Posted November 20, 2009 Not exactly the operating system I was expecting. It's too "casual" for me because I do a lot more than browse the web. http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/googles-chrome-os-revealed/ "If you're a lawyer, editing contracts back and forth, this will not be the right machine for you." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 Tech Board. Oh and it looks shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 The quote you've posted is kind of pointless - I don't think anyone here is a lawyer, so what about other users? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 So instead of being brothered by the OS gradually fucking up due to use, it just bothers me when I don't have internet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 The quote you've posted is kind of pointless - I don't think anyone here is a lawyer, so what about other users? Because I thought you can replace "lawyer" with anything else. I'm a college student, I write a lot of papers, do a lot of presentations, video and image editing, play demanding games, etc. From what I've seen from those videos, this OS just lets me browse the web and open Google-designed applications with limited functionality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 Pretty crap concept if you ask me. Because the way they are touting this is an operating system that is just a browser. Great, why not just stick with what you have already. And if I don't have a internet connection I'm pretty much screwed. To tell the truth I only saw the second video, but I would expect any other kind of rationality from Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 I imagine some of the google applications are built in so you can use them online. It would be rather pointless if they weren't. They said Chrome OS would be like this since it was announced, its not a surprise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 Just look around the words used in the link, it pisses me off, but what he says makes some sense. http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/ Wireless is becoming more available now; in Unis, on trains, in hotels, etc. You're all complaining about it being just browser/internet based but I don't think you're looking at it from other perspectives. It's meant to be lightweight and exactly like you see. Stop complaining and carry on using your windows or apple OS, simple. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 If they can get the netbooks with it at a great price, then this'll be great to compliment a main computer. I use mainly Google stuff - I don't create enough Docs to bother with MS Office - now anyway. I personally think that they need to create some offers with mobile internet providers with this OS, and have the adaptors built into the netbooks (having a dongle would be a train or something - it'll fall out easily). So, while the OS is coming along nicely for what it needs, I think Google need to work on what it's going to be on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 I agree wifi is more readily available. But in most places at a cost. If I have to work while away from home I don't want to cut my productivity because I can't get on the internet. I went to a travel lodge on a business trip last month. It cost me £5 for an hour's worth of internet time. I know google is all about the web because the second you aren't on it google isn't making any revenue. But what I see here is a system that just boots into the chrome browser. Nothing more nothing less. But I'm still going to see how it pans out. I was all for dropping this in a VM, but I think I've seen all chrome OS has to offer at this very point in time. I'd like to see what functionality there is for when you aren't connected, because to be honest, its not always easy to stay connected. And for some people being connected at all is hit and miss or 1999. (56k) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 I agree wifi is more readily available. But in most places at a cost. If I have to work while away from home I don't want to cut my productivity because I can't get on the internet. I'm positive that it'll use Google Gears, which basically makes certain websites (Docs, Gmail) work offline and syncs it when you do go online. I believe that anyone can adapt their website for Gears. I think they also said that you can cache videos/music for offline use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 Wireless is becoming more available now; in Unis, on trains, in hotels, etc. You're all complaining about it being just browser/internet based but I don't think you're looking at it from other perspectives. It's meant to be lightweight and exactly like you see. Stop complaining and carry on using your windows or apple OS, simple. For the record, I never really said it was a failure. I was just expressing my disappointment in Chrome being a "simple" OS because I was hoping it would be a lot more than that. It might be good as a low-cost laptop for me to take to uni and write notes on, but other than that I don't see the appeal. But you never know right? People might change their minds when the time's right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 20, 2009 Okay, so... this is what everyone was expecting right? A web based company, who specialise in web services, to launch an OS that simply brings all these services together... How... is, anyone surprised and therefore annoyed at it? Anyway, I really want a netbook after picking one up for my girlfriend, so... I might end up getting a Chrome one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 What ChromeOS Means For Netbooks And Why Microsoft Needs To Be Scared While you won’t be able to sense it at first, expect to feel a high frequency buzz from the direction of Redmond in the next few months. That’s the Windows 7 and Office group fearing the rise of a new juggernaut on low-cost computing hardware, ChromeOS. ChromeOS may not be powerful, it may not play Far Cry and it may not run Microsoft Office but it’s a game changer. The underpowered laptops that limped along under Vista, XP, or 7 will fly under a new ChromeOS regime and thin-and-light laptops will fall below the vaunted $199 mark as the so-called “Microsoft Tax” – basically the small cost manufacturers pay for OEM licenses – disappears. I’ve been saying for most of this year that Android will replace Windows Mobile as the “default” smartphone operating system. Thus far, if a manufacturer didn’t have their own OS or wasn’t in bed with a certain provider, they chose Windows Mobile. That operating system is still popular with a certain subset of user, namely users with lazy IT departments or computer owners cursed with the inability to download and install odd syncing software. Android will change all that. The same will come to pass for lower-end hardware solutions, solutions where Windows or Windows CE were once standard. My prediction is this: netbooks, as we know them, will come with ChromeOS as a boot option. Ultrathin laptops (think the Dell Adamo or the HP Envy 13) will come with Windows 7. Netbook configuration, then, will consist of entering your IMAP and SMTP info, a few social media credentials, and maybe uploading a picture of your dog as a background image. The rest – installing apps, buying games (other than Android/ChromeOS games), and running Microsoft Office – will be gone, thrust into the cloud. I’m usually a pessimist. I’m not when it comes to something like ChromeOS. This is just what Asian OEMs are looking for – a respected software stack for their underpowered hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 Okay, so... this is what everyone was expecting right? A web based company, who specialise in web services, to launch an OS that simply brings all these services together... How... is, anyone surprised and therefore annoyed at it? Anyway, I really want a netbook after picking one up for my girlfriend, so... I might end up getting a Chrome one. Exactamundo. I was expecting something like this and I expect it to turn out really well. I enjoy using what Google has to offer and so I can't wait to try this out. I would love to get a netbook aswell for this, just to try it out. Dante do you ever, ever post anything that includes your own opinions or is it just news all the time? Come on mate, surely you can contribute more to this place than that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 Yeah I've noticed that a lot about you Dante. Come and open up, baby; let them feelings flow. But I'm pretty excited because I do use Google for... everything. iGoogle for feeds and quick access to social websites, Blogger, GMail, Notebook, Chrome Browser, bookmarks, books, calendar and Docs. All I need to do is get rid of my iPhone and Android it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 I don't know why you expected it to be any better - this is EXACTLY what I thought it was going to be. Basically an OS that just presents itself purely as a browser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 I might try dual booting this on my netbook when it appears. If I still have a netbook by then. It looks perfect if you want to get up and running to check something online quickly, with a screen a bit bigger than your phone. I agree wifi is more readily available. But in most places at a cost. If I have to work while away from home I don't want to cut my productivity because I can't get on the internet. I went to a travel lodge on a business trip last month. It cost me £5 for an hour's worth of internet time. I know google is all about the web because the second you aren't on it google isn't making any revenue. But that's changing. If I didn't pay extra apple-tax for my phone, I could've easily afforded a less trendy phone with more minutes and texts, and then thrown in a broadband dongle on top of that. Also Wireless is becoming free in more and more places. In fact Swindon will soon be covered in a "Wireless mesh" which will make wifi free anywhere in the town, which is surely a sign of things to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 Also Wireless is becoming free in more and more places. Not so true over here, you have to pay for using public wifi in the same way you pay for cellphone credit. The only free Wifi I've seen is in my uni and the uni buses. Also a few of my neighbors. In fact Swindon will soon be covered in a "Wireless mesh" which will make wifi free anywhere in the town, which is surely a sign of things to come. My stepfather is trying to bring this new wifi device into the country. Basically it can make a Wifi hotspot with a range of a few kilometers, so it'll be sorta like a 3G network only with internet. Whether or not you'll have to pay to use it is up to the buyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 It just seems so limiting for something that requires its own specific hardware and that you'll spend a good amount of money on. Its not like you can't do any of this on a normal netbook with linux/win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 It requires its own specific hardware? Ah, I hadn't read that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 It requires its own specific hardware? Ah, I hadn't read that. It requires its own firmware to boot up and have all those security measures. Only specific hardware makers will be allowed to do them I believe. It will be somewhat like Google's own Mac. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/chromeos-announcement.ars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 Yeah pretty much works how the whole thing with apple is. Control the hardware so you don't have to sort out drivers for different processors and graphics cards etc. Although I don't think it will be a mega cheap netbook. I remember Asus with the eepc was aiming for that $100 sweet spot. The one laptop per child couldn't do it. Elonex tried it but couldn't quite deliver. But I'm expecting the same sort of hardware combination that was inside the one. But back to my point about the eepc. It came with Linux. In fact a lot of netbooks came with linux but never were really able to break the sub £100 barrier. So keeping that in mind the closest a company that ever came to a sub £100 netbook threw this together. LNX Code 8 Mobile 300 MHz Processor Dedicated Linux Memory 128 MB DDR-II SD RAM On-board 1 GB Flash Memory, optimised for Linux Removable 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB wristvault Maybe source a faster processor and a bit more ram with some more on board storage, but to just run the chrome browser you don't need very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 21, 2009 Maybe source a faster processor and a bit more ram with some more on board storage, but to just run the chrome browser you don't need very much. Also depends on the content you're loading using the browser (images, sounds, multiple tabs, etc) that trump up memory usage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
