a while. So what do you think, is this a little too much or just right?

Source: Neowin

[.Jamie]

amon91, on 20 November 2009 - 02:16 AM, said:

We'll see how it plays out but I believe there's stuff like video/audio editing you'll always do locally, or at least for a while. So what do you think, is this a little too much or just right?

Google never set out to create an OS to directly compete with the like of Windows or OS X, it set out to create an OS for people who spend 99% of their computer time on the internet. On that basis, they have succeeded.

I'm going to download it soon and have a play, see what it's really like.

This post has been edited by .Jamie: 20 November 2009 - 04:52 PM