Google Chrome Operating System

[Lord Orwell]

Its for subnotebooks and the market niche is very real... even with XP home the OS is sluggish hence the linux advantage as OS in terms of performance on intel atom. Google can also bundle applications out of the box, e.g. open office, chrome, etc. The real challenge would be to make these applications easy to setup/use/learn for a user that has already been used to using applications typically bundled with MS. Once the learning curve problem is out of the way then the price advantage of bundling open source OS and applications will reduce microsoft's presence in the subnotebook market. After all... do you really need all the features (and the CPU consumption) of MS products when all you gonna do is surf, chat, blog, write simple docs using your subnotebook?

my cell phone does all of that, rendering a subnotebook obsolete. And it's not a smartphone.

However, Microsoft can't be expected to do everything 100% For example their programming software such as the .net language programs, office, and a few others are good. However, when it comes to the internet I think it should left up to a company (ies) to build products for a web development point of view. The Microsoft products in that regard have been really lagging behind the rest.

microsoft is the company that wanted to do it all 100%, including run other companies (such as mozilla) out of business.

The OS is not for us technically inclined. In the first place you wouldn't invest in an Atom processor when dual core is what you need on a daily basis. It is intended for another market entirely - it will definitely fall short of all our benchmarks and use cases.
The atom is dual-core. It consists (in most of the computers) as two 800mhz cores.
Make an apples to apples comparison.

Nope no one in particular... it was the common theme of the thread. Consider this... such devices would normally not be supported by network/system admins since it is a security risk (XP home not professional), ergo it is more of for personnal use, hence business related use case arguments are not an apples to apples comparison.

It is for the typical Joe/Jane that likes to hang out at Starbucks and check on their facebook account. That's the market Google is targeting, not businesses nor those technically inclined.

businesses would love it. They have always leaned towards a setup where all apps were on a single system and you connected with dumb terminals. This is only a step up from that.

Exactly so tg, surprisingly a lot of computer hardware isn't hooked to the net due to mission critical information etc. Currently working with a client who keep their R&D systems completely separate from any sort of web connection.

As usual a lot of bollocks being pushed by various tech companies and management consultants with only one in every ten ideas ever having the chance to fail.

<<Sits back with popcorn and waits the epic failure of chrome OS>>

wondering when they changed their name. They were beta testing "google os" a while ago, and talks i have heard indicated that android would be making the migration to home systems.