google chrome ready to compete with other OS
When computer assemblers competing to boost the ability of the machine, processor speed, storage capacity, graphics capabilities, Google tries to challenge the current waves.
Mid last month, Google’s share of 60 thousand laptops, named CR-48. The ability of CR-48 computer far from powerful. In it “only” have an Intel Atom 455, with 2 gigabytes of memory and solid state drive is 16 gigabytes. Google’s minimalist all-round laptop because it only kept Google Chrome the operating system. Without the application. Because, everything has been stored on the Internet.
“Chrome the operating system is intended for those who live on the Internet,” said Linus Upson, Google’s Vice President of Engineering. Through the CR-48 which is divided into thousands of people in the United States, Google is testing Chrome. This is the first time Google reveals Chrome project. According to Linus, Chrome, which is still a trial (beta), will be officially launched mid-2011.
Chrome is an operating system other than usual operating system like Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or open source versions. ”Chrome will be a third alternative,” said Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive. Chrome is designed specifically to “live” on the Internet. Not just surfing on the net, but also to work, edit videos, enjoy music, or play games all done on the Internet.
And the keyboard design CR-48 was not the same as other laptops. Buttons made for easy living on the Internet. F1 to F12 buttons normally found on a laptop keyboard removed and replaced with a back button, forward, reload, and fullscreen. Caps Lock key was removed and replaced Search. Functions that are always there in your browser.
In line with Google’s ambitions, “kill” the application on the computer and transfer them to the Internet (cloud computing), Chrome is really clean from the application.Want to type a document? Through the Internet, users access
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Google Docs Chrome lives and can cultivate Like documents using OpenOffice or Microsoft Word. If you want to change the look of the photo, just look for a web-based image processing applications, such as the Aviary. No need to bother to download and install it.
Files of documents or photographs that have been touched was no longer stored on the computer, but in the “cloud” Google’s servers. Because all files and applications placed on Google’s servers, no longer need a computer with a superfast processor and extra large storage capacity. Need only minimal computer similar to CR-48 plus Chrome and super-speed Internet connection.
Through Chrome, as promised Google, we do not need to bother to think of safety data if the computer suddenly crashed, invaded by a virus, or, most unlucky, stolen by people. Because, all are handled by Google. You also do not need to be carrying a laptop everywhere, because the data can be accessed from any computer Chrome.Just enter your account at Google, then the computer, including the display screen until the bookmarks in browsers, will resemble your computer.
“The idea of Chrome is really refreshing,” M.G. Siegler, Programming Director of AOL, praise. But Chrome the operating system model is not without problems because the application and its files are stored in the “cloud”, without an Internet connection, Chrome helpless. Joe Wilcox, analyst freelance technology, also doubted all applications and jobs, such as video processing file size is very large, can be brought to the Internet. Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, criticized the practice of Chrome which is considered to promote the unsafe Internet practices as relying of all the data into the hands of Google.
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Now Chrome is still a “embryo”. The Google Team also recognizes so many holes in its operating system. Therefore, like the Aberdeen Group, says technology analyst, Andrew Borg, still far distance that must be taken to undermine the dominance of Chrome for Windows. ”In the short term, effects may not be obvioused,” said Borg.
Pros:
- Relatively cheap notebook
- Not depend mainly on the hardware
- No need to worry about computer crashed, stolen and viruses attacked
Cons:
- No internet connection means no work
- Speed depends on the speed of internet connection
- Can we imagine working with videos/image file which the size can reach to fifty to hundred gigs?
- Only suitable for people who live in the internet
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