Posted on 07/08/2009 4:56:31 AM PDT by comps4spice
This would technically be the most barebones operating system ever implemented as according to them it has the ability to run nothing other than a browser.
I’d also like to see how they’re going to overcome boot delays without revolutionizing IC technology. If your operating system is totally stripped down, it will boot faster, but it’s still going to take time.
Google isn’t taking aim at Microsoft or Apple. They’re taking aim at taking the Netbook theory one step further. Those companies who actually develop functional operating systems aren’t going to worry.
Bing is a better search engine...google will have its hands full!
I’d make the switch from Firefox, but I can’t be bothered swapping all the bookmarks and stuff.
Firefox has been good. I’ll stick with it.
Chrome can import the bookmarks. They have extensions, but not as many as Firefox. But it is lightning fast.
It will?
OK. Maybe I’ll give it a try.
Thanks!
cites? sights? sites?
I think the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. Color me embarrassed!
I wondered about that myself. Did they use “sites” as sort of pun, since Google is an internet-based company? Or was it a true error, and they meant “sights”? What a grammar nazi I am.
If the OS primarily resides in flash memory, it can "boot" instantly. It won't really be a boot, it would be coming back from hibernation.
Barely? Google has a great search engine, but this is probably out of their area of exertise. The main reason they are targeting netbooks is they can't possible support the range of HW that MS supports (or the range that linux supports for that matter). But even with this low hanging fruit it will be hard to pull off.
OTOH, my netbook came with Xp home which I immediately scrapped. MS isn't a perfect fit for the netbook segment either.
I call BS right here.
“Already, over 30 million people use it (Chrome) regularly.”
If these 30 million people are anything like me, we’ve downloaded it, played with it a bit, and resumed using Firefox like before.
I mean I’m sure there are *some* people who use it regularly, but I highly doubt it’s anything close to what they say.
Years back Gates mentioned that operating systems were going the way of the dinosaur. No news here. The less google programs on my system the better. They are hogs and spy on anything you do!
Not to be an alarmist or anything but before you do you might want to check out what, if any, of your usage will be trasmitted to Google and how comfortable you are with that.
Which is why I'm not tempted in the least to sample an OS created by them!
No thank you, give me a 64 bit OS and privacy.
A bootable web browser isn’t going to unseat Microsoft just yet.
re: “lightning fast”
After a certain speed is reached, more speed is insigficant. And I’m just not in the mood to get overly friendly with Google.
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