Google Chrome OS: No hard drive required

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I was reading an article about Google Chrome OS. Supposedly, the new OS will rely on non-volatile flash memory and internet-based storage for saving all the data. In addition, they will control all the viruses and of course popup messages.

If everything is in "the cloud", what's left for us? (the technicians). Nobody knows how the change between PC, Mac to Chrome is going to be but imagine if the customer knows that:
-No more hard drive failures: because there's no HD
-No more data lost: because everything in on the cloud
-No more virus
-No more installations
-No more pop up messages
-No more software conflict
-No more complicated configurations

We're doom!!:eek:
just kidding, everything is a process and that will take time. What's your feedback regarding the new chrome OS?
 
Mr I said:
I was reading an article about Google Chrome OS. Supposedly, the new OS will rely on non-volatile flash memory and internet-based storage for saving all the data. In addition, they will control all the viruses and of course popup messages.

If everything is in "the cloud", what's left for us? (the technicians). Nobody knows how the change between PC, Mac to Chrome is going to be but imagine if the customer knows that:
-No more hard drive failures: because there's no HD
-No more data lost: because everything in on the cloud
-No more virus
-No more installations
-No more pop up messages
-No more software conflict
-No more complicated configurations

We're doom!!:eek:
just kidding, everything is a process and that will take time. What's your feedback regarding the new chrome OS?
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Who exactly services "The Cloud"....us.

We're not doomed, it's simply just a paradigm shift.
 
iisjman07 said:
Hoooray, the linux revolution is happening!

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
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More like boo...I said this at least 10 times in the forum already. Linux is fantastic when it works. But the most minor problem requires a degree in computer science or 5 hours of googling for command lines.
 
Mr I said:
I was reading an article about Google Chrome OS. Supposedly, the new OS will rely on non-volatile flash memory and internet-based storage for saving all the data. In addition, they will control all the viruses and of course popup messages.

If everything is in "the cloud", what's left for us? (the technicians). Nobody knows how the change between PC, Mac to Chrome is going to be but imagine if the customer knows that:
-No more hard drive failures: because there's no HD
-No more data lost: because everything in on the cloud
-No more virus
-No more installations
-No more pop up messages
-No more software conflict
-No more complicated configurations

We're doom!!:eek:
just kidding, everything is a process and that will take time. What's your feedback regarding the new chrome OS?
Click to expand...

-No installing your own software
-No using applications you can't run in a browser

FAIL
 
I would prefer if "The Cloud" was more like a service. No heavy computers, no need for upgrades, no worries about viruses, no nothing.

Give me a touch device that can output to a monitor or TV and give me the following features...

A content center that lets me buy
  • 1080p Movies
  • Lossless Quality Music
  • 1000's of Apps
  • 1000's of Games, and not flash quality- but Crysis quality.

Also, you can not lock me out from purchasing my own software or else I will pirate it.

Give it an Internet connection, Cell Phone service, TV service w/ Recording and unlimited channel recording, HD Radio, Bluetooth, WiFi and a 4G connection, True GPS. Slap on a Video recorder that can do 1080p quality videos with direct upload to my favorite video sites, a camera WITH flash and an 8 hour battery life. My online storage must have at least 1TB and EVERYTHING must be accessible at all times.

Pack it all up for $600 for the device and a 2-Year contract for $99.99 a month and you got my vision of "The Cloud". This way I have no need for a TV, Phone, HD Radio and Internet Service and I can just get a couple screens. One for TV and Gaming stuff and one for Computing stuff.

Also- peripherals galore. Tablets for artists, Mice and Keyboards for PC gamers and Controllers for Console Gamers.

Basically- ELIMINATE my need for electronics and just give me one central device for my digital lifestyle. I believe that this is what AMD Fusion is about.
 
JosephLeo said:
More like boo...I said this at least 10 times in the forum already. Linux is fantastic when it works. But the most minor problem requires a degree in computer science or 5 hours of googling for command lines.
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I could not agree more.


The new "Google OS" might be ok on some netbooks but will never (I hope) replace a real OS with real programs stored on a hard drive.
 
No Google will become the new government for the world then they will give us devices to control "our" "pcs" with out minds but infact these will turn us into thier loyal minions.
 
I watched the demo webcast yesterday. It looks interesting, but I'm not sure it will revolutionize the industry.

They will establish a list of reference hardware platforms that it can run on. It will essentially be a web-optimized netbook. One element is SSD hard drives, which was explicity cited as crucial to reach the performance goals.

They also stated it is not intended to be a desktop replacement. They hope many apps that are currently installed locally will become available as web apps in the future, but they recognize this is not the case now and that is outside their use-case. They want it to be an excellent web experience.

The OS boots essentially to Chrome (the browser). There is a local data store, which will synchronize with "the cloud" and will be linked to your log in. It will give you (some?) functionality while disconnected, but this again is not the intended use-case.

You can watch the full webast here: http://investor.shareholder.com/googpr/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=75092. It's definitely interesting and worth the watch. The reporters at the end get a little hung up on "what an app is", but this is essentially a web surfing appliance for consumers.
 
Wont happewn in my life time in the UK.

Simple fact with everything internet based i dont see many users who will be happy to pay for all that bandwidth they will be using. Especially here with ISP traffic shaping and tiny fair use policies. There is still plenty of life yet in the old trusty hardrive loaded OSes and applications.
 
I'm trying it on a VM. I know it's early but I'm not really impressed.

If it were on a cheap portable device with a resolution higher than 800x600, I can see this getting some traction.

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rusty.nells said:
I'm trying it on a VM. I know it's early but I'm not really impressed.

If it were on a cheap portable device with a resolution higher than 800x600, I can see this getting some traction.

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That's another thing I hate about Linux. The default fonts are horrible. If you don't download the windows font package (which might or might not be legal) it looks horrible. Then again I'm an ex-web designer >.>
 
I am very, very suspicious of everything Google-related lately. They simply have too much information on everyone. I still use gmail, though...
 
Bring it on i say we need something new to progress past windows, Remember DOS? how good was windows compared to dos? what if the next step takes like that again?. It might take 20 more years to get somewhere near but i look forward to it. Imagine having your desktop everywhere you go?.
 
Maybe as tech's we should take notes on this. Windows exploded onto the scene by coming on new machines most people owned a copy of windows thinking that was the computer (and still do). But if google get it right we could see a lot of machines appear on the market running this thing and they teaming up with some pretty big names (list of twelve Google hardware partners. Google is working with Acer, Asus, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba on commercial devices.)
 
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