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Google Previews Chrome OS, Scheduled for Release in Late 2010

ChazUK said:
You do have some valid points but I don't understand why you would ever criticise Chrome OS for editing movies and content creation?

Are people really editing Videos on netbooks as that goes way past the reason netbooks exist?
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I should have "quoted" the message I was responding to. My bad. The original message was stating that a "fast Chrome OS" would be a problem for Microsoft. I have been a software developer for 30 yrs and I have watched the thin/thick client battle fought over and over again. Chrome OS is yet another thin client implementation and it will have applications for some but will not be the panacea for everyone. Hence, tasks like video editing will likely remain a thick client application ... my comment is more of a statement about the limitations of cloud computing. Chrome OS will be a cloud end-point and thus subject to those limitations. I guess what I would like to get across is that one should not go all ga-ga over Chrome OS and the associated cloud computing model.

As to netbooks being used to edit video ... if you can edit video on an iPhone, then why not a netbook. The next gen netbooks are going to be ION based and will sport a 9400 GPU. Add to that the dual core 330 Atom chip and 11.6" screens and these next gen netbooks will be eat away at the low end notebook market and should be more than capable of editing video.

Sorry about the lack of clarity in the original posting ...

I am running Chromium OS, Ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix and Moblin 2.1 on my Acer Aspire One D250 netbook. In my opinion, Ubuntu is the current winner, but then again, I am using it to write code, not just as a web browser/cloud client.
 
We will look back on this in 5 years and say WOW...remember when Chrome OS first launched. Google is onto something here.....
 
gwerhart0800 said:
I should have "quoted" the message I was responding to. My bad.
Sorry about the lack of clarity in the original posting ...
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No need to apologise gwerhart0800 but thanks for the effort in the reply! :)

The only issue I'd see with editing video on a netbook would be screen real estate but via VGA out (or on a nettop + monitor) you could have a far better experience editing video.
 
I'm not really into cloud computing, but I like the concept. When I'm at home my internet very rarely bugs out, and 95% of my computer usage is on the internet. Chat, Facebook, Gmail, that's it. Wordprocessing is the only other thing I usually do that's not net-based, but Google Docs wouldn't be too bad in pulling that off, and I might even prefer my docs to be cloud so that I could pull them up anywhere. I don't even run music from my computer, it's piped through my iPod on my Logitech speaker system.

I wouldn't use a Google OS as my primary device, but I don't think it's too early for this technology. I trust what Google can do with it. Criticize them all you want as a business, but I've always been impressed by what they produce.
 
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Agreed!

To me, a netbook is something you toss into your glove compartment of your car or something you throw into your luggage bag on a vacation away from work.

When I'm on vacation, the last thing I'll be doing is launching PS or FCP and working. No, sorry. My leisure time > *.

Now, if Google offers something that is more suitable for JUST browsing and checking email, which is the purpose of my netbook, (RE: Chrome), then chances are I'll be using their browser, their email service (GMAIL), etc. They win because they get to feed me text ads (Adwords), and I win because I don't have to deal with the slow downs and bloat of the current line of OS's (OS X, Windows).

People need to realize that netbooks aren't underpowered under circumstances such as these.
 
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