Google to launch OS

RobertoMoir

anewhope wrote: »

Have Apple started making OS X available for netbooks?

Not sure there's a big future in netbooks to be honest. The larger ones are going to end up as small entry level laptops, and this is already happening, and the smaller ones are going to find their market eroded by the newer more capable smartphones - including those from google themselves ironically enough.

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Marty_J wrote: »

Microsoft already has plenty of competition on netbooks from Linux.

But that's not Apple which is why I'm at a loss of why when talking about netbooks and meaningful competition you've chimed in with them?

Microsoft however doesn't much like competition, which is why it gives away its XP licences for netbooks.

It can't keep that up forever though.

They charge for the software and they have an overwhelming majority of the market share. It's fairly safe to say that the netbook manufacturers want Windows, because that's what sells. I'm sure this will be no different when 7 comes out, even if it does have a slightly higher price tag with it.

Jaffa.

Marty_J wrote: »

Microsoft haven't always had a 90% market share, and it seems a little near-sighted to think they will forever.

I wasn't saying Microsoft were always going to have the market share, I was just saying it's not going to be Google who takes it from them. I mean look at the artical

This is the first time we have had a truly competitive OS on the market in years... Google wants to eliminate Microsoft...destroy their hold on the market

It sounds like their so focused on this kill Microsoft mission statement that they've forgotten Apple and Linux have been trying this for years.

anewhope wrote:

Have Apple started making OS X available for netbooks?

Their not intrested in the "fad" of netbooks, are they. They have their iPhone and iPod touch to contend with.

But, Apple could licence their OS for use on all PC's, hence why Google hasn't got a chance. At least if this happend, some good would come out of it for the consumer.

chunter

As someone said earlier, it's probably going to internet based, which'll count a good section of the population out straight away because their broadband will just not be fast enough.

Bizarre to think these Google people are going to design an operating sytem that's better than Linux, Microsoft and Apple.
Where's the experience, the knowledge, the years of customer service and testing.
Stupid idea from people with more money than sense. Another Chrome, another youtube.

Marty_J

anewhope wrote: »

But that's not Apple which is why I'm at a loss of why when talking about netbooks and meaningful competition you've chimed in with them?

Chrome OS will initially be released for netbooks. It's not an exclusively netbook only OS. So other operating systems are of course relevant.

Jaffa. wrote: »

It sounds like their so focused on this kill Microsoft mission statement that they've forgotten Apple and Linux have been trying this for years.

Apple haven't been trying to kill Microsoft. They've just been trying to make piles of cash.

If Apple really wanted to kill Microsoft, they would just release OS X for PCs and that would be the end of that.

RobTang

From what ive read chrome os seems to be more like MS's Clould OS rather then a direct competitor to Windows 7 starter.
Apple isn't really a player here as they are not in this perticular maket.

I can see them getting the jump on Linux distos however, too geeky, fractured support, no real centralised body pushing it, almost all distos aren't idiot friendly enough. where as google has none of these issues.
Linux's advantages are not really that useful for mainstream users, people just want to browse the net, play media and maybe do some light office work ie what chrome aims todo.
So I can see chrome make inroads into the netbook / light pc market, but theres no way it will make a dent in Microsoft/Apple for the main desktop market.

Dime_Bar

Marty_J wrote: »

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If Apple really wanted to kill Microsoft, they would just release OS X for PCs and that would be the end of that.

It would be the end of Apple. Apples success has been down to the Hardware-Software combination that they push, if they released OS X for PC's thier development costs would go through the roof and would push the price of the OS well out of reach of the market.

RobTang wrote:

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So I can see chrome make inroads into the netbook / light pc market, but theres no way it will make a dent in Microsoft/Apple for the main desktop market.

You may be surprised, just think how many people just use thier desktop to surf the web, watch IPTV\Online Video etc.

4743hudsonj

well i absolutely love chrome and google docs

brilliant ideas so i think this os will be a welcome new competitor that cant really be compared as its the first, easy, lightweight, mainstream os ive heard of thats open source!

i will definitely be testing and probably end up using it for day to day use with 64 win 7 for more intensive tasks that i do more occasionally

me thinks that this will be the same in alot of other cases

Rich44_2

If this is open source then surely if it gets popular then the hackers that are out there are going to find security holes even more easily than they do with Windows

4743hudsonj

Rich44 wrote: »

If this is open source then surely if it gets popular then the hackers that are out there are going to find security holes even more easily than they do with Windows

of course they will

theres already plenty of hacks on the chromium browser

im not sure if these were intended by google or not but its been done? so the same may apply for a full on os