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Google began Chrome OS long before Android really took off. They started developing two OS ecosystems that are totally different, and I think they sort of knew
by cryptoz 16y ago
Google began Chrome OS long before Android really took off. They started developing two OS ecosystems that are totally different, and I think they sort of knew that eventually one would win out. I bet that Chrome OS is still in active development because Google isn't 100% sure of Android's future since it's still so young.
A Chrome OS netbook can cold boot in a few seconds, has a nice hardware keyboard, excellent user switching and cloud-based data storage. Chrome OS is far ahead of Android in terms of the "ideal" cloud landscape where your settings, data, and everything else is totally 100% okay even if you set your machine on fire and smash it with a hammer. Try smashing your Windows netbook and see what happens to your documents.
So I definitely think they've got a place in the market and I think they know that. But you're probably right about sales numbers...I can't see it going very far.
- klbarry 16y agoI have a Cr-48, and the great thing about it is that it doesnt get slower over time like most computer, which has made non tech people want it. Most PCs start getting slower because of all the things we download into them, but my chrome OS doesn't let you do anything it. If they fix sending attachments, and a version of Adobe that's pretty good is in the cloud, and printing was easier, I would never use anything but it.
- icefox 16y agoThis was the argument used for years for switching to linux/mac and no matter how true it was at the end of the day people don't care that much as shown by the vast amount of XP users that are around today. You need features. Tell people that Farmville requires a mac and after a decade of XP they suddenly will have a mac.