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Google Previews Chrome OS, Scheduled for Release in Late 2010

Arnenys said:
If this idea came from Apple, we would all be thankful. Now we're just looking at the negative aspects of the concept, i mean, I like the idea, and I hope it will work out.
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Owning or using a Mac has NOTHING to do with it.
Having my copyrighted material up in the cloud for someone to get ahold of it is the real issue here. I like my closed system for privacy reasons thank you. Now for social networking and surfing... this concept is great!
Any of the admins have access to that data and really... you want someone going through your files?
 
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now with out the internet i will have a nice paper weight good thinking google
 
cumanzor said:
3. Even so, you paint a picture where these companies take your personal information and sell them to someone else. That is not the case. They take trends, they sell those trends, it works. It is virtually impossible for X to get YOUR specific information.
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That absolutely is the case. I guess you never read that long string of words they make you click all the time before you install or sign up for something. Not only can they often sell your information, but in almost every case there will be a clause about "sharing" your personal information with their "partners". Guess who those partners are? It could be anyone they want to have access to your information (for money or any other reason), and furthermore those partners may have partners of their own who may also get access to that information. It doesn't take long for your information to be distributed, catalogued, cross-referenced, and stored in a hundred different places, most of which you will never find out about.
 
str1f3 said:
I forgot and would agree but data like music and photos won't be available offline simply won't be available.
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Why not? The app would simply have to be designed to do that.

You don't necessarily need to trust any website with your info. You can make your own backup copies as many do now.
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And you could do the same thing with your primary computer. There is a reason that Google is marketing this as a secondary device.

That was what was supposed to have happened at MS/Danger but didn't. In essence you are trusting that other companies are responsible to create backups of the data. While this is rare, it only takes one time for you to get really screwed over.
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The Danger data was recovered. Regardless, you don't have to trust anyone with your data backups. You can do them on your own. You could even set up your own server.

True, but let's be real. Anyone who is willing to buy into ChromeOS, will also be using all of their services as well.
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Only if they trust Google with their data. The point is that they have a choice.

I'm not talking about casual Flash-based games which I will assume they can do.
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But that's not what you said.

As of now I'm unaware of any service that deals with any amount of mid-level photo editing. Photoshop.com only deals with light edits. As for movie editing I'm not aware of any site that offers editing that a novice app like iMovie does much less any internet connection that can easily handle editing HD movies from $150 camcorders that are so easy to get nowadays.
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As of now, you may be right. And you may just not be aware of the services that are available. I've never looked into it. But there is nothing preventing someone from opening a site up a year from now when this OS ships.

And again, the OS is designed for a secondary, netbook-like computer. Not a replacement for your gaming rig or primary workstation.
 
This is terrible. It's just a browser.

Seriously, you might as well just delete everything from your Mac except Safari.

I know that's the point, but really, why? Do people even care about the 7 second boot time if it means sacrificing their entire library of programs and basic functionality?
 
direzze said:
This is terrible. It's just a browser.

Seriously, you might as well just delete everything from your Mac except Safari.

I know that's the point, but really, why? Do people even care about the 7 second boot time if it means sacrificing their entire library of programs and basic functionality?
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In something as functional as a netbook, yes.
 
Aww... LATE 2010? :(

Looks fun. Considering how so many people spend most of their time online anyway, this thing is going to be extremely popular.
 
It's a nice new radical idea imo. I agree with them when they said most consumers use their computer for web browsing. I think for the average user, it will be great and less confusing.

I'm all for it. I think it's a great idea, especially for older people who don't really know how to use computers that well.

The one thing I don't like is "stored in the internet" The internet is a dangerous place to be storing files. Very prone to hacking and other things. It's like leaving your most cherished belonging in the middle of the street in Compton.

Storing music online?! really? Cool idea and all, but I wonder how it works.
 
EPIC FAIL

Who needs this?

This will be just as unsuccessful as any other Linux versions on netbooks, which have tried exactly the same: hiding the complexity of the OS behind some fancy children's home screen with some shiny icons. This idea never took off. People see netbooks as real computers and like to do a lot more with them than just webbrowsing and checking emails.
You can't even store your MP3s and pictures on such a Chrome OS device. How stupid is that? People love their MP3s and fotos. Some people put all their fotos (not mp3s) online, but only a small minority.
 
direzze said:
I'll pay $2.
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Lol thats the most I'd ever pay on a netbook myself anyway.

Just so you guys know, with the advancements in mobile low powered processors (as well as other types of components) netbooks and laptops are going to merge into one category just a few years from now.
 
NT1440 said:
Lol thats the most I'd ever pay on a netbook myself anyway.

Just so you guys know, with the advancements in mobile low powered processors (as well as other types of components) netbooks and laptops are going to merge into one category just a few years from now.
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Not so sure about that... if Chrome OS is successful (if), there will still be a difference in that netbooks won't need hard drives larger than 5MB
 
The reason a Web OS is a good option is because people don't trust Window OS anymore. Installing software on Windows always has a risk. If MS would just fix it so programs work without all the distractions, people would trust installing programs again. With all the power of computers, why go backward and lose performance and flexibility by dealing with browsers and Web constraints. The Chrome OS is just another option that I think will replace Web Pages before it replaces desktop applications. I use Apple and I have installed hundreds of programs without harming my computer. I don't want to access my software. I want it to come up instantly and integrate with my other applications. The internet is a NETWORK to communicate with other computer. I wrote a web operating system and I use it to speed up development of web applications. It is a requirement to me to have a web os for this purpose, but I don't think people are giving up applications like iTunes or their mail clients. The problem is developers flocked to web development and stopped writing good desktop apps. The iPhone is changing that. It is bringing developers over to Mac OS X and as a result the rate of application development is rising fast on Mac OS X. Microsoft will never match Mac OS X until they get rid of the DOS and replace it with a UNIX based OS under the hood like Apple did. When that happens MS will be able to compete with Linux and Mac OS X.
 
That video is a bunch of bologna. I check my email in mail.app including gmail on either my mac or my iPhone (home) or Outlook (work). I write my documents in iWork (home) or Office 2007 (work). I listen to music on my iPhone or in iTunes on my mac at home. My games are not browser based or even online only.

I'm sorry but Google is out to lunch on this one. 90 percent is just a number they pulled out of their arse. Not even coders at Google spend that much time in a browser.
 
direzze said:
This is terrible. It's just a browser.

Seriously, you might as well just delete everything from your Mac except Safari.

I know that's the point, but really, why? Do people even care about the 7 second boot time if it means sacrificing their entire library of programs and basic functionality?
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Ya, or just put your computer to sleep or hibernate and achieve everything google has without any sacrifices... You might need reboots all the time on other OS's but the only time I usually reboot is when the updates make me do so once every couple of months.
 
With a few tweaks, this could be great for corporations

I think this looks great. Would it be my one and only computer? No. I can see having an iMac on my desk, but using a Google Chrome OS netbook for surfing the internet.

I think the killer app for this would be in business use. Think of it. Instead of having Windows machines that are under the constant threat of viruses, always needing updates, and must be constantly monitored by IT departments, you'd have this. I know people will complain about the so called security issues storing corporate data in the cloud, so maybe Google could make a corporate version of this that would run on your corporate server instead. Problem solved.
 
BRLawyer said:
An OS based on Internet connections? A definite FAIL.

Sorry Google, you seem to be trying to have too many eggs in your basket at once...just focus on what you know best: search, email and perhaps social networking...the rest is wishful thinking.
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FAIL? How about internet cafe's? Think they might like something like this? Hotel business centres? Assuming it can work behind a proxy, this could also be great for retail POS, many of which just use an internet connection back to a base location. Branch offices where data is processed centrally via a web interface?

How exactly is this a FAIL?

If Google markets this correctly, there are many, many opportunites for them.

Damo

ps. Sorry if this has already been said, can't be bothered reading hundreds of replies today.
 
I was thinking about getting a netbook soon, but if CHROME OS really is all that and more, I'll just wait for its official release and buy a netbook with the OS pre-installed...
 
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