Chrome OS Preview

[HotelUser]

it is designed for netbooks?

Haven't seen many netbooks without mobile internet

Most if not all netbooks have full internet capabilities, they're not just limited to the mobile web

Well clearly you wouldn't have a computer with that OS on then. :rolleyes:


Looks pretty simple to use, well it was going to be anyway due to it being Google.



I rather not go back to an OS that was made over 3 years ago.

over 8 years ago.

[GommeInc]

over 8 years ago.

What HotelUser said Wasn't Vista out 3 years ago? I can't even remember when XP came out, just having one and the first PC to have decent internet access :S

Anyway, Chrome looks interesting... But not for me, the preview just seems a bit bland, but simple and useful for some I guess.

EDIT: It's taken me a few minutes to work out the Canadian flag in your location When it's black and white, and that tiny it's not immediately recognisable

[xxMATTGxx]

Most if not all netbooks have full internet capabilities, they're not just limited to the mobile web



over 8 years ago.

What HotelUser said Wasn't Vista out 3 years ago? I can't even remember when XP came out, just having one and the first PC to have decent internet access :S

Anyway, Chrome looks interesting... But not for me, the preview just seems a bit bland, but simple and useful for some I guess.

EDIT: It's taken me a few minutes to work out the Canadian flag in your location When it's black and white, and that tiny it's not immediately recognisable

If I just said 3 years ago, I would of been corrected but since I said "Over".

[Monopoly]

No you wont, you will have to buy a computer with it on, you cannot install it on a normal computer.

It's open source. Someone will make a distro that will work on spinning disk drives.

[GommeInc]

If I just said 3 years ago, I would of been corrected but since I said "Over".

Oh you witty little weasel

[Stephen!]

You can download it for testing now. You have to use VMware though.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/g...ware-download/

It's pretty crappy. It's basically just an internet browser. Wouldn't even want it on a netbook tbh.

[HotelUser]

You can download it for testing now. You have to use VMware though.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/g...ware-download/

It's pretty crappy. It's basically just an internet browser. Wouldn't even want it on a netbook tbh.

When web apps become mainstream is when this OS will take off.

[scottish]

All applications are designed to run in a web browser and all the user's data is stored on Google's servers.

i wouldn't like that tbh.

[HotelUser]

i wouldn't like that tbh.

Developers can download the free GWT SDK and create their own web 2.0 apps, so it doesn't have to be stored on Google's servers..

[Recursion]

Developers can download the free GWT SDK and create their own web 2.0 apps, so it doesn't have to be stored on Google's servers..

I don't want some of my personal data stored on any computer but my own, these kind of OSs won't take off for this simple reason.

Tried it out in VirtualBox, didn't like it, even if it is early days.