Comments on: Ars’ Jon Stokes hails Chrome OS as the second coming of the PC

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By: marian_

marian_ — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:09:41 +0000

I saw the presentation of Chrome OS and I believe Chrome OS is a hardware browser. It’s like the browser is etched in the silicon.

Which gives me a very weird feeling.

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:38:11 +0000

[...] Not content to let that be the most absurd line in the article however, Stokes finished with, âRight now, at least, Google has time on its side , and the company can afford to release cloud clients (Android and ChromeOS) that start out awkward …. The app review process is sooooo hard. the uncertainty of the rules is sooooo great. why, developers are leaving âin drovesâ! innovation is being crushed!! exactly how many developers constitute a âdroveâ? a half-dozen publicity …Click Here [...]

By: nat

nat — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:36:10 +0000

I haven’t heard of businesses or business execs opting for netbooks in any substantial volume. On the other hand, I’ve heard of many businesses and execs 1) trying out Google’s Docs/Calendars/Gmail and 2) ordering iPhones, which do much of what netbooks do, for less money and far less bulk.

By: ulicar

ulicar — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:28:44 +0000

@Nat we will c. IMHO netbooks are just tools we will c corporations start using more and more. Clouds and other nice buzzwords

By: nat

nat — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:22:22 +0000

Sorry for the triple-post but upon further research, it sounds like Chromium OS is actually going to closely resemble Chrome OS, the difference being it will run on any hardware rather than just Google-sanctioned netbooks.

This doesn’t negate Dan’s earlier point that Chrome OS could be vaporware if Google never completes it, though I have faith that they will deliver something.

By: nat

nat — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:39:59 +0000

ulicar { 11.27.09 at 7:36 pm } As I said, to me it smells like google is going for the corporate customers and why. I know of several huge corporations that are testing their apps. What might happen in the future…

If Google were targeting the Enterprise, don't you think they might, you know, target the Enterprise rather than partnering with netbook manufacturers? They're going after the consumer netbook market because it's the only market seeing any real growth outside of the premium computer market where Apple continues to dominate. Corporations don't need to replace their existing boxes to run Google Docs, Calendar, and Gmail, they can run those in IE or, if their ITs will let them, Firefox, Safari or Chrome (the browser). Even if Google were allowing anyone to download Chrome OS, it's only going to support SSDs (so Google can keep its promise of fast bootup), which would require major upgrades for corporations. Also, some here in the comments are muddling Chrome OS and Chromium. This is similar to comparing Darwin to Mac OS X. Chromium represents the core of what Chrome OS will run on top of. Chrome OS is not complete (thus it could be vaporware if Google never ends up releasing it), nor will it be freely available to anyone and everyone to download and tweak—that's what Chromium is for (but again, it will be the Darwin of Chrome OS).

By: nat

nat — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:51:05 +0000

sprockkets { 11.25.09 at 1:40 pm }
Oh, yeah, on the no access to the file system on the iphone, that is a deal breaker for me. I’d like to store stuff, download stuff while on the fly. I can’t download an mp4 file to listen to from a web site. That stinks (though I can view qt videos on apple’s site, weird).

There’s a difference between viewing a video and downloading a file obviously, but you can listen to mp4 files on the web (even in the background) on an iPhone:
http://www.macworld.com/article/142062/2009/08/internet_radio_background.html