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| Topic Started: Nov 20 2009, 04:10 AM (47 Views) | |
| Tim | Nov 20 2009, 04:10 AM Post #1 |
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What are everyone's thoughts on this? It appears to be an entire OS with just a modified chrome web browser, I'm not sure I could live with no applications except on-line ones. For information: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os |
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| g0b0ts | Nov 20 2009, 05:56 AM Post #2 |
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I like the idea of Google's new OS, but in reality it's just not for me. My life is not just the internet, I need the applications. These are all applications I use on an almost daily basis: Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Frontpage, Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, Photoshop, DVD Programs, Windows Media Player, Napster, MS Streets & Trips, Acrobat Reader, and other smaller programs that only have very specific functions in my life. Then there are all the programs and files I have for work as well. I have specific software programs that I use all of the time for telecom equipment (like Fujitsu). Then there is no way I can do my gaming on a browser OS. I require good graphics card, enough RAM, and all the other things that goes along with playing an online game. As much as I would love to have a new faster OS that is designed more for me in mind, there just isn't one. And as much as I would like Google's new OS to be relevant to me, it just isn't. I like the slimmed down Google Chrome browser a lot though. It just need more compatibility work... which I also assume the Google Chrome OS will need too even after going public. |
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| cvn-tv-dip | Nov 20 2009, 11:18 PM Post #3 |
Retired Soliloquist
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All I can say is... why? I mean, it may be useful for testing purposes (mainly on the web), but really, you're limiting a computer to just a web browsing device, and those can be found in public places, too. While it's a nice idea, I think it's crossing the line on what to exclude. |
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| g0b0ts | Yesterday, 9:14 AM Post #4 |
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Yea i think if you are going to get a computer with just the Google OS, then all you need to buy is a little netbook anyways. |
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| Reid. | Yesterday, 12:10 PM Post #5 |
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C'est un piège!
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I believe the Chrome OS will be very targeted towards netbooks. Fully fledged computers, on the other hand, have no real reason to incorporate the Chrome OS, because they already handle the rigors of regular OS's with ease. While the thought of always being connected to the internet is nice (and therefore, all files always being accessible from any location), that also means that if your internet connection goes out, you will no longer have access to your files or a place to work. Google may have foreseen that and integrated its tools in the OS itself, though, so who knows. |
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