Expectations: Google Chrome OS download and release date

Happy Days
Will change to Google chrome OS the second it is available. Microsoft’ lousy products stuffed in our left ear now can stop. The arrogant anticustomer attitude will end. Vista was the ultimate middle finger from MS. Looks like the Redmond Giant will wind up where GM is –Bankruptcy First– Gone next
HAPPY DAYS !!!!!!!

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FINALLY…MICROSOFT WILL HAVE SOMEONE TO COMPETE!!!

Does anyone know if it will run on generic desktops? What will driver support be like?

Yet another OS that won\’t do anything…no MPEG2 stack, no iTunes, no Photoshop, no Bittorrent, no Nero, no WinRAR, no GPS navigation without the internet, no media management CD/DVD rip & burn, no ACID Pro, no EphPod, no iMovie, no Movie Maker, no Final Cut Pro, no Excel, no Look@LAN, no Wireshark, no Ethereal, no GoldWave, no IZArc, no QuickTime, no VMWare Workstation, No VideoLAN, no Veeam, no ImgBurn, no Visual Studio, no Softerra LDAP Browser, No MapPoint, no ProTools, no AVID…nothing freaking cool at ALL….I can’t WAIT for it to hit the street!!!

Googles Chrome Browser wasn’t all it was cracked up to be and we’re still waiting for all the add ons they’ve promised. This sounds like just more hype. Also, Cloud Computing and Security don’t belong in the same sentence, after all this is Google were talking about…
I’ll of course toss it in VM ASAP but I’m setting my expectations quite low.

I have been so sick and tired of Microsoft’s ways of doing business. My first freedom from Microsoft was Sun’s Open Office Bundle, which is FREE! And, just as soon as the Google Chrome OS is available for download I am going to get it, install it, and put it through the tests. I tried Microsoft’s Vista and found it to be way too expensive and a piece of garbage. Vista was nothing more than a slap in the face to those of us who demand more for less! Instead, Microsoft offers less software for more money! And the way Vista breaks down it makes me wonder where Microsoft is headed next! I hope the Google Chrome OS outperforms Vista and Microsoft’s future Windows 7!

Google Chrome will be fun to explore on a test system. Compatibility with legacy files, systems, devices will probably play a big role in getting any mainstream adoption early on. OTOH, as people are used to things aging out, perhaps they’ll be able to skip support for older parallel/serial/firewire/scsi ports and devices, freeing them to be able to focus on USB and Sata.

The relatively recent CanSecWest security conference’s in March of 2009 lends credence to the security that the folks at Google are mindful of. MicroSoft has been playing catchup on this front for some years now….

For Home/Student users I can see that A Google Browser based computer system could handle the majority of computer needs for the majority of non-computer pro’s. Folks that make their living off of computers with specialized computer applications will probably still be stuck with Microsoft tho…

One of my concerns with the thin-client model. Err, I mean the Cloud computing mode, is data durability. I’m not too worried that Google will up and evaporate, but other companies may not fare so well.

It will be fascinating to see where we are in five years with this!

linux runs VMWare (but why, when you can use Virtualbox for free?), also can run MS Office and Adobe CS3 under Crossover Office, and has native versions of Nero, Bittorrent, etc, file-roller (which comes with damn near every version of linux can open RAR files as well as just about any other archive format. In fact, Linux comes ready with free alternatives to just about every piece of software you mentioned above.
BTW, Linux had VideoLan first.

Matt,

Most of what you said “Well it doesn’t have this or that…” You need to wake up. It’s based on Linux therefore Linux applications will work. No Nero? There is a Nero version for Linux plus great alternatives, No Excel? Have you heard of open office? No VMware? There are other alternatives to VMware and even there is a version of VMware for Linux. No Wireshark? Really? There is also a quicktime for Linux as well. No Bit Torrent? Yeah right because Linux is anti Bit Torrent and they don’t have any bit torrent clients… *rolls eyes*

It’s time for you Microsoft fan-boy to wake up and look around. I’ve wasted entirely to much time on you…

A Great Competitor against Microsoft And Apple!

I hope Google Uses Some (If Possibly All) Of Linux And Its Community’s Hard Worked Effort In Chrome OS

I Use Linux Every Day And There Will Be A Good Possibility/Chance Google Will Help Linux Overthrow Microsoft’s Reign In The Software World Or At Least Convince More Software Companies To Make Software For Linux And/Or Release Their Source Code Under Open-Source Licenses Such As The GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License and BSD License.

HAHA. My anti-spam word is MICRO. They just need to get rid of that company all together (MICROSOFT) sucks.

When this operating system comes out, i am so gonna download it and install on all 6 of the computers in my home, including my personal laptop for school.

I am tired of Microsoft Vista always crashing, and having no support. Then XP is pretty good, but does crash all the time, and now it has absolutely no support.

OMG THEY NEED TO RELEASE THIS OS.

This sounds like just another way of pushing another UN!! needed distro of linux. or as my customers say LinSux. I’ll be glad to put it through its paces. But the main question if thier going to compete with the OS Kings(MS & MC) then it’ll will have to be easy to use and easier to learn. It will have to include every thing from the kitchen sink to Snow Shows, People have come to expect alot from a OS these days and its hard to get them to settle for less. by The way I like and use Dabien, and fedora. But getting a customer to try it is like riding on the space shuttle. Hope them well but, they better be prepaired for a swam of problems.

i personally dont use google because they succum to governments inrespect to privacy imagine haveing this on yourdesktop giving everything about you to… whoever?
not wise

Another presumably *nix based open-source OS. So how is that different from CentOS or any other distro? Will it get more marketing and therefore appear “less geeky” in an attempt to actually compete with Microsoft and Apple? Meh. I’m more looking forward to more phones running Android.

Lol, you will put it on every computer you own, have fun when nothing works…idiot.

i simply cannot wait. i feel like i did with a year left on my enlistment. 365 and a wake up! please please please show me an alpha to play with? please google? i promise to never use m/s again!

no way mate, microsoft still rules, the chorme os wont be running all the applications, servers will still function with ms software, and you didnt talk ab out windows 7 it is one good osi have tested it for three months now without any problem and im running it on a low spec computer so mate MS will still rule, but i welcome google os i will se it but microsoft will never die or shake

i like google because it is a amazinggg serchingen

Hey you bunch of jobless people.. if you say Microsoft does not provide support then let me wake you up and ask you to use genuine Microsoft products. Microsoft’s support is considered to be the best!! and that is the reason why 90% of the corporates go for Microsoft products.

Talking about Vista, I agree it was not a big hit as it had many bugs and also required more resources.. but Microsoft does listed to its customers and give them what they want..

wait for Windows 7 and you will see what a piece of magic it is….

and for those who are in server manageent roles…. just wait and watch Windows 2008 R2.. it will rock the entire industry.

Talking about Google’s chrome, its still a baby… it will take them atleast another 50 years to think of competing with Microsoft !!..

hmmmm… this will be good another distro and ideas.. For me comparing MS, Linuxes and MAC is an endless debate… Just use what you want that helps you solve the things that you want to be done. Anyway I use linux(both desktop, mobile and servers) for 9 solid years without touching windows(logically) but of course I still incorporate MS things on our Corporate desktop to cater those employee that has difficulty on migrating ways and means to opensource, and they were slowly dying and throwing it away hahaha… Later those employees will retire and hiring new people should of course know at least general office applications not tightened with licensing and thirdparty updates. The freedom and productivity that I experience is way far beyond the universe… So its up to you folks…

Cheers!

From the google article, it seems like Open office system is of web-based. One thing I don’t like linus-way of doing thing is cd or dvd attachment and internet setup which is hard to do (like ubuntu?).

If the os do not have all the things we used in windows it will be hard to get used to it. No games and etc? um… don’t think ppl will use it.

Good god. MOST of the people in these comments haven’t a clue. Idiots

guys…cool down…
google is doing a good job
altast the monopoly of MS is going to be broken by google
its a good deed
wait for the other service packs and we havent even tested chrome and you have started commenting on its performance…..thats not justified
when you say 90%of officials using MS then lemme say one thing
that MS hasent was the first os and most used b’coz it has come over thru a series of improvements….i dont know a\much abt MAC, but heard well abt it
But i will look forward for the one and only free os
this can even reduce piracy…wheras MS is being pirated due to its EVEREST-High rates

just about every single item he mentioned, short of pro-tools, which is a mac-only item, works just fine out of the box with many versions of linux. i could name them, but it’s pointless.

my guess is he just looked at the apps listing on his mac and ranted about which one’s he -thinks- no one else can use.

typical mac user thought process – “i got a mac. you don’t have a mac. you can’t do what i can do, cuz i got a mac. it was expensive because it was better, and it can do what your computer can’t.”

whatever.

Well do you people think this is gonna Install all our pc drivers?

If you are talking about apps not working, then you obviously know nothing about the amount of Linux apps.
If you are saying the computers won’t work, Linux takes less resources than both Mac and Windows.

Waiting for that…. Good News…………

I’ll agree that although I love google chrome, it leaves A LOT to be desired, and it’s nowhere near as good as IE or FF as far as website compatibility and smooth flash and media scrolling, etc.

I expect this OS will be better than the Chrome Browser is, mostly because it’s built on an already solid linux OS, and in fact if they have thinned it out to be fast, it may also be more secure (less running, less vulnerabilities) and more reliable as well. Hopefully other versions will surface after the netbook version with more functionality but still easy for anyone to use.

At worst it will definitely give Microsoft some competition and that’s always good! Can’t wait to try it.

“no way mate, microsoft still rules”

lmao, are you kidding me???????

don’t know about the new chrome cuz i havnt run it yet, but i can certainly tell you microsoft, and everything done by them is nothing but crap.

Linux baby! FTW

I suspect that the first release of Google OS will be alot like a Thin client OS, really fast to boot but it does nothing. Google is going to focus on making the OS use online apps.

I agree microsoft rules and always will

Chromes not going to be that good the only good thing about google is there seach engine

Try Windows 7 before talking smack on Microsoft. It’s a lot better than Vista because it runs more smoothly and takes up less resources.

linux isn,t anti anything get linux ubuntu download super ubuntu 9.04 and download qbit torrent no probs better than windows no anti virus windows sucs but we suck harder and longer?

Idiot. How are you going to use any of Office Applications? Any real software? Chrome OS is for browsing the web & that’s it. It is not an ideal replacement for any OS, the only thing it will be good for is running alongside another OS.

This will not compete with Microsoft, it’s a completely different share of the market retard.

Hello

No bittorent, no winrar, what are you talking about, look properly before commenting. Linux have very serious business backing are growing in leaps and bounds. Look out microsoft the good times are over for you.

Microsoft are already competing massively with Apple.. idiot..

Definitely will use Google Chrome OS the moment its available. One thing that I suggest to the Google developers is that take your own time and develop a robust, very fast, productive OS than write code in hassle and bog down performance.
Since Google have proved the tradition of producing quality stuffs, I do believe that their OS would be a great success.
Best wishes to Google & its Developers

to think all these arguments about which OS is best, i use and have used a lot of OS’s from dos to windows 7, various linux and Mac OS versions, all have good bits and bad bits.
but when people moan about microsoft i laugh, because we would not be here now if it was not for microsoft aiming at the user in the street, and not just us geeks who can compile a kernel and do more.
lets see what this new linux offers and take the best bits and use em, but more than anything have fun doing it

googles gonna put microsoft aside one DAY

“Hey you bunch of jobless people.. if you say Microsoft does not provide support then let me wake you up and ask you to use genuine Microsoft products. Microsoft’s support is considered to be the best!! and that is the reason why 90% of the corporates go for Microsoft products.”

1. There is no need for insults
2. Yeah MS does provide support, it may have great corp. support but those of us that aren’t part of a company’s IT team wouldn’t know this would we?
3. Do you really think 90% of corps use only ms products

Ummm yes they are on the same market. They are both operating systems, and the apple os hasn’t been able to make a dent in microsoft’s profit, Chrome wil though. Microsoft did so well they had to give out their codes to other companies to avoid monopoly, issued by government

Yes,
Microsoft Windows will still be the primary OS on New pc’s I think.

But I must admit, Vista Sucks!
I’m gonna buy 7 as fast as possible.

I think I’ll give Chrome OS a try on my older Pc….

Hi everyone,

I agree that Google is good, But the fact is google is only good at search engine and its no way comparable to MS it can never ever compete with MicroSoft OS and moreover Google is trying to comeout with something new which MS is already a king and has been proven for years. First and foremost question how much secured is the google operating is and how their kernel is going to be and how r they going to develop further and will their os support all the hardwares as MS do?? and moreover the google’s OS stories have been going around for quite some time when MS will comeout with 128 Bit os thats when google’s 32 bit os will come out Try win 7 its really good

have used the chrome browser since it was first released-blazing speed compared to internet explorer, so if google comes out with this I will be one of the first to try it-am running vista on one partition and windows 7 on the other, so won’t have a problem replacing vista with chrome

True, Vista sux but 7 is awesome! Even though Mac Snow Lepard is faster, win7 is good for some serious gaming!

I just downloaded the chrome web browser today along with picasa, and I must say I’m nothing short of amazed at how awesome all of Google’s stuff is. I’m so happy about the os coming out, and I’m gettin it the day it comes out.

Google is NOT a company I am fond of… I mean they are a VERY big company now and really… TOO BIG for their own good!
Google has become known as a ‘spy-happy’ company by the intelligent, computer literate and know that Google is one company to stay AWAY from, Free or Not!

They have hired individuals who make their living as a spy in governmental agencies and the likes to help them in their efforts of spying on us.

In fact, that is what their Google toolbar is all about! It digs in to your info on your computer and tracks just about everything you do online. Google also NEVER DELETES ANYTHING anymore and keeps all data they ever collect on you or anyone.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF POWER GOOGLE WILL HAVE WHEN MANY FOLKS DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THEIR Operating System????!!!

WOW!!!

People… come on… DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!! As my father always told me as a kid, THINK before your act!!!

Now-a-days, I think, research and then act accordingly.
If you need to respond to something immediately, go with your gut feeling, but make sure you are reading it correctly by practising using it on all your decisions.

Google CHURNS MY guts!!!

Good Luck in whatever you choose to do!!

everything could change over night for microsoft just because no one has done it yet dont mean it will never happen

IT CAN BE DONE NOW LETS DO IT !!!!

tried google chrome it seemed cool till i couldn’t have my homepage link on the second bar i hate the bookmarks bar dont you know thats just a waste of space?i usually uncheck the bookmarks bar but if i do that with google chrome my homepage icon is gone fix that and do the temperature add on.i went back to firefox cause its almost perfect and the temperature add on at the bottom i cant do without

o yeah you know why microsoft sucks cause when u try to acess their site they always demand u use their browser THAT IS VERY UNFRIENDLY !!!!
i guess if u was cornering the market like years ago u dont worry about friends now that your not!!!
you gonna have to get a little friendlier MICROSOFT
(better start kissin butt a little early lol)

dude get a grip Mac is the ultimate, I just wish I could afford it, lmao, I have used ms windows 7 also on a low grade pc, honestly, surprisingly I haven’t had any problems, but I still have to say I absolutely love using my xubuntu,

why all the fuss on which OS is better – windows (xp, vista, 7) works for some while the future chrome os will work for others – personal preference.

I use both linux and windows – each has its advantages and disadvantages – maybe thats why the dual boot was invented.

you guys are hilarious with i am a MS fan or i am a die hard linux man (same for MAC OS) – these are tools – if you cant aford the MS software suites you will find similiar for linux

shutup and get real lives not debating silly issues

Wooow… so much animosity & anger… it always surprises me… … well, not really… because I know what it is to be frustrated by our machines…

It used to make me angry at all of those who conceived those counter-intuitive mechanical systems… now I just accept them all while dreaming of (and sometimes conceptualizing) better machines…

Machines that would adapt to us, rather than the other way around, and just seamlessly integrate in our environment. We have the technology for that now, we ‘just’ need to change our mindset, collectively….

And neither chrome os, nor windows XZY, nor mac blah, nor linunix 007 seem to be heading that way…

But I’ll install chrome os as soon as possible and basically get to the point where it is the only os I use. Because it’s the one best implementing two paradigms we are (also) moving into: openness/freedom and the web paradigm: all data on the cloud and just a light disposable worry-free interface locally to connect, manage, and use those…

Voilà…

Guys its not like which one is good or best. I use Linus, Microsoft in the same machine. But i do respect the efforts of Google who will provide free operating system for people who cannot afford the costly ones like Microsoft’s. That’s good, anyway its the first launch for google in field of OS maybe later they will include more features too.

is this supporting to games?

ha ah funny 3% Apple to 90+ % Microsoft big competition
ha ha chrome is gonna be a burden to google vista didnt suck it was too early released with no support. when users run into problems they gonna start blaming Google when the problem probably has nothing to do with them.

Hmm and how do you think what applications will be in a few year? I guess we will see a lot more ‘online’ applications, like google docs, or office@live, live@edu, google apps etc. So I bet chrome OS is googles weapon. Because the OS is lightweight, pretty vast including SPDY (googles successor of HTTP). So the way its going I see huge potential for chrome OS.

The problem with Microsoft lies not only in speed, but also in security thousands of viruses exist for windows, compared to close to none on linux. You can try to say “It’s because Linux has no market share”, but this is not the case. Almost every server runs Linux or BSD. Including sites dealing with lots of money like banks, so it is most profitable to hack linux, it’s just so damn hard because it’s so secure. I could go more in depth here with how open source improves security, and Windows has no root account and so on, but I’d rather keep my comment under a page long.

Microsoft also has NO real package manager. (Add/Remove is NOT a package manager). I mean a centralized Install/Update/Uninstall program for managing all software on a computer, like Ubuntu’s “Software Center”, or Synaptic if you’re more advanced.

You could try to argue that Linux isn’t as compatible,
-No MS Office *BAM!* Linux has OpenOffice, which is perfectly compatible (And no ugly ribbon)

-No Games, try UrbanTerror, Sauerbraten, Tremulous, or Wolfenstein, there’s plenty of games

So for almost every Windows software, there’s a Linux equivalent

And as for speed, no matter what windows does, a system that needs de-fragging can never stay as fast, for as long as a system that never fragments in the first place

Linux-1 Windows-0

Google Chrome OS should be able to defeat Windows 7. If Google Chrome OS built on open source it would be the best OS ever

Ubuntu is the best up till now. Its preloaded with every thing that a normal user needs. you dont need to do any thing. It installs automatically within 5 to 6 clicks. You dont need to have a bunch of CD packs lying around to install software in it. Even if you do need one it automatically downloads from the internet and then installs it on your computer.

My friend’s computer is running windows in it. He has to reinstall it almost every month. Because of viruses etc, the computer slows down.

So my advice for a normal user would be UBUNTU 9.10.

Lets hope that google chrome OS is up to that standard.

Cheers……….

well i think its not gonna be a great competitor for windows but,

lemme ask u how many people know about the other OS exixting

probably those computer geeks only would try to use this but

if it really works great still

MS wont get bothered with this

it’ll be difficult to turndown ms thou many people have many complaints theyr still using it

It seems really strange to me that so many people get excited about a free OS, when there aready is one. I switched over to Ubuntu on all of my home computers (5 at last count) over 2 year ago. Every six months there is a major ugrade and minor updates come through every week or so. I have all the regular applications I need, Open Office, Gimp Image editor, Inkscape vector graphics editor, as well as an easy to use graphical interface. As well, there are very few drivers that you have to load, they pretty much load on their own. I have my computers networked, along with a Dell 1320C color printer (using a linux driver) and I do just about everything except Solidworks in the Ubuntu world. For that I have Windows setup on a dual boot machine, but I don’t use it much. I don’t need virus software or spyware software, all of my multicore processors actually get used and I really don’t have any problems.

One of the coolest things about Ubuntu is that you can boot from a CD. That makes it just about the best disk utility software you can get. It’s a snap to resize or copy partions and if you have ever had one of those virus .dlls that Windows can’t remove, Ubuntu will knock it dead in a second. Of course, Windows can’t read the Ubuntu file format, but Ubuntu has no problem with Windows discs or Network shares. It can even be installed on a MAC.

From what I have read Chrome OS will be a new flavour of Linux, so just about everything that’s available for Ubuntu will run on it as well.

Maybe this new OS will finally make people aware of Linux and the power it has compared to other operating systems. When people find out how much better there machine runs on it, I suspect that there will be some permanent converts.

I’m asking all of you, do you think chrome os will be the only browsing style operating system? if you think so the answer is no.. in fact the idea is older than google’s chrome.. I’m not a microsoft fan but Windows live service will also serve like that but I think they just wait for competitors. because I actually was waiting for 2 years why they didn’t make windows live as a real online operating system.. regards…

It’s based on Linux therefore Linux applications will work? Same thing was said about Android at first, then google said it uses a modified version of the linux kernel thereby making it impossible to run other linux app on it. What about if Chrome OS is the same story?

As for those apps you guys are mentioning, dont you realise that this is an OS that has more to do with the internet?

lol…so much fighting

well ive been sticking to windows for years but i have to admit it does have its cons. ive never really liked mac and i think linux and ubuntu are pretty good

looking forward to this os…:)

just a quick thought. how many of you have actually used all the claimed OSs?
ever tried working on all 3 platforms, with serious intentions?

- Microsoft has a good lot of 3rd party developers, as such the products from Microsoft are pretty bad.
- Apple has a fine tailored OS almost suitable for any application, but ‘almost’. also its quite expensive.(quality doesnt come cheap!)
- finally, my dear Linux. its growing fast. but people should complaining on what one distro doesnt have compared to a mac or a pc. start using it, its just fine. for starters i’d suggest try – Ubuntu.
have a good deal of expectations on Chrome OS. Chrome as a browser is good, still not the best.
Google does have a way making us all go ‘WOW’
(Your wow starts from here……hmmmm, now where did I hear that? (MS Vista ad))

No company babysits its costumers like Microsoft, I am too get frustrated sometimes with them, but I know they will fix it. Google OS it’s greate idea that I was waiting for to come. Yes, probably it will be limited and so on, but for internet browsing… and guys, personally, most of my life it’s on Internet. I upload stuff to my internet spaces and if need get from there, Google was number one for me, it is fast, reliable, easy and free – what more to ask. At home my daughter and my wife playing online games and chatting, now why in h…. will I buy an expensive OS for them, so I keep one PC with Microsoft “for everything is possible” for the rest… why not Google. I say Microsoft rocks it’s a fact, but Google definitely rocks.

Mac is an over priced pretty looking paper weight. Well I do not like Windows due to its monopoly of the computer industry and its ability and find problems for itself, with some savvy computer skills and knowledge it is more than functional and powerful. I also love ubuntu but again microsoft has done such an amazing job that then compatibility becomes an issue on linux and uniex based systems. While I have not used Chrome OS yet I must agree that I feel Chrome is the next generation of OS’s. It sounds like you can get a lot more out of your machine much like ubuntu than having to constantly upgrade hardware with microsoft products. Many questions still to be answered about Chrome but Google certainly has my attention.
Runna85

when google started out with search engine they became unbeatable in that business..
then came googles host of products..
> gmail! well it started the concept of free unlimited space!
> google desktop..it was so good that microsoft copied the idea in vista..
> orkut..it has taken social networking to its limits..well google never does marketing of its products so it might not be as famous as facebook..but in many countries people use orkut and nothingelse..
> chrome..the fastest loading browser on earth..it couldnt have got better..it provides max flexibility and screen space for the viewers..
> google maps & google earth..do you even know there are others (even microsofts virtualearth) in this field? well i didnt for many years! n i dont care anyway..
> picasa..there is a overwhelming demand from the linux group to release a linux version of this! google had promised to come out with one..n they have! well obviously chrome os will have picasa..you can create an album..edit photos..upload on web and share it..it sure will get better with time!
> google analytics and visualization..one of the best tools for the website developers!
> google ads..the pay per click concept that the companies loved..none of the google adds are prominent on websites..n still it makes money from it..

in short whatever google comes out with..its the best in business..google has helped softwares become free of cost and open-source..even if google gains monopoly in a field it doesnt starts bragging and bullying..google search is the best example..im expecting a lot from their OS..

i really hope it throws away microsoft off field..like they did netscape in the browser war..all of microsofts product run natively only on microsofts os..well you can use an emulator in other os to run them..but there are now free / open source products that make it unnecessary pain..microsoft is like a kid that wants to do everything and wants to be the only player in the field..if one company grows in a field microsoft will launch its product to compete with it..it hsnt left even one field..

every now and then a virus hits my XP n i need to reinstall this crap! i use linux with windows..and try my best to work on it whenever possible..but the problem is the software vendors dont come out with the linux version of their software..i hope chrome os kicks microsoft on the butt! and send them packing..

HEY THERE GUYS, I THINK YOU DON’T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT IT GUYS THE IMPORTANT THING IS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SOFTWARE FOR US TO CHOOSE AND ITS UP TO YOU TO PICK ONE AND TRY FOR ME ILL ALSO TRY GOOGLE OS SO LETS W8 AND SEE NO NID FOR INSULTING EACH OTHER OKIES HAVE A NICE DAY GUYS…

Mac OS trashes Windows into the ground with a long sh!tty stick. linux is all wel and good too. windows has been dying for year and when Google’s OS is perfected its byebye windows and hopefully byebye Microsoft.

I tried the google crome os
It got installed in 5 mins and worked fine
Its like apple os
the problem is no drivers and no password for user account because we have to first register to some site which will ask for money
i some how managed to enter the user account but then you can only use software which is in the os because it again asks for password for installing anything else, so i will get after some time, and am using google chorme os now…. its ok, just that am used to microsoft
Microsoft OS ***** Five Stars
Google Crome OS ** 2 stars

Perhaps you fail to realize what linux was based off of. The Wintel platform. Go back to school buddy. Linux is wonderful but you also have something else backwards, for everything Linux has Windows created it before and an improved version afterwards.

A rather valid point made on another forum is with Google Chrome OS. As soon as your internet goes so do all your apps. No word processing, no visual basic, nothing. You’ll be pulling out your Much hated Windows OS.

I’ve worked for an ISP last year. Not many of the people have ever heard of firefox or have “New” computers. That was roughly 600-700 calls a month with people in 30 states. They are going to have a rough time “killing” Microsoft Junior.

If Google looks like a contender, Microsoft will probably just counter with a better version. That’s what they do. They have more money, and smarter people working for them.
Google doesn’t stand a chance.

As far as your security theory is absurd as well. If you were a terrorist and wanted to make an impact who would you go after? The U.s or Canada? simple answer. Good Talk

dude r u freakin serious?!?! Linux can suck my balls!!!! microsoft is a wat better OS…Evan tho vista had many flaws Windows 7 came and blew away the competition… The new apps and programs are great…Mac cant compete with MS…I have 2 say from what i’ve seen from Google OS…its pretty good

Except that its basically all internet…which is ok but i havent seen the extras like for instance i have a built in camera on my laptop and i use it alot….i’m just not sure it will work with Chrome OS….

Anyway Linux and Mac are peices of crap and Im sure MS and Google will battle it out for popularity and money…whoever win is the OS left standing..

Anonymous

free or not,I'll be willing to try it anyway,just to see if it can do better than windows,I have had "beef" with microsoft ever since the release of vista,so any competition to windows is welcome

couln't have said it better myself lol

well.. it's not going to be a Windows like OS. It'sa browser like OS (chrome actually) and it's going to be for people who browse the internet a lot… not for the application junkies. Google has some web apps that replace office, but i don't think it'll be enough. Cool though… hope the security will be good

ya i also like it it is so good

I HAD GOOGLE CHROME AND FOUND IR SIMLPLE NOW MNS BING I MEVER WANTED I JUSTED STARTED WHEB I TURN ON I AM ONLY KNEW TO THIS I NEED HELP