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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53594

Google has officially announced that they plan to release a Chrome based OS.
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Google plans to open-source its code later this year and offer Google powered netbooks in 2010. Company officials confirmed that Goo

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psolord · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject:

That's just awesome! Google behind an OS? M$ may finally get some decent competition as far as X86 OSes are concerned.

I hope it grows fast and they include OpenGL 3.0, OpenCL and some game support at a later time!

Nosferatu · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:53 pm Post subject:

I kind of expected Google to step in with a fully-fledged OS (not Android) at some point. But still, that was unexpected! Caught me completely off-guard.

Great move, I hope Google cam make a difference. Oh, man! Great times! =)

strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

Chrome OS, god give me a break! The browser sucks and now we have a crap OS coming in. Great...If you seriously believe this OS will dent MS in any way you are seriously dreaming. LOL!

Ozieo · Elite Member Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 648

O come on, don't take that too serious.
Linux is trying to get a market for some 20 years too,
and you can count the numbers of their users on both hands.
No software makers will ever take it serious, so even if it is as
crap as crap can be, who cares ?

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

if its anything like the chrome browser it will be weak and shit.. offer very little value in decent features... most the features it does have are basic as they can't even get those done right.. poor browsing experience and a total lack decent of options or customization.. but it will be fast, and that will be enough for the noobs that do use it.. cus they don't need actual useful features just the bare bones shit and good benchmark scores.

oh and they'll have multiple versions of GoogleUpdate.exe running in the background monitoring you.. I mean things Smile

anyway .. some company has got to give Microshit a good ass kicking.. Windows 7 is pretty much..I MEAN IS the same junk as Vis7a, and Apple are hardly making Microsoft pull the finger.. if anything its just making MS target the same noob crowd Apple goes after with the poorly designed crap and barely customizable features.. .. like the same similar shit oversized iconed useless noob taskbar etc etc etc etc.. they have barely improved anything! least of all the core Explorer.. and with useless competition like Apple and Linux I guess they don't have too..

strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

Win7 I don't even get the point of it. Slightly different gui that's about it. PB not supported, games don't run any better and now even more complicated for games because of directx 11. When I ran win7 i'd spend lots of time messing with compatibility options and apps that didn't recognize the OS as supported. It's no wonder it's going for so cheap. Catch all the n00bs who think it's superior I guess.

Nosferatu · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:31 am Post subject:

Oh, yeah! Now that you used "noob", "junk", "useless" and similar words each a thousand time, NOW you're a guru and certainly know all there is to know about OSs.
I'm not a guru too, but if all you do is BASH someone's gigantic and actually invaluable work... well, that says something. =)

And, man! No one said google is suddenly gonna do an ultra-pwning desktop OS. It's like when they announced Android and said "we're gonna do an OS for mobiles" everybody would say "Damn google idiots! I can't run it on my desktop for my daily work! It's complete shit!". It'll be good at what it's aimed at. You can't say it's shit because of the lack of things it wasn't even supposed to do.

And yeah, I seriously believe that in 10 years Google might actually bite a serious market share off Microsoft's netbook and laptop pie. Google has got brains, resources, good business ethics and goodwill to actually make it happen. So laugh all you want.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Even if it never topples microsoft, it will have the effect of making them work harder than ever to stay on top for as long as it is a threat. That is, the effect of this may just be that Microsoft OSs become better than they otherwise may have been without the blowtorch of competition under their arses.

strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

Don't cry because I couldn't give a shit about Google crap bud. Other than their search engine and their email I use as a spam filter I don't give jack shit about anything they do really. Now calm down don't have a sissy fit. You wont change my mind.

Nosferatu · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:31 pm Post subject:

Haha, funny pics! Never saw them before. Nice =)

You don't actually have to remind me to calm down. I'm ok with what YOU think. No "sissy fits" here. It's just that you're too emotional (all the crap, noob etc words) about all the "Google crap". That's odd for me. Maybe you're just so emotional about everything you don't like. I dunno. Anyway, that's ok with me.

And even if any google soft is crap for you, nb411 is right -- competition never hurts in this industry. We will benefit from their rivalry in the end. So it's positive news no matter how you look at it [oh, IMHO, of course].

strangestsensation · Elite Member Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 320

th4t1guy · Senior Member Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 282

If I wanted a crippled netbook then I'd buy a Kindle.

Nosferatu · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:49 am Post subject:

Damn you "internet men"! =) They always think you're flaming, too emotional or whatnot. Nevermind.

HX, what do YOU think? It'd be nice to see you commenting too =)