PC Magazine: On the cutting edge of 20th century computing. Chrome OS is a market maker. It is unique in that you cannot use it for local apps. This also means

PC Magazine: On the cutting edge of 20th century computing. Chrome OS is a market maker. It is unique in that you cannot use it for local apps. This also means that, barring memory leaks or serious bugs in the OS itself, you cannot screw it up with bad device drivers, configs, etc. You cannot have a malware infection. You never have to back it up, or risk losing data because of a problem with the device. There is no other device in its category. Yes, you can use your laptop or tablet this way if you so choose, but a Chrome OS device forces you to do everything in the cloud. PCM would have a point were it not for the number of people who are already living in the cloud. This device is a dream-come-true for them. They lose nothing, and gain a light-weight device with a long battery life, that is immune to many of the most common types of system failure. And it has a real keyboard. Cloud users will use cloud notebooks if they can get them. This will naturally lead to more people seeing the utility of living in the cloud: yes, you can actually do this, and do it very well. The number of cloud users will steadily increase. This will lead to an ever greater demand for robust cloud applications. More robust cloud applications will lead to more users living in the cloud... you get the picture.