Engadget: Google Chrome OS gets detailed, first laptops from Acer and Samsung coming mid-2011: it's ready to go almost right away .... Google says the limiting factor is actually how fast the user can move their hand ..... OS also supports multiple accounts with a guest account that runs in Incognito mode, and all user data is encrypted by default ..... the OS will be automatically updated every few weeks -- the goal is for it to get faster over time, not slower. ...... apps on the Chrome Web Store have to be built for HTML5 offline to work ..... Google Cloud Print, which allows you to print on your home printer from anywhere ..... new Verizon 3G plans for offline access -- you'll get 100MB of free data per month for two years ...... Intel-based machines from Acer and Samsung in mid-2011 -- and "thousands of Googlers" are using Chrome OS devices as their primary machines. ..... a modern riff on the "thin client" idea from the 90s -- an idea that Eric Schmidt himself pioneered while at Sun ..... "our instincts were right 20 years ago, but we didn't have the tools or technology."
This post went live Friday morning, yesterday, at six: Bill Gates On The Chrome OS. By the end of the day it had become the post at this blog that has garnered more visits than any other.
Google Analytics went live on this blog on May 11, 2009. On June 12, there were over 480 visits. That was the best day until yesterday at 1150 visits.
The war is on. Microsoft wants to do search. Google wants to do operating system. The days of Google gingerly wading into Microsoft territory with the likes of Google Docs are over. Now it is a frontal attack. It is face time. Don't sue Microsoft. Don't sue Google. Let them face each other. Let the game begin.
The war is on. The consumer stands to benefit.
The announcement of the Google Chrome Operating System is a big win for the concept of cloud computing. I don't want to host an operating system on my desk either. Take it away. Host it in the cloud. You can keep the browser too. Take me straight to the web. I don't want to stare at my windscreen. I want to look through it. (David Gelernter: Manifesto)
This ties into my IC vision, Internet Computer. The IC is not a cheaper PC any more than
the PC was a smaller mainframe. The IC is a departure from the PC. The Google Chrome OS is a giant leap towards that IC vision. (JyotiConnect Inc.)
Google Chrome OS is going to be open source. It is going to be free. And Google will still make a ton of money. How? If more people come online, and more people spend more time online, Google wins because search is a central function on the web, and Google rules that turf. They have more people to click on their ads. It is roundabout, but it works swell.
Microsoft is going online and ad-based or Microsoft is going bust.
Google Plans a PC Operating SystemNew York Times initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. Google said it believed the software would also be able to power full-size PCs.......... move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft ...... Netbooks running the software will go on sale in the second half of 2010. ....... applications run directly inside an Internet browser ...... challenges not only Microsoft’s lucrative Windows business but also its applications business, which is built largely on selling software than runs on PCs. ...... Google has been adding features to Chrome, like the ability to run such applications even when a user is not connected to the Internet. ..... “Chrome is basically a modern operating system,” Mr. Andreessen said. ...... Microsoft began offering its older Windows XP operating system for use on netbooks at a low price.
Introducing the Google Chrome OS the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. ....... Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work. .......... Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. ....... Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. ....... People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. ........ they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. ...... happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet. Google Chrome OS - FAQ
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