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| quote: | Originally posted by kaniz
I wonder if it will run Linux apps with minimal fuss.
Although, seems like this is geared towards net-books where the only thing you need to use it for is casual surfing / checking your mail / chatting with friends. Which, fits the needs of many users.
Hell, once I get in from work I rarely use my home-PC for anything more than checking a few forums and my email.
Seems fine for basic-stuff, but not the kind of thing that I'd replace my primary OS with - as the moment you need to do something outside of a browser - you're SOL.
Not that it's necessarily a bad thing - an OS doesn't need to be all things to accomplish all tasks. |
I think a lot of folks are judging Chrome (and the mentality behind Chrome/cloud computing) in the light of current browsers and OSs (their rolls in computing, and their relationship with each other).
If anything, it looks like the web hasn't kept pace with Chrome. Current browsers are ill equipped to cloud compute effectively so web apps aren't very powerful. Perhaps Chrome isn't universally applicable today, but it allows for deeper development and tryout of cloud computing by early adopters so that it's relevant and useful in the future.
Over time, the SATA hard disk cable of today will become the high bandwidth Internet connection of tomorrow. Heavy processing will be performed on shared optimized servers while clients will handle only minor crunching and local rendering. As RAM and CPUs become cheaper, faster, and more efficient (outpacing all but the most intensive applications) cloud computing will only make more sense.
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