Google’s announcement of a Chrome operating system, coming just nine months after its launch of the Chrome browser, has the tech sector buzzing over the possibilities. Google is targeting netbooks, claiming to have agreements with several OEMs already inked. How will the option of a Chrome OS be received by the desktop-using masses? Are they ready for a PC experience that will rely heavily on applications hosted in the cloud? Or would they rather stick with the tried-and-true desktop model, be it Windows, Macintosh or one of the many flavors of Linux?
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Google's Chrome OS: A Wispy Desktop Adversary?
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 9, 2009 11:39 AMGoogle’s announcement of a Chrome operating system, coming just nine months after its launch of the Chrome browser, has the tech sector buzzing over the possibilities. Google is targeting netbooks, claiming to have agreements with several OEMs already inked. How will the option of a Chrome OS be received by the desktop-using masses? Are they ready for a PC experience that will rely heavily on applications hosted in the cloud? Or would they rather stick with the tried-and-true desktop model, be it Windows, Macintosh or one of the many flavors of Linux?