Comments on: Google’s Chrome OS and Chromium OS Intro Videos http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/googles-chrome-os-intro-video/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dang http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/googles-chrome-os-intro-video/#comment-112979 dang Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:07:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=118047#comment-112979 I like the videos as well, but I believe what they are planning isn't just using games on the web like they are now..but more like your pc becomes a soft client. <br><br>You can still play your Call of Duty or whatever on your computer, but all the files for the game are stateless, so you can use any google os computer to play the game without installing it on each machine. All the files are stored on the Internet, on your google account or whatever it ends up being. Same with bookmarks, chat profiles, documents, movies, pictures, etc.<br><br>That's were the end game is I think, no pun intended. I like the videos as well, but I believe what they are planning isn't just using games on the web like they are now..but more like your pc becomes a soft client.

You can still play your Call of Duty or whatever on your computer, but all the files for the game are stateless, so you can use any google os computer to play the game without installing it on each machine. All the files are stored on the Internet, on your google account or whatever it ends up being. Same with bookmarks, chat profiles, documents, movies, pictures, etc.

That's were the end game is I think, no pun intended.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/googles-chrome-os-intro-video/#comment-112978 Ian Bell Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=118047#comment-112978 Good video. I am sure I will try the OS, but a lot of it doesn't make sense to me. I don't check my email on the net. I use Outlook. I don't play games through my web browser, I play them on my PC. <br><br>Seems like Chrome OS only makes sense for Netbooks (maybe?), the elderly or anyone that just browses the web. That's not a lot of people.... Good video. I am sure I will try the OS, but a lot of it doesn't make sense to me. I don't check my email on the net. I use Outlook. I don't play games through my web browser, I play them on my PC.

Seems like Chrome OS only makes sense for Netbooks (maybe?), the elderly or anyone that just browses the web. That's not a lot of people….

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