Watch Out, MacBooks…
Imagine a lightweight, low-powered netbook, equipped with a 7-second start up and an internet-based storage system that can forever eliminate the words “install,” “manage,” and “back up” from your computer vocabulary.
Unveiled in July 2009 and available to consumers later this year, Google promises its Chrome OS browser-based operating system will be a totally rethought computer for those who spend most of their time online. By forgoing traditional hard-drives for a flash-memory and web-based storage system, the Chrome OS browser can supposedly store infinite data in the internet “cloud,” making file backups, software updates, and virus concerns obsolete.
Though Chrome OS will be only shipping on specific Google hardware – and not available as a download to the masses – I am nevertheless intrigued by this mini-notebook, which should be priced anywhere from $300 – $500. If anything, Google certainly reinforces values of speed, simplicity and security in a future focused on the web.
Google promises to again save the world.
-LH
I’m a bit confused by this post… are you referring to an operating system (i.e. Windows, Leopard, Linux) or an actual piece of hardware/computer of some size? I get that the Chrome OS will rely on the Internet for storage and updates and available only on Google’s hardware, but an OS does not a computer make.
Yeah, it’s an operating system- that’s what the O.S. stands for. Google first came out with Chrome, which was just a browser, but Chrome O.S. – what’s coming out later this year – it’s a full operating system. You can download the original Chrome right now to use in place of your current browser, but the O.S.- as I understand it – is only for netbooks; you can’t download it or buy it as software for your Macs or PCs. This video explains it pretty well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRO3gKj3qw
I have tried using Chrome OS in one of my desktop PC’s, the overall performance is above average to excellent”
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