Would you turn to Chrome OS?
Posted under: Google unleashed the Chrome OS on the world today, shipping it in a limited-edition prototype laptop outfitted with the kind of hardware and specs that it expects manufacturers to use with the browser-based operating system.
Chrome OS represents a major step forward for cloud computing, with single-serving Web sites getting rebranded as easy-access apps and the nascent HTML5 underpinning the whole show.
Now the debate goes further whether people across the world would turn to Chrome OS leaving their Mac’s and Windows. I have no idea on how the impact is going to be but for sure i am not going to change. The whole idea of Chrome OS is your data is stored in clouds and is only accessible with internet, that put’s you in the hands of right wing-left wing politicians.
If a full body scans from the airport ended up public, what do you think will happen to all your stuff?
And personally I don’t envision myself using those cloud services a lot since everything might get blocked here. The access to Google Docs is unstable with the connection being reset from time to time. I don’t think that Apple or Microsoft are resting on their laurels; they certainly have seen this coming. I predict that within the next 12 months we’re going to get a strong sense of where Apple is headed in this arena.
There is nothing preventing Microsoft from coming up with a scaled-down version of Windows that functions in exactly the same way that Chrome OS will, except that it would have
- 1) Windows backwards compatibility and
- 2) Richer and more responsive applications because the ‘browser applications’ could actually be applications running locally in a browser window interface.
Ultimately, though the core promise of Chrome OS is familiar: it’s an attempt to deliver on a suite of ideas and concepts about cloud computing and the Web that have been circling for years. Here is a bit of humor to add up finally.
Imagine not being able to access any of your documents because your “cloud” was overcast. This is what Google wants to do to your computer through Chrome OS.
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hmmm not even in my radar
I have a CR-48 Chromebook. I enjoy it for the most part, BUT I do feel as if my hands a tied behind my back. Maybe my kids would be perfectly happy with it, using only web apps, but I do to much locally still.
I would love to be able to take my Chromebook to a Starbucks and run a instance of Wireshark, but since I can not truely install applications, that option is off the table. I have my full desktop system at the house, but I am not a hermit, never leaving.
If a storm comes through town and knocks your cloud offline, your screwed. There appears to be no local caching of anything, except for browser data.
Now with that said, ChromeOS has come a long way in the past year, but has a long way to go before I could use it as my primary system.
Good article, thanks.