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by keithold is a prodigal bagger on November 18th, 2009

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Should Microsoft fear the Google Chrome OS?

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on November 22nd, 2009

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    No.

    Windows is just as useful without an internet connection as it is hooked to a datapipe.

    On the other hand, Chrome OS is totally impotent without an active connection. No applications or anything. Yank the engine out of your car and then try driving. See how far you get.

    How does it work? Cloud computing. That means that some computer somewhere else is actually doing all of the work and your computer is just a "dumb terminal"; a keyboard and monitor.

    Of course, it also means that if your 'net connection goes down, the only thing you can use the computer for is a paperweight... unless you run it on a desktop in which case you have a nice footstool.

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  • by Brian I on November 22nd, 2009

    Brian I

    Unless the Chrome OS is better than the Chrome web browser I don't think Microsoft have a thing to worry about.

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  • by acablue on November 21st, 2009

    acablue

    No, the Google Chrome OS will only become popular amongst netbook users, but not much more. Microsoft will continue to dominate the OS market for many more years, considering the recent success of Windows 7.

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  • by Slightly less anonymous on November 18th, 2009

    Slightly less anonymous

    Microsoft should fear everything that's better programmed, responds better to the marketplace and has a million percent less fatal errors.

    So yes. And no. Microsoft's greatest flaws are internal. Both system wise and business wise. They drive great programs out of the market, and they don't replace them with anything good. They get rid of their customers ties, their loyalties, and customers leave. They don't build good software on their own and they run good software and software developers into the ground. The software is gone, the customer ties go too, and often the software developers go elsewhere, create great programs for other OS, which compounds the problem by improving the competition.

    Will Google Chrome hurt Microsoft? I'd put money on it. But as much as Microsoft hurts Microsoft? Hmmmm....not so sure. Not even sure if it's possible...

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  • by Diogo on November 18th, 2009

    Diogo

    Maybe. I have not had contact with Google OS yet. But Microsoft has a lot of things to do to make windows better.

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  • by tary jon little on November 18th, 2009

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    No why.

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  • by Temple Fire on December 21st, 2010

    Temple Fire

    I just Joined the google pilot program and got a google netbook this morning in the mail as a test subject to try and see its limitations and its pro points as well and so far it took about a hour to charge I started charging it at 7:16 this morning and it was fully charged by 8:02 and it is still running on the same charge now ar 8:25 this evening at 25% battery power this thing is a champ I wanted to see what would slow it down so I opened 42 tabs some playing movies facebook games and random flash games and videos off of hulu.com and armor games it started to slow down at about 25 tabs and pretty much hit the bottom at about 39 but the great thing is

    the sand boxing one tab would freeze letting others continue on which is pretty dam amazing considering this thing only has 16 mb of flash memory ( its RAM is essentially a sd card ) the same thing you would use in your digital camera which amazes me even more because of how quick it really is the start up is about 15 seconds and if you put it to sleep by just closing the lid every thing remains and then instantly starts up when you open the lid

    they estimate about 8 hours of battery life if it remains on the entire time if you leave it alone it puts itself to sleep in about 3 minutes saving battery power, if you close the lid they estimate about 9 hours of battery power if left alone

    of course this thing is only meant for people who use the internet for there basic computing there is no cd drive and nothing is saved locally it is all saved in the cloud ( on a google server some were ) and it is of course based around the google chrome browser but there are applications you can install into it for word processor along with games music applications video applications, and applications for budgeting or maps for road trips booking hotels and flights,picture managing or editing almost anything you can think of

    so of course it is meant for people who travel a lot, or just use the computer to check email or facebook and twitter it is very minimalist for a reason if you do more then the bare basics or dont just need a secondary computer for quick access then it is not for you but if you do this thing is a god send

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  • by Perryman on December 23rd, 2009

    Perryman

    Yes they should, and here is why.

    Google Chrome OS is an open source lightweight operating system (OS). It uses one-sixtieth as much hard drive space as Windows 7 and will initially be used for netbooks that access their applications and stored data from remote servers.

    The operating system is built on top of a Linux kernel and will run on Intel x86 and ARM chips. The Chrome OS is so lean that boot time is about seven seconds.

    Because everything but the browser is accessed over the Internet, the end user does not have to install and update anti-virus programs. Google says this will make a netbook running the Chrome OS more secure. Both the OS and browser share an auto-update feature that allows Google to push out updates by using secure sockets layer (SSL). The end user will not be able to refuse an update or change back to a previous version.

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