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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: sk on July 08, 2009, 03:29:31 AM
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Google has finally decided to make the thing available to us in 2010! I guess we now know why Gmail went out of beta yesterday... ;) [ Google Blog Link (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html) ]
I really like the Chrome browser, so he's hoping that Google can do something cool in the OS world...
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I assume you mean available for OSX? Because Google Chrome has been available for a while now, on a Windows machine.
If so, good! I've been waiting for that for ages. ;D
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I assume you mean available for OSX?
He does not.
So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System.
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The Google Chrome web browser has been available in alpha for awhile if you know the secret link (http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac). Although CNET think it's very clunky, I find it the fastest browser on the Mac side, too.
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How is Chrome for compatibility with existing software? Will I be able to use games and applications that run only on Windows, or does software need to be specifically written for the Chrome OS?
I too love the browser, and would not be broken-hearted to not use the Vista that my computer came with.
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Most of the issue there is with drivers to run your hardware. A crude definition of the Chrome OS is the Chrome browser with a Linux kernel stapled on it for driver support.
It will be interesting to see how Google handles the use of standalone software, but as it stands now, I think the basic concept is that so much of your computer use can be conducted on the Web, via The Cloud (tm) and such, use Google Docs or similar for productivity, GMail or Yahoo for mail, Lunapic or Phoenix for image editing, you get the idea.
Even if you can't run The Sims 3 on Chrome right away, the Master Plan (tm) of Google suddenly seems so clear in hindsight. Search engine, mail client, calendar, the ability to search your computer files, document editing, image hosting, blogging, chatting, videos, newsgroups, website building, 3d modeling, RIA application building, a web browser, mobile OS... suddenly you have nearly all the pieces you need to turn on your computer, load their browser, and do most of the stuff you need to do without ever even leaving their domain. It's almost like they were setting up from the start to do a web-based OS that would compete directly with Microsoft.
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Most of the issue there is with drivers to run your hardware.
That's fine, I don't use hardware. My "computer" is made from the aether.
I am pretty psyched about this, considering on an average day most of what I do on my home computer is or can be done through a browser.
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Chrome OS!
D'oh! Wasn't paying attention... :doh: