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I have no idea whats the big deal about Chrome OS. Didn't a lot of OEM's already have this kind of functionality? Atleast my 1.5 yr old Sony VAIO has a Web but

by wippler 16y ago

I have no idea whats the big deal about Chrome OS. Didn't a lot of OEM's already have this kind of functionality? Atleast my 1.5 yr old Sony VAIO has a Web button, which boots the system to slightly stripped down version of Firefox without booting OS. Its also very fast, boots in 10-20 seconds and runs flash content too.

orangecat 16y ago
I share your confusion. If all I want to run is a browser, I can easily achieve that today. The only point in its favor I can see is that it removes "attractive nuisances" for users that only use email and a browser, but I don't see anything it offers to geeks or even moderately knowledgable users.
- krainboltgreene 16y ago
  Every major OS out there caters to people who don't run the browser 100%. I don't need Evolution, Gedit, Rhythmbox, Gwitter, Empathy, or any other app that gets shoved on my Ubuntu whenever I install and downlaod the netbook version. And that's the open source operating system!
  - wippler 16y ago
    A simple solution is to uninstall all of those after your install. There is simply no need to make a spinoff simply for that purpose. Even better way is try installing Arch Linux, you only get what you install.
27182818284 16y ago
There is business strategy involved as well. Google wants to reduce its dependency on Apple and Microsoft. Unless you were a GNU+Linux/BSD enthusiast, you were accessing their products from a laptop running the software of one their competitors. Similarly, this is one of the reasons for Android. They could have just made apps for the iPhone, Windows phone, RIM, etc, but they made apps for the iPhone and Android to help reduce the dependency and give themselves more freedom
- burningion 16y ago
  .. then why didn't they give us a free OS X instead of a locked down platform?
  - 27182818284 16y ago
    ...because that would still tie them to Apple.

by wippler 16y ago

orangecat 16y ago

I share your confusion. If all I want to run is a browser, I can easily achieve that today. The only point in its favor I can see is that it removes "attractive nuisances" for users that only use email and a browser, but I don't see anything it offers to geeks or even moderately knowledgable users.

krainboltgreene 16y ago
Every major OS out there caters to people who don't run the browser 100%. I don't need Evolution, Gedit, Rhythmbox, Gwitter, Empathy, or any other app that gets shoved on my Ubuntu whenever I install and downlaod the netbook version. And that's the open source operating system!
- wippler 16y ago
  A simple solution is to uninstall all of those after your install. There is simply no need to make a spinoff simply for that purpose. Even better way is try installing Arch Linux, you only get what you install.

27182818284 16y ago

There is business strategy involved as well. Google wants to reduce its dependency on Apple and Microsoft. Unless you were a GNU+Linux/BSD enthusiast, you were accessing their products from a laptop running the software of one their competitors. Similarly, this is one of the reasons for Android. They could have just made apps for the iPhone, Windows phone, RIM, etc, but they made apps for the iPhone and Android to help reduce the dependency and give themselves more freedom

burningion 16y ago
.. then why didn't they give us a free OS X instead of a locked down platform?
- 27182818284 16y ago
  ...because that would still tie them to Apple.