What does that have to do with Chrome OS?? And if you say boring and dull, why don't you install some Chrome themes; http://chromespot.com/google-chrome-themes-download/ ? Might make it less 'dull' Ofcourse Chrome OS will not kill Windows just yet, but people here are very misinformed about things like linux and so on. Guess most people have 'tried' something when they played with it for 5 minutes. That's not trying. Trying is working with something 12 months intensely and then form a solid opinion. I have 'tried' (for 5 minutes) Windows 7 and it was absolute crap; in 12 months however I will have *tried* it and give you a true opinion about it.
I totally agree with Kwaku, google chrome will take much time to create a space in the OS market. Google chrome functions are the best and mixture of the best things in it. Its not a copy of anything infacts its the mixture of the best. Dont try it for 5mins i must say atleast give it a try for a month or two. You will like it and thats affirmative.
And returning them cause they don't have enough power to run Windows. While ChromeOS is LInux, it won't be promoted as Linux and will have the better understood and trusted brand name of Google. Big difference. Apple has doubled their presence just in the last year. 4 years ago, Microsoft had 95% of the browser market but has had that cut to 65% and falling. ChromeOS is designed to work THROUGH the browser but is built upon Linux. Although Google has not said so, if it will run using Native Client, you WILL be able to run COD4. Can you play COD4 on a netbook through Windows? I'm not a gamer so I don't even know what that is but I would guess no. As I said, and posted a link elsewhere, the biggest complaint for people returning Windows netbooks is they aren't powerful enough. The difference between a $150 netbook and a $200 netbook is 25%. Yes, people will notice. False! What you are talking about was an error in their privacy statement that was corrected a few days after Chrome's introductions about a year ago! Get current. Please show us this privacy policy you fear and show the points that concern you.
A trusted brand name? Tell me when last people trusted Google for anything other then providing good search results. Yeah of recently they have done a good job of lighting a fire under the ass of Microsoft and Blackberry in the mobile department but that's it. So please don't In the last four years? Could you please show me the data? They just posted profit losses because as usual they sell overpriced junk that you can find on Windows. Apple is still sitting at 8.9% or a bit more. That's not progress. Are you kidding me. A netbook with an Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive isn't powerful enough to run Windows XP? When I bought my first copy of Windows XP back in 2002 I had lower system specs and that thing was up to par. Now if you're talking about Sony and their overpriced VAIO P series then you have a point. Yes the will notice that the $50 gets them a netbook that is running an OS they are used to. You cannot run Windows Media player, Microsoft Word, or IE on the Linux distros. These are apps people want to carry mobile. You want proof? Here it is. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...new_os_raises_privacy_antitrust_concerns.html
Please show me ONE example of why one should not trust Google and what it is that you are saying they shouldn't be trusted with. Just ONE. Where have you been? I couldn't find a chart so a news article from 2004 will have to do: I guess I forgot that it's actually now been 5 years ago. I don't think Apple has had their quarterly report yet so I don't know what you're talking about. Let's take a look at 2006.The article isn't as important as what the headline says: If your number is correct, then you just said Apple is now at 8.9% which is almost double. So, yes, that's what you call progress. I kid you not. Any video/audio and documents you use there you can use on Linux. And no one should be using IE. It's an antiquated browser and there are far, far more advanced ones available on Linux. Being "concerned" about privacy issues is not the same thing as "proof" of privacy violations. The article is a bunch of "what ifs" and no proof. Even the article switches terminology, calling it "personal information" one moment, then "data" later on. The article also states there are those in this area who see good in this. Or did you not read that far. There's a big difference between a company determining that you, John Doe, visited 100 porn sites this week and determining that people in the northeastern US visit 100 porn sites each week. THAT is what Google cares about, not what you do personally or what you write in your love letters to your girlfriend.
Yep I think point 5 is hugely pertinent. Google literally tracks all it can (Adsense, SERPS, analytics, the toolbar, Youtube they all help Google judge what ads to force on you) and if you ad an OS into the mix it will then be able to track your every click. The advertising won't be subliminal, it will be in your face and I can see a great many people rebelling against Google for many years after this.
It's all about morphing. Things WILL change and develop. It's just a question of when, how and by whom. Yes, windows is the most used product by far, but that doesn't mean it will be always (especially if microsoft keep shooting themselves in the foot e.g. vista). And yes, it also depends on google's dedication to their own idea of this new operating system. I think that google would like to have pulled it off by saying this was all their own work and not something they pulled from the linux community, but it's too late for that. I think if people are going to consider gOS as a viable option, then they will more than likely consider a more mainstream linux distro; such as ubuntu as mentioned above. We can only wait and see what happens, but in the near future I think it will be the same. Windows followed by mac followed by linux followed by gOS. But then... my not-so-computer-savvy family are happier with linux than windows. Go figure.
First of all the article you quoted in no wise stated that people were returning WINDOWS netbooks. All it said is netbooks period. And recently Microsoft has been boasting that 65% of Linux netbooks get returned. This would make perfect sense since their performance is under that of Windows as the article you just quoted hints at. I read the entire article and it did cite quite a few cases where not only private organizations but the government itself was looking into Google's Privacy policy. And you want one example of why we should not trust Google to build a good OS? Because they have no experience. Ubantu is more respectful then Google in the OS market and even they suck.
Are you aware that radio, TV and cable networks do the same thing? Even if you are watching a network show, they "force" ads geared just to your area? Sometimes even your part of a city? Are you going to stop watching television because of this? Are you at all concerned with that? They were doing this when I worked in television and radio back in the 70s but it's more sophisticated now. So you think targeted advertising is new and a Google only thing? Where have you been? And how is this bad? As a guy I prefer not to get ads for tampons but I ignore most ads anyway. What's your beef with this?
It also said Windows was the problem and you couldn't make the connection? Now I know you didn't read the article. Or did you not understand it? Looking at it. Of course. That's their job. Does that mean something is wrong? No. Google is built upon their own version of Linux which they built themselves in the 1990s. It uses their own customizations and they've made substantial contributions to Linux. They run trailer loads of these all over the world. They also use their own in-house version of it for their thousands of employees. You are obviously unaware.
Will it take the market shares? No. Am I ready for an all-browser OS? No, because I like security. Is Linux hard to use/install? No, not if you have half a brain and can use Google. Linux is far superior to all operating systems, no matter what any of you say.
These points are quite valid. But who knows what kind of OS will Google make? May be we will all love it from the start just like Google SE or may be it will become a choice of very few people like Chrome browser. I guess we will have to wait and see.
with google's wide grasp and popularity on the internet yes, it can control the advertisement on the net but don't put away also the capabilities of microsoft, it defeated apple because of it's friendliness. so for me i'll just wait and see whose gonna stand in the end...peace.
Microsoft is the pioneer in the OS. With not so good results from Windows Vista, Microsoft certainly has remained extremely instrumental in the development of the new Windows 7. Microsoft core is the OS and hence the most of its attention. Agree to folks describing google to be having the ad power. Advertisement is not a big deal. Microsoft knows better how to advertise an OS and there are scores of affiliates to do that. Both have these have the money power. The essence here is not the money or ad but the outcome - the Product.
It will be free. It will be using the linux kernel and will also be released under gpl. This, of course, is a slight advantage over microsoft, but all linux based OSs have this (bar a few) and they still cannot compete. In the end it is going to come down to trust. We know google can succeed in supply and demand for the OS, and money is certainly not a problem; if they can convince us, the users, of the security (which, if open source, will help - they won't be able to hide anything) then this will help google no end.
Operating systems were around long before Microsoft. It's statements like this that make me wonder why I bother coming to this board.