TBE on 8/7/2009 at 08:51
Well, it's actually looking like it's going to be a small footprint OS intended for netbooks, not for actual desktops and full function laptops.
Matthew on 8/7/2009 at 10:09
To start with, yes. And to celebrate, GMail finally dropped the bloody 'Beta' tag.
gunsmoke on 8/7/2009 at 12:18
Saw this on the national news this morning. Seems to be almost exclusively web-based. Makes sense considering who is releasing it. Calling it *shock* Chrome OS.
ZylonBane on 8/7/2009 at 17:47
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
Seems to be almost exclusively web-based. Makes sense considering who is releasing it. Calling it *shock* Chrome OS.
GooOS would have been awesome though.
SubJeff on 8/7/2009 at 18:19
This is very, very interesting, especially the bit about it being pretty much exclusively for machines that are net connected. Open source too. My only reservation would be gaming compatibility (and I suppose I pretty much need Office because that's what work has). The idea of integration with Gmail and all the Google apps appeals to me and I was already thinking about getting an Android OS phone (the HTC Hero).
ZylonBane on 8/7/2009 at 19:33
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
This is very, very interesting, especially the bit about it being pretty much exclusively for machines that are net connected. Open source too. My only reservation would be gaming compatibility
It's a lightweight web-centric OS. If you want to game on it, you're not the target demographic.
Sulphur on 8/7/2009 at 19:45
Pretty much true. This was designed for netbooks first and foremost, after all.
And even if Chrome OS comes to the PC, I very much doubt Microsoft would hand any of their software base (DirectX, Office, et al.) over to the competition, regardless of how many ever bushels of money Google could wave in their face.
Enchantermon on 8/7/2009 at 20:03
In any case, it'll be interesting to see what comes out of this. A big company like Google promoting open source might even help push Linux into the mainstream as well.
